Petter Bjørklund Kristiansen (born 14 May 1989 in

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...

) better known by his

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Katastrofe, is a Norwegian 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 MTV Europe Music Awards, but didn't make it to the final list. In 2015, he cooperated with Marcus & Martinus, a twin brother duo winner of Melodi Grand Prix Junior. 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.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 Eurovision Song Contest 2015. 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

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