Lillebjørn Nilsen
Bjørn "Lillebjørn" Falk Nilsen (born December 21, 1950 in Oslo ) is a prominent Norwegian songwriter and folk singer. He is also known as "The Voice of Oslo" because he has written several well-known songs about the city since the 1970s. In 1987 he was awarded the Fritt Ord Prize . In 2010 Nilsen received the Norwegian Gammlengprisen for his musical life achievement.
Nilsen is a friend of Pete Seeger , whose song My Rainbow Race he translated into Norwegian under the title Barn av regnbuen (Children of the Rainbow) . On April 26, 2012, over 40,000 Norwegians sang the song as part of a protest demonstration against Anders Behring Breivik , who had indicated as a defendant in the trial because of the attacks he had committed, Nilsen for a “very good example of a Marxist” and the song for “brainwashing " to keep.
Discography
- Tilbake (1971)
- Portrett (1973)
- Haba Haba (1974)
- Hey fara! Norske folkeviser (1974)
- Byen med det store updated (1975)
- Oslo (1978)
- Live at Sioux Falls (USA 1980)
- Ballad! Ecstasy Number (1980)
- Original Nilsen (1982, Spellemannprisen with Hot Club de Norvège )
- Hilsen Nilsen (1985)
- Text and music: Lillebjørn Nilsen (1986)
- Sanger (1988)
- Nære Nilsen (1993)
- Haba Haba (1995)
- 40 Spor: Nilsen's 40 best (1996)
- Byen med det store hjetzt (re-release 2003)
- Tilbake (re-release 2003)
- Portrett (re-release 2003)
Web links
- Lillebjørn Nilsen's official homepage (Norwegian, English)
- Lille Nilsen in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Lillebjørn Nilsen on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- on nbl.snl.no in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
- Lillebjørn Nilsen on filmfront.no (Norwegian)
- Lillebjørn Nilsen on mic.no in Norsk pop- og rockeleksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Priser - Fritt Ord honnor ( Norwegian ) Fritt Ord . Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- ↑ Tens of thousands of Norwegians sing against Breivik . Frankfurter Rundschau . Retrieved April 4, 2016.
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SURNAME | Nilsen, Lillebjørn |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nilsen, Bjørn Falk (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo , Norway |