FM Belfast

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title: "FM Belfast" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["icelandic-electronic-music-groups", "musical-groups-from-reykjavík"] description: "Icelandic electro-pop band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_Belfast" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Icelandic electro-pop band ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]

Field	Value
name	FM Belfast
image_size	300
origin	Reykjavík, Iceland
genre	Electro-Pop
years_active	2005–present
label	World Champion Records, Records Records (IS)
associated_acts	Múm
Kasper Bjørke
Borko
Retro Stefson
website	www.fmbelfast.com
current_members	Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir
Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson (Plúseinn)
Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason
Egill Eyjólfsson
Ívar Pétur Kjartansson
past_members
Árni Vilhjálmsson
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| name = FM Belfast | image = | image_size = 300 | caption = | origin = Reykjavík, Iceland | genre = Electro-Pop | years_active = 2005–present | label = World Champion Records, Records Records (IS) | associated_acts = Múm Kasper Bjørke Borko Retro Stefson | website = www.fmbelfast.com | current_members = Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson (Plúseinn) Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason Egill Eyjólfsson Ívar Pétur Kjartansson | past_members = Árni Vilhjálmsson

FM Belfast is an electro-pop band from Reykjavík, Iceland. Its members include Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir, Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson, Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, Egill Eyjólfsson and Ívar Pétur Kjartansson. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Fm_belfast_sonnenrot_festival_2011_1.jpg" caption="Fm belfast sonnenrot festival 2011"] ::

History

FM Belfast formed in late 2005 as a duo of Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson (Plúseinn) and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir, but didn't really get going properly until Árni Vilhjálmsson and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason joined.{{cite web | date = 2008-08-01 | author = Sigurður Kjartan Kristinsson | title = Only Amusing When Desperate. FM Belfast on the band's history, crazy fans and upcoming debut release | url = http://www.grapevine.is/Author/ReadArticle/fm-belfast-only-amusing-when-desperate | publisher = Grapevine | accessdate = 2009-12-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716083531/http://www.grapevine.is/Author/ReadArticle/fm-belfast-only-amusing-when-desperate | archive-date = 2011-07-16 | url-status = dead

The band's live show often features many percussionists, among them are Sveinbjörn Pálsson, Björn Kristjánsson (Borko), Halli Civelek, Svanhvít Tryggvadóttir, Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson (Retro Stefson) and Þórður jörundsson (Retro Stefson).

Their first album was recorded in New York and Iceland, with the group recording, mixing, and mastering it, and creating the album artwork themselves.

Árni Vilhjálmsson has since left FM Belfast.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/FM_Belfast_at_WattEnSchlick_2016.jpg" caption="Watt En Schlick 2016"] ::

Discography

Albums

• How to Make Friends (2008)
• Don't Want to Sleep (2011)
• Brighter Days (2014)
• Island Broadcast (2017)

Singles

• Lotus (Killing in the name) (2008)
• Beint í æð (2014)
• You're so pretty; All My Power (2017)
• Útihátíð (2024) ;Featured in
• Back & Spine (Kasper Bjørke featuring FM Belfast) (2007)

References

References

1. [http://www.icelandmusic.is/artist/364/FM-Belfast/default.aspx Iceland Music Export] {{webarchive. link. (2008-07-25)
2. [http://www.fmbelfast.com/ FM Belfast] Official website
3. [http://www.discogs.com/release/1388891 FM Belfast - Killing In The Name Of (Lotus) (12")] at [[Discogs]]
4. [http://www.discogs.com/release/1238170 Kasper Bjørke - Back & Spine EP (12", EP)] at [[Discogs]]

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