Maj Britt Andersen (born 15 November 1956) is a Norwegian singer.

Biography

She was born in

Østre Toten Østre Toten is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena. Other villages in the municipality include Kapp, Kolbu, Krab ...

and is a sister of

Inger Lise Rypdal Inger Lise Rypdal (born 14 December 1949 in Lena, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and actress in many different genres: pop, rock, theater, film, and musical. She is the sister of singer Maj Britt Andersen and was married (1969–1985) to guitaris ...

. Her album ''Folk er rare'' from 1986 earned her

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...

. She was singing in the soul group Chipahua in the 1980s. She has also issued albums with texts by

Alf Prøysen Alf Prøysen () (23 July 1914 – 23 November 1970) was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the 20th century. He wor ...

(''Kjærtegn'' from 1992 and ''Dørstokken heme'' from 2004). Andersen has also been a member of

Asker Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker, Viken (also known as Greate ...

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

for one term, representing a local party. Since 1983 she has been married to the bassist and music producer Geir Holmsen.

Honors

*2015:

in the Children's Music category, for the album ''Væla Omkring''

Discography

Solo albums

*1975: ''Et Lite Under'' (Nett Records) *1978: ''Det Svinger I Meg'' (CBS Records) *1986: ''Folk Er Rare!'' (Barneselskapet) *1987: ''Tida Går Så Altfor Fort'' (Barneselskapet) *1987: ''Folk Er Rare! 2!'' (Slager Records) *1990: ''Tamme Erter Og Villbringebær'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon AS) *1992: ''Kjærtegn'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon AS) *1994: ''Rippel Rappel'' (

Grappa Music Grappa Musikkforlag (established 1983 in Norway) is a Norwegian music company initiated and directed by Helge Westbye. It is one of the oldest and biggest independent record companies in Norway today. The company represents prominent Norwegian a ...

) *1997: ''Vinterkropp'' (Grappa Music) *1998: ''Chevina '' (Grappa Music) *2006: ''Onger Er Rare'' (MajorStudio AS) *2010: ''Indranis Sang'' (Barnemusikken) *2015: ''Væla Omkring'' (Grappa Music) *2017: ''Pulverheksas og vennene hennes'' *2018: ''Et stille sted''

References

External links

Website
1956 births Living people People from Østre Toten 20th-century Norwegian women singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers 21st-century Norwegian singers Asker politicians Spellemannprisen winners {{Norway-musician-stub