Geirr Lystrup (born 22 March 1949) is a Norwegian singer, poet, playwright and children's writer. He was born in Vinje. His debut album was ''Ti på taket og Måltrostblues'' from 1972. His album ''Songen om kjærligheta'' from 1981 (a cooperation with Det Norske Kammerkor) was awarded Spellemannprisen. He was awarded ''Prøysenprisen'' in 1987. He has played with the music group Godtfolk, and their first album ''Egg og Champagne'' from 1988 was awarded Spellemannprisen. Among his plays is ''Brakar og Joanna'', staged at

Riksteatret Riksteatret (English: National Traveling Theater) is a Norwegian touring theatre. It was established by law in 1948. Its first performance was in Kirkenes in 1949, with Sigurd Christiansen's play ''En reise i natten''. The theatre plays on about 2 ...

at its 50th anniversary in 1999.

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