Dan�el �g�st Haraldsson is an Icelandic solo artist, and a lead singer of the bands GusGus, N�d�nsk and Esja. Dan�el �g�st has been part of the local and international music scene since he started his career with Icelandic pop sensation N�d�nsk some 20 years ago. In 1989 he participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 for Iceland with the song "�a� sem enginn s�r". He finished in 22nd place, scoring no points. After releasing 5 albums with N�d�nsk, all of which were warmly embraced by critics and received popular recognition in his homeland, he produced an album with electronic rock group Bubbleflies. It was around this time he branched out into acting in the National and Municipal theatres, playing roles in West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar and Stone Free. Film directors Arni and Kinski approached him with playing a lead role in their short film Nautn. It was with this film project Dan�el founded GusGus in 1995 with Kinski. The GusGus project became Dan�el?s most commercially successful music venture to date, selling over 300 thousand records and touring worldwide. 

August 26th, 1969 in (Age 54)