Julenatt is a

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Elisabeth Andreassen Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen (; born 28 March 1958), also known as just Bettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest. Career Her talent was discovered in 1979 by Swedish musician and ...

and Rein Alexander, released in

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on 16 November 2009, and followed up by a church tour. The album peaked at 11th position at the

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. The album was recorded inside the Kongshavn Studio i

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between September–October 2009.

Bjørn Ole Rasch Bjørn Ole Rasch (born 28 July 1959) is a Norwegian artist (keyboards performer), composer, arranger and producer. He is a professor of popular music at the Agder University College. With his wife, Annbjørg Lien, he runs the Kongshavn Studios in ...

produced the album, and the songs are based on the 2008 and 2009 Elisabeth Andreassen and Rein Alexander church tours. The first tour, "Julekonsert med Rein Alexander & Elisabeth Andreassen", was carried out in November–December 2009 and becoming a major success, it was followed up by the "Julenatt" tour before Christmas 2009. While most songs originate from the 2009 tour, even songs from the 2008 tour appear on the album. The album contains older and newer songs sung in

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and

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. Among the songs are

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(Glade jul, dejlige jul/Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht/Stilla natt, heliga natt), O helga natt, Deilig er jorden (Schönster Herr Jesu),

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"Det lyser i stille grender",

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's "

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" and

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's " Himlen i min famn".

Track listing

(Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) # Peace on Earth/

# Himlen i min famn #Det lyser i stille grender #Julenatt #Vitae Lux #Juletid, juletid #Sigma #Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) #

Coventry Carol The "Coventry Carol" is an English Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was traditionally performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called ''Coventry Mystery Plays, The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors''. ...

# O helga natt (Cantique Noël) # Deilig er jorden (Schönster Herr Jesu)

Chart positions

References

{{Elisabeth Andreassen 2009 Christmas albums Elisabeth Andreassen albums Christmas albums by Norwegian artists