Petter Bjørklund Kristiansen (born 14 May 1989 in

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) better known by his stage name Katastrofe, is a

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singer and songwriter. Originating from

in Norway, he is signed to

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Norway. “About” Kristiansen started his musical career in 2008 with a joint song "Vi prekas" with Isabella Leroy. In 2011 he teamed up with Norwegian hit-producing duo NastyKutt & Kriss with "Nødlanding" that was released on Universal Music. The song enjoyed considerable radio play in Norway leading to another release 2012 when Robin og Bugges featured him in their song "Backpacker" leading to an appearance at the opening of the Norway Football Cup. In 2013, he was featured once again in the Staysman & Lazz hit "Brun og Blid" featuring Katastrofe & M.M.B. With increasing popularity, Katastrofe had chart success in 2014 on

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, the official Norwegian Singles Chart with "Bleik og sur", a cooperation with Staysman & M.M.B. certified as gold. Other chart successes included "Maria" in 2014 and "Pattaya" in 2015. In 2014 he was shortlisted for the " Best Norwegian Act" listing for

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, but didn't make it to the final list. In 2015, he cooperated with

Marcus & Martinus Marcus & Martinus (both born in Elverum, Norway 21 February 2002), occasionally known as M&M, are Norwegian dance-pop duo consisting of monozygotic twin brothers Marcus and Martinus Gunnarsen. They have released three albums: '' Hei'', '' Toge ...

, a twin brother duo winner of

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. Their song "Elektrisk" featuring Katastrofe made it to number 3 on the Norwegian Singles Chart in 2015. Another notable success was with "Typisk Norsk" in cooperation with Norwegian violinist and Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner

Alexander Rybak Alexander Igorevich Rybak (russian: Александр Игоревич Рыбак) or Alyaxandr Iharavich Rybak ( be, Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак; born 13 May 1986) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pian ...

.WiwiBlogs: Alexander Rybak collaborates with Katastrofe on "Typisk Norsk"
/ref> Katastrofe was featured in "Si ja!", a single for Innertier. Katastrofe co-wrote the song "En godt stekt pizza" for the Norwegian eliminations for the

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. The song, performed by Staysman & Lazz, finished in third place on the national Melodi Grand Prix 2015 finals in Norway, failing to qualify. Katastrofe's 2016 hit "Sangen du hater" has topped

, the Norwegian Singles Chart in 2017, making it his first number one on the chart.

Discography

Singles

As main artist As featured artist

References

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