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1963 In Norwegian Television
This is a list of Norwegian television related events from 1963. Events *10 February - Nora Brockstedt is selected to represent Norway at the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the eighth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and took place in London, United Kingdom. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporat ... with her song " Solhverv". She is selected to be the fourth Norwegian Eurovision entry during Norsk Melodi Grand Prix held at NRK Studios in Oslo, but pulled out of a third Eurovision appearance, citing a scheduling conflict with other previously-arrange engagements. Anita Thallaug performed Solhverv at Eurovision instead. Debuts Television shows Ending this year Births Deaths References {{Norway-tv-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Television
Television in Norway was Timeline of the introduction of television in countries, introduced in 1954, but the first television program was only shown in 1958, and regular broadcasts did not start until 1960. Like Denmark, Norway had only one television channel until the 1980s. Some 40% of the population have Cable television, cable TV, and 30% have Satellite television, satellite TV. Another 30% have terrestrial television only. In Norway, all advertising containing political messages and advertising aimed at children are prohibited. Channels such as TV3 (Norway), TV3 are allowed to broadcast commercial breaks, as these channels are being broadcast via satellite from the United Kingdom. Non-Norwegian television programs (as well as portions of Norwegian shows with foreign language dialogue), except for children's programs, are subtitled, not dubbed. Analogue terrestrial television The first television channel in Norway, NRK1 was started officially in 1960 (then under the name N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Brockstedt
Nora Brockstedt (20 January 1923 – 5 November 2015) was a Norwegian singer. In her last years, she focused more on the jazz genre, with successful albums like ''As Time Goes By'' (JazzAvdelingen, 2004) and ''Christmas Songs'' (JazzAvdelingen, 2005). She sang jazz in the 1960s, but was more known for her 'conventional' pop songs. She died after a short illness at Ullevaal Hospital in Oslo on 5 November 2015. newsinenglish.no; accessed 20 November 2015. See also * * |
Eurovision Song Contest 1963
The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the eighth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and took place in London, United Kingdom. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who agreed to stage the event after , who had won the edition, declined to host it due to financial shortcomings, also having hosted the competition in and . The contest was held at the BBC Television Centre on Saturday 23 March 1963 and was hosted by Katie Boyle for a second time. Sixteen countries participated in the contest, the same countries that had participated the previous year. The contest this year was won by with the song "Dansevise", performed by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann. This was the first victory for any of the Nordic countries. Four countries got nul points, with , and failing to score any points for the first time and the for the second time, becoming the first country to go two years in a row without scori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solhverv
Norway was represented by Anita Thallaug, with the song "Solhverv", at the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 23 March in London. The song was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 10 February. Thallaug had not originally performed "Solhverv" in MGP, but was asked to become Norway's representative when the winning performer, Nora Brockstedt, pulled out of a third Eurovision appearance, citing a scheduling conflict with other previously-arranged engagements. It was widely rumoured however that a more plausible explanation was that Brockstedt considered "Solhverv" a substandard song, unlikely to do well in the contest, and did not wish to risk damaging her reputation with a poor result after her two earlier Eurovision performances had gained relatively respectable placings. Norway's participation in the 1963 contest also became mired in scandal when it was alleged that on the night of the contest the Norwegian jury had publicly changed their votes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Thallaug
Anita Thallaug (born 14 February 1938) is a Norwegian actress and singer. Biography Thallaug was born in Bærum on 14 February 1938. She has featured in musicals, cinema and TV programs. Under the name Vesla Rolfsen, at the age of seven, she was performing at the Spider theatre in Oslo. She featured frequently in NRK children's programs of the 1950s. Thallaug was the Norwegian contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, with the song "Solhverv", where she finished 13th (last). She was the first of four Norwegian entrants to score no points in the competition. Anita Thallaug is the younger sister of opera singer Edith Thallaug. Melodi Grand Prix entries Films *1990: '' Den spanske flue'' (The Spanish Fly) (TV) Mrs Meisel *1964: ''Klokker i måneskinn'' (Watches in the Moonlight) Mannekeng, 'Manager of affairs' *1962: ''Operation Løvsprett'' Søster Bitten *1957: ''Blondin i fara'' (Blonde in Danger) (Swedish film) Mona Mace *1954: ''I moralens navn ''I moralens navn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
