„Time for love in San Francisco, spring for young peoples‘ dreams of peace“ The Norwegian Final was held at the NRK TV Studios in Oslo on February 8th, hosted by Tande-P. The winner was chosen by an „expert“ jury (40%) & televoting (60%). 1 Min egen superstar My own superstar Marianne E. Olsen 11.3% 5th…
„Free like flames in a dance, duett in mind and sense, for the first time“ The Norwegian Final was held at the Spektrum in Oslo on March 26th, hosted by Alf Tande-Petersen. The winning song was chosen by 6 regional juries and televoting. 1 Tunge dråper Heavy drops Karoline Gregersen 187 7th 2 Casanova…
„All my thoughts, they fly to you, all my dreams are open“ The Norwegian Final was held on March 6th at Chateau Neuf in Oslo, hosted by Ingunn Kyrkjebø. The winner was chosen by 10 regional juries. 1 Det skulle vært sommer It should have been summer Rune Larsen & Helge Nilsen 37 7th…
„Even if the days pass swiftly, just vanishing becoming years, our love will always last eternally“ The Norwegian Final was held on March 30th at the NRK TV Studios in Oslo, hosted by Tande-P. The winner was chosen by 10 regional juries. 1 Når hjertet står i brann When your heart is on…
„Let the day get its rest now, and the night will guard in its place, Nocturne“ The Norwegian Final was held on April 1st at the NRK TV Studios in Oslo, hosted by Petter Nome. Before the final there were 9 semi-finals. The winning song was chosen by 3 regional juries, a jury consisting of…
Nora Brockstedt (20 January 1923 – 5 November 2015) was a Norwegian singer. She represented Norway in 2 occasions, once in 1960 with „Voi Voi“ and 1961 with „Sommer i Palma“ . In her last years, she focused more on the jazz genre, with successful albums like As Time Goes By (JazzAvdelingen, 2004) and Christmas Songs (JazzAvdelingen, 2005). She sang jazz in…
Kirsti Sparboe is a Norwegian musical performer and an actress. Most of her musical career has been built on participation in the widely-popular Eurovision Song Contest in which she competed three times and scored a grand total of four points. Kirsti Sparboe was born on 7 December 1946 in Tromsø, Norway. She first participated in…
Anne-Karine Strøm (born 15 October 1951, Oslo) is a Norwegian singer, best known for having taken part in the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest selection, Melodi Grand Prix, in six consecutive years between 1971 and 1976, winning on three occasions (twice as a soloist and once as a member of an ensemble) and representing Norway in…
Arne Joachim Bendiksen (19 October 1926 – 26 March 2009) was a Norwegian singer, composer and producer, described as „the father of pop music“ in Norway. CareerBendiksen was born in Bergen, Norway. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he was a major figure in Norwegian popular music. First, as a member of the group The…
Anita Thallaug (born 14 February 1938 in Bærum) is a Norwegian actress and singer. BiographyShe has featured in musicals, cinema and TV programs. Under the name Vesla Rolfsen, at the age of seven, she was performing at the Spider theatre in Oslo. She featured frequently in NRK children’s programs of the 1950s. Thallaug was the…