Many Dutch people know Hamar from the Vikingskipet where the Olympic Games were skated in 1994. And where Johan Olav Koss won 3x gold and drove the Dutch skaters on a heap. Later, Sven Kramer softened that defeat a little bit by becoming 4x world champion on that same ice rink. So Hamar. Silje Nergaard grew up there and came into contact with jazz at a young age. She was also influenced by musicians such as Al Jarreau (with whom she would later collaborate) and Joni Mitchell, her musical idols of that time.