Terje Bakken

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Valfar
Birth name	Terje Bakken
Born	September 3, 1978
Origin	Norway
Died	January 15, 2004
Genre(s)	Black metal, Viking metal, Folk metal
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Accordion, Guitar, Bass guitar, drums, Synth, Keyboards
Years active	1994–2004
Associated acts	Windir

Terje "Valfar" Bakken (born September 3, 1978, died approximately January 15, 2004 at Reppastølen, Sogndal valley, Norway) was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian black/folk metal band Windir. Windir was started as a one-man project, but it was expanded into a full band with the release of their 3rd album, 1184. Valfar originally sang his lyrics in Sognamål, a dialect of Norwegian, but eventually switched to English in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience.

Valfar released two demos, "Sognariket", and "Det gamle riket".

On January 14, 2004, Valfar went for a walk towards his family's cabin at Fagereggi, but he never arrived. Three days later, authorities found his body at Reppastølen in the Sogndal Valley. Valfar had been caught in a snow storm and suffered death from hypothermia.

He was buried at Stedje Church in Sogndal on January 27, 2004.