Tjodalv is the artistname under which Kenneth Åkesson operates. He is one of the founding members of Dimmu Borgir - along with Silenoz and Shagrath. Tjodalv is probably best known as the band's drummer. However, he played guitar on Dimmu Borgir's full length debut "For All Tid". Kenneth Åkesson (a.k.a. Tjodalv) was also part of the original line-up of Old Man's Child.



After Tjodalv left Dimmu Borgir in the middle of march 1999, he was replaced by Nicholas Barker (Cradle of Filth). Tjodalv started to concentrate fully on Susperia together with Cyrus, which are old time friends. But before that, sometime in 1998 Tjodalv and Cyrus started to write and work on the music that we know today. This was the start on the band we today know as Susperia.



It all started to happen at the Wacken Open Air Festival in august 1999 when Athera meet Tjodalv when they where both traveling with Mayhem to help them out with their show.



In 2000 Tjodalv helps out Illnath, a band also known as Flagellation, as a session drummer.