Stein Ove Berg (22 December 1948 – 17 June 2002) was a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Berg hailed from

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. He had a musical breakthrough with the song "Manda morra blues" in 1973, and his song "Kommer nå" from 1974 was well received. He was awarded

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for the 1975 album ''Visa di''. His song books include ''Hestehov og brun beis'' from 1973, ''Albumblad'' from 1975, and ''58 viser'' from 1979.

Legacy

When Berg died in

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in June 2002, leader of the Labour Party,

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, wrote an obituary in ''

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''. A tributary album to Berg was issued in 2005, where his songs were performed by Henning Kvitnes,

Hilde Heltberg Hilde Heltberg (30 September 1959 – 4 September 2011) was a Norwegian singer, guitarist and songwriter, born in Oslo, Norway. Career Heltberg started her career in the late 70s when she entered a talent competition judged by Stein Ove Berg, who ...

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and others.

Jonas Fjeld Jonas Fjeld (born Terje Lillegård Jensen; 24 September 1952) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known in the English-speaking world for two albums recorded by Danko/Fjeld/Andersen, a collaboration with Canadian Rick ...

recorded the song "Stein Ove" to his honour in 2009.

References

1948 births 2002 deaths People from Ullensaker Norwegian male singer-songwriters Norwegian singer-songwriters 20th-century Norwegian male singers 20th-century Norwegian singers {{norway-singer-stub