Helene Margrete Bøksle (born April 1, 1981,
Mandal,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
) is a Norwegian singer and actress.
Career
Bøksle performs a mixture of traditional
Norwegian folk music
Much has been learned about early music in Norway from physical artifacts found during archaeological digs. These include instruments such as the lur. Viking and medieval sagas also describe musical activity, as do the accounts of priests and pil ...
and
popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Fu ...
.
Bøksle has performed with singers such as
Bjørn Eidsvåg
Bjørn Eidsvåg (born 17 March 1954) is a Norwegian pop singer, songwriter, and ordained Lutheran minister. He was born in Sauda, and is a graduate of the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He has released more than 25 albums since his 1976 debu ...
,
David Urwitz and
Eurovision 1995
The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 1995 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTÉ) and presented by ...
winners
Secret Garden.
Bøksle entered the
Melodi Grand Prix 2011
Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2011, organised by the Norwegian broadcaster, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK).
Before Eurovision
M ...
with the song "Vardlokk".
Personal life
Bøksle is married to Espen Tjersland and they have a son who was born in 2013.
Discography
Albums
;Others
*2009: ''Det hev ei rose sprunge'' (Christmas album) (rereleased in 2010 with 2 bonus tracks)
Video game soundtracks
*2008: ''
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures''
Filmography
* 2003 Frelsesarmeens julekonsert
[(in Norwegian)]
References
External links
Official website
*
Norwegian video game actresses
Living people
1981 births
People from Mandal, Norway
Norwegian stage actresses
21st-century Norwegian singers
21st-century Norwegian women singers
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