title: Ragnar Þórhallsson
text: # Ragnar Þórhallsson
  
  Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson (born 6 March 1987) is an Icelandic musician. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist, along with Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, of the Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Ragnar attended Fjölbrautaskólinn í Garðabæ, a school in Garðabær. Ragnar got his first guitar at the age of 9 but did not start playing until 17.
  
  ## Of Monsters and Men
  
  Ragnar joined the band in 2010. The band then entered the 2010 annual Icelandic music competition Músíktilraunir, which they won. They soon released their debut studio album My Head Is an Animal in late 2011. The album charted in multiple regions and the band gained popularity worldwide. After the Seattle radio station KEXP broadcast a performance from Ragnar's living room, the band went viral.
  
  After a successful first album, the band released their second studio album Beneath the Skin in 2015.
  
  Ragnar also came up with the band name, Of Monsters and Men. He plays the guitar left-handed.
  
  