Jostein Hasselgård (born 24 March 1979) is a Norwegian singer. He was the winner of

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 t ...

's national pre-selection for the

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and he won Norway a fourth place in the finals of the

Eurovision Song Contest 2003 The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Riga, Latvia, following the country's victory at the with the song " I Wanna" by Marie N. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) a ...

with the

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" I'm Not Afraid To Move On". He started to play the

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when he was six years old and has trained in several musical genres. Following his achievement in 2003 Hasselgård sang at various concerts in the southeastern part of Norway. His home page indicates that his career as an entertainment artist has been uneventful since 2004. He has studied at the

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in Oslo to focus and also worked full-time as a

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teacher. In 2006, Jostein and his band ''Hasselgård'', released an album called ''A few Words''.Hasselgård "A few words"
(

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), f-b.no, June 13, 2006 He has been a tenor for the vocal group Pust since 2006, and had his last performance with the group December 15th 2022.

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1979 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Norway Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2003 Melodi Grand Prix contestants Musicians from Fredrikstad Melodi Grand Prix winners English-language singers from Norway Norwegian educators Norwegian male pianists 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century pianists 21st-century Norwegian male singers {{pianist-stub