The Dolphin Club ( no, Dolphins viseklubb) was a music club in Oslo, Norway. The club was started at the initiative of the Norwegian painter and graphic artist Ole Hauki ( :no:Ole Hauki) (a.k.a. Dolphin)''Norsk kunstnerleksikon'': Ole Hauki.
(In Norwegian) on March 12, 1966.''Aftenposten'', March 12, 1966. Hauki had returned from a stay in the United States, and brought the idea for the club back with him. Hauki managed the club for five years. The club's first meeting place was at what is now the Vegeta Vertshus restaurant (formerly known as ''Frisksportrestauranten'') at Grensen no. 18 in Oslo. The venue was limited to 70 people and music evenings were held on Saturdays. The club was so popular that it also started meeting on Wednesdays. In 1968, the club relocated to the Masonic building, where there was room for 300. It became in active in 1970. The Dolphin Club started the Norwegian "ballad wave" (''visebølgen''). The movement therefore did not start in lugubrious cellars with wine and candles, but in an alcohol-free vegetarian café where carrot juice was the strongest drink.Bing, Morten. 2015. A Folkrocker's Guide to the Universe • 1965–1975. ''Viser/Visor'' 1.
/ref> The first group to appear at the Dolphin Club was The Sing Singers with Ole Hauki, Bjørn Tonhaugen, Karin Hvidsten, and

Ole Paus Ole Paus (born 9 February 1947; full name ''Ole Christian Paus'') is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, poet and author, who is widely regarded as the foremost troubadour of the contemporary Norwegian ballad tradition ( no, visebølgen). During th ...

. Others that were active there included Lillebjørn Nilsen, Kari Svendsen, Bjørn Morisse, Øystein Sunde, Lars Klevstrand,

Hege Tunaal Hege Tunaal (born 17 June 1948) is a Norwegian singer. She was born in Bærum. As a singer she reached national popularity in the 1970s, releasing albums such as ''Olje, brød og vin'' (1972) and ''Vide med vind'' (1974) and singles such as ''I Lo ...

, Finn Kalvik, Jon Arne Corell, and

Steinar Ofsdal Steinar Ofsdal (born 4 October 1948) is a Norwegian composer and flutist. Career Ofsdal has since 1967 performed on numerous stages in Norway, and worldwide in different settings. He has performed alone or within one of his many bands, and is ...

, as well as groups such as Kinsfolk, Gruppe 4,

Christiania Fusel & Blaagress Christiania Fusel & Blaagress was a band started at Øystein Sunde's home after an evening at the Dolphin Club in Oslo on February 18, 1968. Its first performance was on February 22 the same year. The original membership of the band was: * Kari ...

, and The Young Norwegians.

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