Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

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Broadcasting company

First participation

1960

Number of participations

58 (as of 2019)

Highest ranking

1 ( 1985 , 1995 , 2009 )

Highest Score

387 (2009)

Lowest Score

0 ( 1978 , 1981 , 1997 )

Points average (since first post)

66.70 (as of 2019)

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

2.43 (as of 2019)

This article looks at the history of Norway as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .

Regularity of participation and successes in competition

Alexander Rybak, winner 2009 and representative 2018

Norway first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960. The country sent the singer Nora Brockstedt, who reached number 4 out of 13. This made the debut relatively successful. Nora Brockstedt competed for the country in 1961, but could not repeat the success of the previous year and ended up in 7th place out of 16. In 1962, the country only ended up in the midfield with 10th place out of 16. In 1963 Norway reached the last for the first time with Anita Thallaug Space. The singer did not receive a single point. It should be noted, however, that the last place was a shared last place with Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden. In 1964, Norway was only moderately successful and reached 8th place out of 16. In 1965, however, Norway ended up in the lower midfield with 13th place out of 18. It was not until 1966 that the country was successful again in the competition. The singer Åse Kleveland was able to achieve 3rd place, which was Norway's best result in the competition to date. However, this success was short-lived. In 1967 the country landed again only in the lower middle field with position 14 out of 17. Also in 1968 only position 13 out of 17 could be achieved. In 1969, Norway finished last for the second time. In 1970 the country voluntarily renounced participation - together with Sweden, Finland, Portugal and Austria - in protest in the rating system after four countries had shared first place in 1969. It wasn't until 1971 that Norway returned to competition.

In 1971 Norway did not achieve a good result either and ended up on the penultimate place. The following years were not very successful either. In 1972 the duo Benny Borg & Grethe Kausland landed 14th out of 18 again only in the lower midfield. In 1973, Norway again achieved an average ranking of seventh out of 17. In 1974, however, Norway finished last for the third time. However, it was a shared last place with Germany, Portugal and Switzerland. Also in 1975 Norway could not achieve a good result and was only penultimate. In 1976, the country came last for the fourth time, but this time alone. In 1977 there was only one result in the lower midfield with position 14 out of 18, while in 1978 the fifth last place was achieved. It was not until 1979 that the singer Anita Skorgan achieved an average ranking of 11th out of 19. Nevertheless, in 1980 Norway ended up only in the lower midfield with 16th place out of 19. In 1981, the sixth last place was achieved, which was a record in the competition until then. In 1982, however, there was again an average result with 12th place out of 18. In 1983, for the first time in ten years, a place among the top ten was achieved with 9th place out of 20. Nevertheless, this success could not continue. In 1984, Norway only came third from the bottom. It was not until 1985 that the country became more successful in competition.

In 1985 Norway finally achieved its first victory in the competition, which was the highest score for the country to date with 123 points. But here too the success could not last. In 1986 the country ended up only in the middle of the field with 12th place out of 20. In 1987, however, it was again placed in the top ten with 9th place. In 1988 the country was even more successful than in the previous year and achieved 5th place. From 1989 to 1992, however, the country was again not very successful. In 1989 and 1991 only 17th place and 1992 only 18th place, which means that results were only in the lower midfield. In 1990 there was even the seventh last place for Norway in the competition. From 1993 to 1996 Norway had its most successful phase in the competition. After all, the country only achieved places in the top ten during this period. The singer Silje Vige took 5th place for the country, while the duo Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen achieved 6th place in 1994. In 1995 Norway was able to achieve its second victory in the competition. So the band Secret Garden won the competition in Dublin and thus stopped Ireland's winning streak in the competition, which could win the competition in 1992, 1993 and 1994. With 148 points the band even got a new high for Norway. In 1996, when the competition took place in Oslo, the singer Elisabeth Andreassen, who won Norway as part of the Bobbysocks in 1985 and 6th place for Norway together with Jan Werner Danielsen in 1994, achieved 2nd place for the country. Norway achieved second place in the competition for the first time and achieved its third-best result to date. In 1997 the successful years for Norway were over again. The singer Tor Endresen took eighth last place in the competition for Norway. However, the country finished last along with Portugal. In 1998 Norway was more successful again and achieved a good result with 8th place. In 1999 and 2000, two places in the midfield were achieved with 14th and 11th place. In 2001, however, Norway came in ninth from last place in the competition. However, the singer Haldor Lægreid shared this with Iceland. In 2002 Norway had to sit out for the first time because of its poor position in the previous year. It was only the second time since the debut in 1960 that Norway had not participated. In 2003 Norway was allowed to participate again.

When they returned in 2003, the country reached fourth place, which was the best result since 1996. After that, the Norwegian placements were like a roller coaster ride. In 2004 Norway achieved its tenth last place in the competition, while the band Wig Wam achieved a good result with ninth place in 2005. In 2006, the country ended up in the midfield again in 14th place. In 2007 Norway was eliminated in the semifinals for the first time after Guri Schanke only reached 18th place out of 28 in the semifinals. In 2008 Norway qualified again for the final and was able to reach 5th place there. In 2009 Norway scored its third win in the competition. Alexander Rybak was able to achieve first place in the final as well as in the semifinals. What was remarkable about the victory was that Norway scored 387 points. It is not only the highest number of points for Norway in the competition to date, but also represents the highest number of points in the old rating system of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was valid until 2015. From 2010 Norway was no longer so successful. The singer Didrik Solli-Tangen only achieved a placement in the lower midfield in 2010 in Oslo with 20th place out of 25. In 2011, the country was only third from bottom in the semifinals and was eliminated for the second time in the semifinals. In 2012, the singer Tooji narrowly qualified for the final, but only reached last place there, which is the eleventh last place for Norway in the competition. It was not until 2013 that the country was successful again in the competition.

Finally, in 2013 Norway sent the singer Margaret Berger, who already reached 3rd place in the semifinals and then achieved 4th place in the final. It was Norway's best result since 2009. However, the entries from 2014 and 2015 each achieved a place in the top ten. Singer Carl Espen in 2014 and the duo Mørland & Debrah Scarlett each achieved 8th place in 2015. It was the first time since 1996 that Norway was placed in the top ten three times in a row. In 2016 this success ended again. The country only reached 13th place out of 18 in the semi-finals and was eliminated for the third time in the semi-finals. In 2017, however, the duo JOWST feat. Aleksander Walmann reached the finals again and got a place in the top ten with 10th place. In 2018 Norway sent Alexander Rybak, who won the competition for the country in 2009. He was able to win the semi-finals as in 2009, but only reached 15th place in the final, which is the first time since 2012 that Norway failed to place in the top ten in the final. In 2019, however, the country was more successful again. So the trio KEiiNO could reach place 7 in the semifinals, with which they reached the final. There they won the televoting with 291 points, but only achieved 6th place in the end due to their low place in the juries. Nevertheless, it was Norway's best ranking since 2013.

In total, 25 of the 58 entries ended up in the left half of the table. Overall, Norway was eliminated only three times in the semifinals, but ended up in last place eleven times. This means that Norway, together with Finland, who also finished last eleven times, holds the negative record of last place. Nevertheless, the country has so far won the competition three times, once in second place and once in third place. Thus Norway is one of the average successful countries in competition.

List of posts

Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified. - Cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest.      

year	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	final		Semi-final / qualification		National preliminary decision
					space	Points	space	Points
1960	Nora Brockstedt	Voi voi M / T: Georg Elgaaen	Norwegian	-	4/13	11	Direct participation		Melodi Grand Prix 1960
1961	Nora Brockstedt	Summer in Palma M: Jan Wølner; T: Egil Hagen	Norwegian	Summer in Palma	7/16	10			Melodi Grand Prix 1961
1962	Inger Jacobsen	Kom sol, kom regn M: Kjell Karlsen; T: Ivar Andersen	Norwegian	Comes sun, comes rain	10/16	2			Melodi Grand Prix 1962
1963	Anita Thallaug	Solhverv M / T: Dag Kristoffersen	Norwegian	Solstice	13/16	0			Melodi Grand Prix 1963
1964	Arne Bendiksen	Spiral M: Sigurd Jansen; T: Egil Hagen	Norwegian	spiral	8/16	8th			Melodi Grand Prix 1964
1965	Kirsti Sparboe	Carousel M / T: Jolly Kramer-Johansen	Norwegian	carousel	13/18	1			Melodi Grand Prix 1965
1966	Åse Kleveland	Does he never go under solen M / T: Arne Bendiksen	Norwegian	Nothing is new under the sun	3/18	15th			Melodi Grand Prix 1966
1967	Kirsti Sparboe	Dukkemann M: Tor Hultin; T: Ola B. Johannessen	Norwegian	Male doll	14/17	2			Melodi Grand Prix 1967
1968	Odd Børre	Stress M: Tor Hultin; T: Ola B. Johannessen	Norwegian	stress	13/17	2			Melodi Grand Prix 1968
1969	Kirsti Sparboe	Oj, oj, oj, så glad any shall be bli M / T: Arne Bendiksen	Norwegian	Ui, ui, ui how happy i will be	16/16	1			Melodi Grand Prix 1969
1970	No participation
1971	Hanne Krogh	Lykken he ... M / T: Arne Bendiksen	Norwegian	(The) happiness is ...	17/18	65	Direct participation		Melodi Grand Prix 1971
1972	Benny Borg & Grethe Kausland	Småting M / T: Kåre Grøttum, Ivar Børsum	Norwegian	Little things	14/18	73			Melodi Grand Prix 1972
1973	Bendik Singers	It's Just a Game M: Arne Bendiksen; T: Bob Williams	English , French a.	It's just a game	7/17	89			Melodi Grand Prix 1973
1974	Anne-Karine Strøm	The First Day of Love M: Frode Thingnæs; T: Philip A. Kruse	English	The first day of love	14/17	3			Melodi Grand Prix 1974
1975	Ellen Nikolaysen	Touch My Life (with Summer) M / T: Svein Hundsnes	English	Touch my life (with the summer)	18/19	11			Melodi Grand Prix 1975
1976	Anne-Karine Strøm	Mata Hari M: Frode Thingnæs; T: Philip A. Kruse	English	Mata Hari	18/18	7th			Melodi Grand Prix 1976
1977	Anita Skorgan	Casanova M: Svein Strugstad; T: Dag Nordtømme	English	Casanova	14/18	18th			Melodi Grand Prix 1977
1978	Jahn Teigen	Mil etter mil M / T: Kai Eide	Norwegian	Mile after mile	20/20	0			Melodi Grand Prix 1978
1979	Anita Skorgan	Oliver M: Anita Skorgan; T: Philip A. Kruse	Norwegian	Oliver	11/19	57			Melodi Grand Prix 1979
1980	Mattis Hætta & Sverre Kjelsberg	Sámiid ædnan M: Sverre Kjelsberg; T: Ragnar Olsen	Norwegian b.	Lapland	16/19	15th			Melodi Grand Prix 1980
1981	Finn Kalvik	Aldri i livet M / T: Finn Kalvik	Norwegian	Never in life	20/20	0			Melodi Grand Prix 1981
1982	Anita Skorgan & Jahn Teigen	Goodbye M: Jahn Teigen; T: Herod Falsk	Norwegian	Goodbye	12/18	40			Melodi Grand Prix 1982
1983	Jahn Teigen	Do-re-mi M: Anita Skorgan, Jahn Teigen; T: Jahn Teigen, Herodes Falsk	Norwegian	Do-re-mi	9/20	53			Melodi Grand Prix 1983
1984	Dollie de Luxe	Lenge leve livet M / T: Benedicte Adrian, Ingrid Bjørnov	Norwegian	Long live life	17/19	29			Melodi Grand Prix 1984
1985	Bobbysocks	La det swing M / T: Rolf Løvland	Norwegian	Let it swing	1  /19	123			Melodi Grand Prix 1985
1986	Ketil Stokkan	Romeo M / T: Ketil Stokkan	Norwegian	Romeo	12/20	44			Melodi Grand Prix 1986
1987	Kate	Mitt liv M: Rolf Løvland; T: Rolf Løvland, Hanne Krogh	Norwegian	My life	9/22	65			Melodi Grand Prix 1987
1988	Karoline Kruger	For vår jord M: Erik Hillestad; T: Anita Skorgan	Norwegian	For our earth	5/22	88			Melodi Grand Prix 1988
1989	Britt Synnøve Johansen	Venners nærhet M: Inge Enoksen; T: Leiv N. Grøtte	Norwegian	Being close to friends	17/21	30th			Melodi Grand Prix 1989
1990	Ketil Stokkan	Brandenburg Gate M / T: Ketil Stokkan	Norwegian	Brandenburg Gate	21/22	8th			Melodi Grand Prix 1990
1991	Just 4 fun	Mrs. Thompson M: PG Roness, Kaare Skevik Jr .; T: Dag Kolsrud	Norwegian c.	Mrs. Thompson	17/22	14th			internal selection
1992	Merethe Trøan	Visjoner M: Robert Morley; T: Eva Jansen	Norwegian	Visions	18/23	23			Melodi Grand Prix 1992
1993	Silje Vige	All mine tankar M / T: Bjørn-Erik Vige	Norwegian	All of my thoughts	5/25	120			Melodi Grand Prix 1993
1994	Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen	Duet M: Rolf Løvland; T: Hans Olaf Mørk	Norwegian	duet	6/25	76	Qualified directly for the final		Melodi Grand Prix 1994
1995	Secret Garden	Nocturne M: Rolf Løvland; T: Petter Skavland	Norwegian	nocturne	1  /23	148			Melodi Grand Prix 1995
1996	Elisabeth Andreassen	I evighet M / T: Torhild Nigar	Norwegian	In eternity / forever	2/23	114			Melodi Grand Prix 1996
1997	Gate end counter	San Francisco M: Tor Endresen, Arne Myksvoll; T: Gate end counter	Norwegian	San Francisco	24/25	0			Melodi Grand Prix 1997
1998	Lars A. Fredriksen	Alltid sommer M: David Eriksen, Per-Kristian Ottestad .; T: Linda Johansen	Norwegian	Forever summer	8/25	79			Melodi Grand Prix 1998
1999	Van Eijk	Living My Life Without You M / T: Sem, Stig Van Eijk , Peter Brandt	English	To live my life without you	14/23	35			Melodi Grand Prix 1999
2000	Charmed	My Heart Goes Boom M: Morten Henriksen; T: Tore Madsen,	English	My heart is pounding	11/24	57			Melodi Grand Prix 2000
2001	Haldor Lægreid	On My Own M: Ole Henrik Antonsen, Tom-Steinar Hanssen; T: Ole Henrik Antonsen, Tom-Steinar Hanssen, Ole Jørgen Olsen	English	Alone	22/23	3			Melodi Grand Prix 2001
2002	Not qualified
2003	Jostein Hasselgård	I'm Not Afraid to Move On M / T: Arve Furset	English	I am not afraid to go any further	4/26	123	Qualified directly for the final		Melodi Grand Prix 2003
2004	Knut Anders Sørum	High M: Thomas Thörnholm, Lars Andersson; T: Dan Attlerud	English	High	24/24	3			Melodi Grand Prix 2004
2005	Wig wam	In My Dreams M / T: Trond Holter	English	In my dreams	9/24	125	6/25	164	Melodi Grand Prix 2005
2006	Christine Guldbrandsen	Alvedansen M / T: Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, Christine Guldbrandsen ; T: Kjetil Fluge, Christine Guldbrandsen	Norwegian	The elf dance	14/24	36	Qualified directly for the final		Melodi Grand Prix 2006
2007	Guri Schanke	Ven a bailar conmigo M / T: Thomas G: son	English, Spanish	Come Dance With Me	Eliminated		18/28	48	Melodi Grand Prix 2007
2008	Maria Haukaas Storeng	Hold On Be Strong M / T: Mira Craig	English	Hold on and be strong	5/25	182	4/19	106	Melodi Grand Prix 2008
2009	Alexander Rybak	Fairytale M / T: Alexander Rybak	English	fairy tale	1  / 25th	387	1/19	201	Melodi Grand Prix 2009
2010	Didrik Solli-Tangen	My Heart Is Yours M / T: Fredrik Kempe, Hanne Sørvaag	English	My Heart is yours	20/25	35	Qualified directly for the final		Melodi Grand Prix 2010
2011	Stella Mwangi	Haba haba M: BeyondFM, Big City; T: Stella Mwangi	English, Swahili	Bit by bit	Eliminated		17/19	30th	Melodi Grand Prix 2011
2012	Tooji	Stay M / T: Tooji, Peter Boström, Figge Boström	English	Stay	26/26	7th	10/18	45	Melodi Grand Prix 2012
2013	Margaret Berger	I Feed You My Love M / T: Karin Park, Robin Mortensen Lynch, Niklas Olovsen	English	I give you my love	4/26	191	3/17	120	Melodi Grand Prix 2013
2014	Carl Aspens	Silent Storm M / T: Josefin Winther	English	Silent storm	8/26	88	6/15	77	Melodi Grand Prix 2014
2015	Mørland & Debrah Scarlett	A Monster Like Me M / T: Kjetil Mørland	English	A monster like me	8/27	102	4/17	123	Melodi Grand Prix 2015
2016	Agnete	Icebreaker M / T: Agnete Johnsen , Gabriel Alares, Ian Curnow	English	Icebreaker	Eliminated		13/18	63	Melodi Grand Prix 2016
2017	JOWST feat. Aleksander Walmann	Grab the Moment M: Joakim With Steen ; T: Jonas McDonnell	English	Seize the moment	10/26	158	5/18	189	Melodi Grand Prix 2017
2018	Alexander Rybak	That's How You Write a Song M / T: Alexander Rybak	English	This is how you write a song	15/26	144	1/18	266	Melodi Grand Prix 2018
2019	KEiiNO	Spirit in the Sky M: Tom Hugo , Henrik Tala, Fred Buljo , Rüdiger Schramm; T: Alexander Olsson, Tom Hugo , Fred Buljo , Alexandra Rotan	English, North Sami	Spirit in heaven	6/26	331	7/18	210	Melodi Grand Prix 2019
2020	Ulrikke Brandstorp	Attention M / T: Christian Ingebrigtsen , Kjetil Mørland , Ulrikke Brandstorp	English	attention	Cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the EBU				Melodi Grand Prix 2020
2021									Melodi Grand Prix 2021

^a.in a few words in Spanish, Italian , Dutch , German , Irish , Hebrew , Serbo-Croatian , Finnish , Swedish and Norwegian

^b.with a title and a few words in Sami

^c. with English title

National preliminary decisions

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Almost all Norwegian contributions were selected in a national preliminary decision under the title Melodi Grand Prix , only the retort band Just4Fun 1991 was selected internally. Over the years, Norway has used a wide variety of systems to choose from:

The classic"

The Norwegian television broadcaster organized a “classic” preliminary round most of the time: between eight and twelve artists each present a title in one evening, and the favorite is ultimately voted on. This method was used from 1969 to 1971, 1978 to 1981, 1983 to 1990, 1992 to 1994 and 1996 to 2005.

Systems with preliminary rounds

In 1960, 1977, 1982 and 1995, several semi-finals were held before the grand finale. These were mostly divided into regions and often only contained a few songs, such as in 1982 only two entries per preliminary round. In 2006 a new mode with semi-final rounds was introduced: there were three preliminary rounds and a “last chance”, in which eliminated participants could try their luck again. This mode was used until 2011. From 2012 to 2014 there were only three preliminary rounds and one final. Eventually the “last chance” round was discontinued.

In 2020, due to the 60th anniversary of the Melodi Grand Prix, several preliminary rounds will take place for the first time since 2014.

System with double orchestra

1961 to 1968 and 1972 to 1976 five songs each were presented in the Norwegian preliminary round. Each song was sung independently by two artists, once with a small band or orchestra and once with a large orchestra. A similar system was used by the Netherlands in the 1950s and early 1960s .

System with gold final and gold duel

The preliminary round system was abolished in 2015, since then only ten performers have competed against each other in a final. In 2015 and 2016 four of them, which were determined 100% by televoting, made it to the so-called gold finals (super finals ). There, only the televoting, which was read out according to regions, decided the winner. In 2017, a jury was reintroduced for the first time since 2001. From now on, the audience, together with this international jury, decided which four performers would reach the gold final. In the gold final , it was still the spectators who decided the winner. This system was expanded in 2018. Now the two best performers from the gold final moved into the gold duel . There the audience decided the winner again from two performers. This system was also used in 2019.

Voting modes

Until the mid-1990s, the preliminary decision was always made by a jury , which partly consisted of a regional audience jury and an expert jury , which often also included earlier participants in the competition, such as Anne-Marie David in 1985 . In 1997, in addition to the juries, telephone voting was introduced, which has grown in importance over the years; from 2003 to 2016, votes were only taken by phone or SMS. Since 2017, an international jury has determined 50% of the result of the first round, the other 50% comes from the audience vote.

languages

In the years without language regulation (1972 to 1976 and 1999 to today) Norway - like the other Scandinavian countries - almost always took the opportunity to have its contributions presented at least partially in English, the only exceptions were 1972, 2006, 2007 and 2019 In 2006 it should be noted that Alvedansen was the only one in the national language among the 24 songs in the preliminary round. Just a Game from 1973 was sung mainly in English and French, but also included words in the national languages ​​of each participating country for that year. In 2007 the Norwegian contribution contained a Spanish headline with Ven a bailar conmigo . In 2019 the song Spirit in the Sky contained a repeated line of text in North Sami .

An English version was included for the majority of the Norwegian contributions. Occasionally the articles were also published in other languages ​​such as Swedish, German or French.

It is noticeable that internationally understandable titles were chosen for the contributions, for example names ( Mata Hari , Casanova , Oliver , Romeo , Mrs. Thompson), locations (Sommer i Palma , Brandenburg Gate , San Francisco ) and words that are similar in many languages sound (spiral, carousel, stress, Visjoner, duet), but also meaning free as Oj, oj, oj or Voi voi or words from other languages, such as do-re-mi , which in Italian the first three notes of the C major - scale "CDE" are.

Competitions held

year	city	venue	Moderation
1986	Mountains	Grieghallen	Åse Kleveland
1996	Oslo	Oslo spectrum	Ingvild Bryn & Morten Harket
2010		Telenor Arena	Nadia Hasnaoui , Haddy N'jie & Erik Solbakken

Scoring

The following countries received the most points from or awarded the most points to Norway (as of 2019):

Most of the points awarded in the final space country Points 1  Sweden 363 2  Denmark 221 3  Ireland 170 4th  France 167 5  United Kingdom 163

Most in the final received points space country Points 1  Sweden 226 2  Denmark 170 3  Ireland 164 4th  Iceland 151 5  Belgium 148

Most of the points awarded space country Points 1  Sweden 453 2  Denmark 307 3  Ireland 197 4th  Finland 174 5  France 167

Most total obtained points space country Points 1  Sweden 301 2  Denmark 277 3  Ireland 228 4th  Iceland 202 5  Finland 181

Award of the highest rating

Since 1975 Norway has given the highest number of points in the final in 20 different countries, ten of which went to Sweden. In the semi-finals, Norway awarded the maximum number of points to nine different countries, five of which to Sweden.

Highest rating (final) year country Place (final) 1975  Netherlands 1 1976  United Kingdom 1 1977  Ireland 3 1978  Ireland 5 1979  Israel 1 1980  Ireland 1 1981  Switzerland 4th 1982  Cyprus 5 1983  Sweden 3 1984  Denmark 4th 1985  Sweden 1 1986  Luxembourg 3 1987  Yugoslavia 4th 1988  Sweden 12 1989  United Kingdom 2 1990  France 2 1991  France 2 1992  Italy 4th 1993  Ireland 1 1994  Ireland 1 1995  Denmark 5 1996  Portugal 6th 1997  France 7th 1998  Malta 3 1999  Sweden 1 2000  Latvia 3 2001  Denmark 2 2002 Not qualified 2003  Iceland 8th 2004  Sweden 6th 2005  Denmark 9 2006  Finland 1 2007  Sweden 18th 2008  Denmark 15th 2009  Iceland 2 2010  Germany 1 2011  Finland 21st 2012  Sweden 1 2013  Sweden 14th 2014  Netherlands 2 2015  Sweden 1 2016  Italy (J) 16  Lithuania (T) 9 2017  Bulgaria (J) 2  Portugal (T) 1 2018  Germany (J) 4th  Lithuania (T) 12 2019  Czech Republic (J) 11  Sweden (T) 5 2020 Competition canceled

Highest rating (semi-finals) year country Place (semifinals) 2004  Bosnia and Herzegovina 7th 2005  Denmark 3 2006  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2007  Iceland 13 2008  Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 2009  Denmark 8th 2010  Sweden 11 2011  Finland 3 2012  Sweden 1 2013  Malta 4th 2014  Finland 3 2015  Sweden 1 2016  Australia (J) 1  Lithuania (T) 4th 2017  Bulgaria (J&T) 1 2018  Sweden (J) 2  Denmark (T) 5 2019  Sweden (J) 3  Lithuania (T) 11 2020 Competition canceled

various

• Arne Bendiksen wrote or co-wrote four of the Norwegian contributions, but when he took part as a singer himself in 1964, he sang a foreign composition. Rolf Løvland is on par with this record, he has also composed four titles - including two winners in the competition.
• The winning title Nocturne from 1995 holds a record: Never has an entry in the competition had less text, in the original version it only contains 24 words.
• Elisabeth Andreassen was part of the winning duo Bobbysocks in 1985. In Gothenburg she competed against the Swedish representative Kikki Danielsson , with whom she had represented Sweden together under the name Chips in 1982 .
• Norway has come in last eleven times since it first participated in 1960, more than any other country.
• In 2009 Norway became the first country to score over 300 points.
• If there had been a pure spectator voting in 2019, Norway would have won.

Impressions

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  Anne-Karine Strøm 1976

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  Guri Schanke 2007

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  Maria Haukaas Storeng 2008

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  Didrik Solli-Tangen 2010

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  Margaret Berger 2013

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  Carl Espen 2014

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  Mørland & Debrah Scarlett 2015

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  Agnete 2016

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  JOWST 2017

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  Alexander Rybak 2018

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  KEiiNO 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: geocities.ws
2. ↑ geocities.ws
3. ↑ diggiloo.net
4. ↑ diggiloo.net
5. ↑ diggiloo.net