Haukur Gröndal was born in 1975 in Reykjavik. He started playing the clarinet at the age of 9 and switched to alto saxophone at the age of 14.

Haukur studied at FIH music school in Reykjavik from 1992-1997.

He moved to Copenhagen in 1998 and studied at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory from 1999-2004.

Haukur has worked as an instrumentalist, arranger, composer in many different projects, e.g. Rodent and Schpilkas.