Sverre Kjelsberg (18 October 1946 – 18 June 2016) was a Norwegian singer, guitarist, bassist, composer, and lyricist. He was a member of the band
The Pussycats
The Pussycats were a Norwegian rock band from Tromsø. Their members from 1963 to 1967 were bassist and vocalist Sverre Kjelsberg, guitarist and vocalist Trond Graff, drummer Kaare Larsen, lead guitarist Ottar Aasegg, and keyboardist and voca ...
from 1964. He and
Mattis Hætta
Mattis Hætta (15 March 1959 – 9 November 2022) was a Norwegian Sami singer and recording artist.
In 1980, he and Sverre Kjelsberg won the 1980 Melodi Grand Prix with the entry Sámiid Ædnan and went on to represent Norway in the Eurovisio ...
represented Norway in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
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with the entry ''
Sámiid Ædnan'', which was composed by Kjelsberg and
Ragnar Olsen.
On 18 June 2016, Kjelsberg was found dead in his home, aged 69. He had been ill with cancer previously, but was declared cancer-free in 2015. No cause of death has been determined.
NRK: Sverre Kjelsberg er død (Norwegian)
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Albums
*''Etter mørketia'' ( MAI, 1979)
*''Kära Syster'' with Tage Löf, Swedish
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pianist
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(MAI, 1980). This album included several of Carl Michael Bellman
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's 1790 ''Fredman's Epistles
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'' including the title track, and the song ''Sámiid Ædnan''.
*''Låla!'' (MAI, 1980) yoik with Mattis Hætta
Mattis Hætta (15 March 1959 – 9 November 2022) was a Norwegian Sami singer and recording artist.
In 1980, he and Sverre Kjelsberg won the 1980 Melodi Grand Prix with the entry Sámiid Ædnan and went on to represent Norway in the Eurovisio ...
*''Sverre'' (Hot Line, 1982).
*''Den glade pessimisten'' (OK, 1987), with Ragnar Olsen
*''Drømmen e fri'' ( Nord-Norsk Plateselskap, 1994)
*''Større kraft enn krutt'' (2005). Samleplate.
References
1946 births
2016 deaths
Musicians from Tromsø
Norwegian male singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1980
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Norway
Melodi Grand Prix winners
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