Bjørn Howard [Bjørn] Kruse (14/08/1946), a Norwegian composer. He has worked professionally as musician, arranger, composer, producer since 1972 within most areas of music. He is a composer and Professor of Composition at The Norwegian State Academy of Music. He was born on 14 August 1946, in London, and grew up in England, USA and Norway. He studied at UCLA, California, USA and The Norwegian State Academy of Music, receiving his Diploma in Composition in 1977.