Hilde Heltberg (30 September 1959 – 4 September 2011) was a
Norwegian
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singer, guitarist and songwriter, born in
Oslo
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, Norway.
Career
Heltberg started her career in the late 70s when she entered a talent competition judged by
Stein Ove Berg, who became her mentor.
She later joined the band Uncle John's Band, and, in 1982, X-tra, with
.
She released her first, self-titled, solo album in 1982, but found a more individual style in 1983 with ''På bare bein'' (On bare feet), produced by
Jonas Fjeld
Jonas Fjeld (born Terje Lillegård Jensen; 24 September 1952) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known in the English-speaking world for two albums recorded by Danko/Fjeld/Andersen, a collaboration with Canadian Rick ...
.
All in all Heltberg released 12 albums over the course of her career.
She also participated in the Norwegian qualification for the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
three times as an artist: in
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
,
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
and
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
, and as a songwriter in
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
.
Her last single, titled "Elske fritt" (Free love) was released in 2009.
Heltberg died from cancer at
Rikshospitalet
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet is one of the four main campuses of Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Norway. It was an independent hospital, ''Rigshospitalet'', later spelled ''Rikshospitalet'' ("The National Hospital"), from 1826 to 2009 ...
on 4 September 2011.
Discography
Albums
*1982: ''Hilde Heltberg''
*1983: ''På bare bein''
*2012: ''Elske det umulige''
Singles
*2009: "Elske fritt"
;Melodi Grand Prix (Eurovision selection)
*
MGP 1980: "Maestro"
*
MGP 1984: "Ditt smil"
*
MGP 1985: "Livet har en sjanse"
References
External links
*
Artist home page
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1959 births
2011 deaths
Norwegian women singers
Norwegian songwriters
Melodi Grand Prix contestants
Musicians from Oslo
Deaths from cancer in Norway