Sverre Kjelsberg

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sverre Kjelsberg (January 2009)
Kjelsberg (right) with Mattis Hætta (1980)

Sverre Kjelsberg (born October 18, 1946 in Tromsø ; † June 19, 2016 there ) was a Norwegian musician .

Live and act

He achieved national fame from 1963 to 1967 as the singer and electric bassist of the Norwegian rock band The Pussycats , with whom he recorded ten singles and two albums. In 1970 he began studying music and then worked at the theater as a composer and actor. As a politically engaged solo artist, he released his debut album in 1979. Together with Mattis Hætta , he won the Melodi Grand Prix in 1980 and therefore competed for Norway in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest . With the title Sámiid ædnan , the duo landed at number 16. In the Norwegian charts, the title was number one for four weeks .

Discography (albums)

  • Etter mørketia , 1979
  • Kära Syster , 1980
  • Låla! , 1980 with Mattis Hætta
  • Sverre , 1982
  • Den glade pessimists , 1987 with Ragnar Olsen
  • Drømmen e fri , 1994
  • Større kraft enn krutt , 2005 (compilation)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sverre Kjelsberg er død

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Kjelsberg, Sverre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Tromso
DATE OF DEATH 19th June 2016
Place of death Tromso