Anita Skorgan (born 13 November 1958) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She represented

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest Norway has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 60 times since making its debut in and has only been absent twice since then. In 1970, the country boycotted the contest over disagreements about the voting structure, and in 2002, they wer ...

in (14th), (11th) and with Jan Teigen in (12th). She was also a backing singer at the and contests, and co-wrote the Norwegian Eurovision entry "

For vår jord Norway was represented by Karoline Krüger, with the song "For vår jord", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin. "For vår jord" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 26 March. Befor ...

", which placed fifth.

Personal life

Born in

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, Skorgan was once married to

Jahn Teigen Jahn Teigen (27 September 1949 – 24 February 2020) was a Norwegian singer, musician and comedian. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983, His given name was Jan; he added the silent H later. F ...

, another successful Norwegian singer-songwriter; constantly in the tabloids, the two were considered the first superstar celebrity couple in Norway. Together they have a

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Career

She represented

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in the

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a total of five times: twice as a solo artist, once with Jahn Teigen, once as his backing singer in

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, and also as Finn Kalvik's backing singer in his

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performance. In

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she sang "Casanova", finishing 14th. She had a bit more Eurovision success in

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two years later, lifting her song " Oliver" to 11th place. Back in England, she returned to the Eurovision stage with her then-husband Jahn Teigen to perform "Adieu", which was voted to a 12th position in

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. She and Jahn between them appeared at every single

final from

until

except

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, namely 6 times in 7 years. As her music career expanded, the demand for Anita Skorgan grew also. Before she knew it, she landed multiple appearances on the hit television show "

Melodi Grand Prix Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix ( no, Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). It dete ...

" seven times between 1976 and 1985. On 17 November 2001 she appeared with her old classmates on the popular Norwegian TV show "

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" (The Big Class Reunion). Having previously co-written the 1979 and 1983 entries, Skorgan co-wrote Norway's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988. The song "For vår jord" (For our earth) performed by

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, would give Skorgan her best-ever Eurovision result as a performer or writer, finishing fifth in Dublin. She was also one of the writers of "You Used To Be Mine", which came fifth in Norway's Melodi Grand Prix 1999, the show which selected the country's entry to the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem. Additional instances of her filmographic life include appearances on ''

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'' in 1983 and '' Stjerner i sikte'' in 1997. In 1995 she gave her voice for the singing parts of the Disney movie ''

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'' and its sequel; in 1997 she sang as Anastasia in ''

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'', and in 1998 she sang as Kayley in the movie ''

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''. In 2004 she founded the band Queen Bees. In November 2010 she was interviewed and sang live on the

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Show on

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. In July 2011 she was again interviewed, twice, on the Jeremy Vine Show following the

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Discography

(Peak positions in VG-lista Norwegian Albums or Singles Chart in parenthesis)

Albums

*1975: ''Til en venn'' *1976: ''Du er nær meg'' (#16) *1976: ''Tänk på mej'' *1977: ''Young Girl'' (#12) *1978: ''Anita Skorgan'' *1979: ''Ingen vei tilbake'' *1979: ''Krama dej'' *1980: ''De fineste'' *1981: ''Pastell'' (#21) *1983: ''Cheek to Cheek'' (with Jahn Teigen) (#1) *1985: ''Karma'' (#10) *1986: ''White Magic'' (#6) *1990: ''Basic'' *1994: ''Julenatt'' (#13) *2001: ''Gull'' *2008: ''Julenatt'' *2009: ''Hele veien - 47 utvalgte sanger'' (#4) *2011: ''På gyllen grunn'' (#25) *2013: ''La høsten være som den er'' (#5)

EPs

*1973: ''Fire klassiske pianostykker'' *1973: ''Aufschwung op. 12 nr. 2''

MC-Cassettes

*1981: ''Anita Skorgans beste''

Singles

*1977: "Casanova"(#4) *1979: "Oliver" (#6) *1982: "Adieu" (with Jahn Teigen) (#3) *1983: "Friendly" (with Jahn Teigen) (#2) *2009: "I denne julenatt" (#19)

References

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