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The beautiful song 'Song at Winter Solstice' has within short time been highly loved by listeners all around Norway. It's performed by folk-rock band 'Hekla Stalstrenga' who released their first album...

'Vi lever' (En Chantant) was recorded and released on a single by the French artist Michel Sardou in 1978. Four years later, in 1982 Wenche Myhre recorded a Norwegian version with text by Jan Eggum de...

In 1936, Oskar Lindberg heard a song at a church service in Gagnef (Dalecarlia). Based on the melody of the song, he wrote an organ piece which he called 'Gammal fäbodpsalm fran Dalarna'. A magnificen...

I went to Denmark with with my marching band ...' This is how the song 'Gud, hvor du er deilig' ('God, You are Delicious') starts, written by Finn Evensen starts. In Norway, we know the song best sung...

Gurines March' is a very well-known song in Norway. Lalla Carlsen made great success performing it in the Chat Noir Revue 'Det er servert' ('It's Served') in 1932 and in the movie 'Opp med hodet' the...

Nice Day for a Stroll depicts just this, a leisurely stroll around the park. Make sure the piece is not played too fast. With its light jazz touch, the rhythm and the triplets should rather be a bit b...

Solo for Flute in C - Vocal - Oboe in C - Altosax Eb - Tenorsax Bb - Flugelhorn/Trumpet - Horn in F - Horn in Eb - Trombone BC - Trombone TC - Euphonium BC - Euphonium TC - Euphonium Bb BC - Trombone...

The opening theme in this song is based on a Dutch folksong 'Wilgeboompjes' from 1735. However, the theme reminds us more about traditional irish folk music. The Norwegian band 'Plumbo' made popular m...

CC Cowboys is a Norwegian rock band from Fredrikstad. Their first album was published in 1990 titled Blodsbroedre (Blood Brothers). For this they received the Norwegian Grammy as this year's newcomer....

Amund Enger has since his recording debut in 1981 established himself as a music artist, actor and above all a songwriter for other artists. His probably most well-known songs are 'Domine Deus' and 'H...

Trond-Viggo Torgersen has published several recordings for children, and won the Norwegian Grammy award 'Spellemannsprisen' in 1981 for the album 'Det by'ner na' with Georg Keller. Many famous songs i...

'Rompa mi' der norwegischen Popband D.D.E aus dem Jahr 1996 ist heute noch ein großer Hit in Norwegen.

The movie 'Karsten and Petra become best friends' opened in cinemas in 2013. The movie became a huge success and is now a part of most DVD shelves in families with children. The film is about Karsten...

The first theatre performance of Captain Sabertooth; 'Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure in Kjuttaviga' premiered in Kristiansand Zoo in 1990. Up to now, it's written even four plays, all of them ren...

The young pop band Unique 4 from Boe in Telemark won the Eurovision Grand Prix Junior 2013 in Norway with the song Why be so Whiny? (Så sur da). The members of Unique 4 are Audun Roermark, Simen Bakkå...

Do Your Ears Hang Low is originally an English song often sung in schools and at camps. The singer songwriter Øystein Sunde made Norwegian lyrics to it and recorded it in 1971. His translation was an...

The Lonely Duck is a funny entertainment piece for flexible instrumentation and solo duck call. The parts are easy to play, yet with rhythmic challenges. The composition is intended to be performed by...

'Walk on By' is an American song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was written for Dionne Warwick. Her recording was released in April 1964 to great success. It reached a sixth place on the...

The old Mods classic 'Tore Tang', written by Morten Abel, is sung in sports arenas, in kindergartens and at parties all over Norway. It is one of the band's greatest hits and was released on their alb...

'Let Me Stay Young' was written by Arne Bendiksen and recorded and released on a single with Wenche Myhre in 1964. The song was also released on the album of the same name later that year. 'Let Me Sta...

Captain Sabertooth's performances and music have been a part of children's lives since the character was created in 1989. Since then countless theatrical performances have been staged, mainly in Kjutt...

The City of Friends' is a Norwegian animation series for children that was broadcasted on TV2 in Norway for the first time in 2011. The story was created by police officer Carl Christian Hamre. It's i...