Norway was represented by

Grethe Kausland Grethe Kausland (July 3, 1947 – November 16, 2007) was a Norwegian singer, performer and actress. As a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers (her debut single “Teddyen min” from 1955, sold more than 100,000 recordsJan ...

and

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, with the song "Småting", at the

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, which took place on 25 March in

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. "Småting" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the

Melodi Grand Prix Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix ( no, Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). It dete ...

on 19 February.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1972

The

1972 was held at the studios of broadcaster

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, hosted by

Vidar Lønn-Arnesen Vidar Lønn-Arnesen (born 22 June 1940) is a Norwegian singer, radio presenter and television presenter. He was born in Lardal and grew up in Horten. He started his career as a local entertainer and pirate radio personality in the 1950s. From 1960 ...

. Five songs were presented in the final with each song sung twice by different singers, once with a small combo and once with a full orchestra. The winning song was chosen by voting from a 14-member public jury who each awarded between 1 and 5 points per song.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Kausland and Borg performed 6th in the running order, following the

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and preceding

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. "Småting" was a rather old-fashioned song, lyrically very similar in theme to the previous year's "

Lykken er Norway was represented by 15-year-old Hanne Krogh, with the song "Lykken er", at the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in Dublin. "Lykken er" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 20 February. "Lykk ...

", and at the close of voting had picked up 73 points, placing Norway 14th of the 18 entries.ESC History - Norway 1972
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Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

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