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Kirsten Langbo
Kirsten Langbo (13 September 1909 – 18 January 1996) was a Norwegian children's writer, singer-songwriter and entertainer. Personal life She was born in Gran, Norway, Gran to farmer Iver Paulsen Jorstad and Dagny Franziska Aleksandra Pedersen, and grew up in a family with thirteen siblings. She moved to Vancouver, Canada, where she married papermaster Georg Gulbrandsen Langbo around 1930, and the couple eventually settled in Drammen. Career After having raised her own children, Langbo started writing humorous articles for the newspaper ''Drammens Tidende''. Appearing in the children's radio show ' from the mid 1950s, she performed her own songs and told stories from her rural childhood. Her Theme music, signature tune was a vocal imitation of a trombone solo (a version of "Bavarian polka" played with her lips). She also appeared in television shows for NRK1, NRK, as Ventriloquism, ventriloquist with hand puppets. She made her literary debut in 1957 with the anthology ''Morn ig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gran, Norway
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jaren. Other villages in Gran include Bjoneroa, Brandbu, Egge, Gran, and Ringstad. The municipality is the 148th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gran is the 88th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 13,633. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 1% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld of Gran was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1874, an unpopulated area of Gran Municipality was transferred to the neighboring Jevnaker Municipality. On 1 January 1897, the municipality was divided into two. The northern part of the municipality (population: 4,719) became the new municipality of Brandbu and the southern part of the municipality (popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
