Gerd Ellen "Lillemor" Gudding (November 15, 1951 – July 14, 2015) was a Norwegian musician, fiddler, bass guitarist, and singer, married 9 June 1973 to the artist

Øystein Dolmen Øystein Dolmen (born 19 February 1947), also known as Knutsen, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter best known for being one half of the duo Knutsen & Ludvigsen, alongside Gustav Lorentzen ("Ludvigsen"). Knutsen & Ludvigsen was a humorous duo whose al ...

(divorced).

Life

Gudding grew up in Oslo's Frogner neighborhood along with her sister Aase and brother Gunnar;Svendsen, Kari, & Mette Krekling Lien. 2015. Nekrolog: Gerd Gudding. ''Aftenposten'' (July 22).
/ref> their parents were from Trøndelag. She played violin in the band Veslefrikk at Majorstuen School. As a teenager she went to the Dolphin Club (Norway), Dolphin Club, where she became a fiddler in the band Christiania Fusel & Blaagress, playing together with Kari Svendsen and Øystein Sunde, among others. She later played with the band Knutsen & Ludvigsen and the group Bakklandet Bassangforening, where she played the character of Lina Larsen in their signature piece "Kristiansunds Nasjonalsang" (Kristiansund Anthem). She also worked in customer service at the Brygge Theater and Oslo Nye Teater, Oslo New Theater, and then worked at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet. Gudding died at age 63 on July 14, 2015, at the Lovisenberg Hospice.

Discography

With Bakklandet Bassangforening

*''Ned med Nidaros'' (1975) *''Du milde Mosart'' (1977)

Other collaboration

* Øystein Sunde: ''Det året det var så bratt'' (1971) * Convivium (group), Convivium: ''Convivium'' (1971) * Knutsen & Ludvigsen: ''Brunost no igjæn?'' (1972) * Knutsen & Ludvigsen: ''Balladen om Nancy Drew/Rett West'' (1973) * Knutsen & Ludvigsen: ''Knutsen og Ludvigsen nr. 3 – Tut'' (1974) * Ivar Medaas: ''Vårteikn'' (1976) * Stig Nilsson (author), Stig Nilsson: ''Brunost og sirop og brø'' (1977) * Christiania Fusel & Blaagress: ''Som varmt hvetebrød i tørt gress'' (reissued 1993) * Knutsen & Ludvigsen: ''Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste'' (1996) * Knutsen & Ludvigsen: ''Knutsen & Ludvigsens vær'ste'' (1997) * Knutsen & Ludvigsen: ''Dum og deilig: Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste'' (2008)

References

External links

''Aftenposten'': Nekrolog: Gerd Gudding
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