Grethe Kausland

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Grethe and Halvard Kausland (around 1966)

Grethe Kausland (born July 3, 1947 in Horten ; † November 16, 2007 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian singer and actress and known as a child star at a young age .

As an eight-year-old Grethe Kausland won a singing competition, the resulting single Teddyen min` sold 100,000 times and became a radio hit. Another twelve single releases as Lille Grethe followed and from 1957 she was also seen in five feature films. Together with Benny Borg she won the Melodi Grand Prix in 1972 and was therefore allowed to compete for Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972 . With the hit Småting , the duo reached number 14. From this time Kausland joined the music comedy troupe Dizzie Tunes , with whom they had released eight albums by 1992.

From 1996 Kausland was also seen as an actress in Norwegian television series, mostly sitcoms . She died of lung cancer in 2007 .

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