Petter Henriksen (born 30 November 1949) is a Norwegian musician and publisher.

Personal life

Henriksen was born in

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on 30 November 1949, and graduated with a degree in music from the

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Musical career

Henriksen was a co-founder of the song group in 1971 (originally named ''Loelvens Stiftelse''). The group's debut album ''Kva hjelp det å syngje'' from 1974 was awarded

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in 1975. He later collaborated with singer and songwriter

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, and composed the melodies for her albums ''Mitt ville hjerte'' (1987) and ''Blå krukke'' (1989). The album ''Mitt ville hjerte'' was Bremnes' first solo album, it consisted of songs based on poems by

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with melodies by Henriksen, and was awarded Spellemannprisen.

Publishing career

Henriksen was assigned with the publishing house Kunnskapsforlaget from 1977. From 1983 he was assigned as chief editor for the publishing house Hjemmet bokforlag, where he was main editor of the encyclopedia ''Damms store leksikon''. From 1992 he again worked for Kunnskapsforlaget, and was

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for the third and fourth editions of the ''

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'' from 1995 to 2010. He was then project leader for '' Det Norske Akademis ordbok'', a digital dictionary based on ''

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'', issued by the

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References

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