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Stein Ingebrigtsen (born 23 August 1945) is a

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singer. He was enormously popular in Norway in the 1970s, nicknamed "Mr. Norsktoppen" for his countless hits topping

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, an official chart for music in Norwegian.

Biography

From the 1960s and through the 1970s, he sold more than one million albums, most of his songs being Norwegian translations of classics and famous pop songs of that period. Ingebrigtsen was heavily involved in the ''Treff''-series ("Treff" being a direct Norwegian translation of "hit") which by 1978 finally comprised 21 discs consisting of translations of popular foreign songs. Among his hits were Norwegian versions of "

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" ("Bare du") and "

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" ("Solen skinner alltid der du aller helst vil være"). After this, Ingebrigtsen stepped down his own musical activity and only sporadic releases such as ''Stjernetegn'' and ''Soldatenes kortstokk'' in 1988 and 1989. He continued working as a producer for other musicians. Ingebrigtsen released ''Edelstein – de 20 beste'' in 2001. He is the father of pop-singer

Christian Ingebrigtsen Christian Ingebrigtsen (born 25 January 1977) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and musician. He is a member of the pop group A1. Biography Ingebrigtsen was born in Oslo, Norway, into a musical family. His father Stein Ingebrigtsen was the ...

, who is a member of the England-based

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A1. He also sang in

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Discography

Albums released in Norway

*1972 – ''Hello-A'' (with

Inger Lise Rypdal Inger Lise Rypdal (born 14 December 1949 in Lena, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and actress in many different genres: pop, rock, theater, film, and musical. She is the sister of singer Maj Britt Andersen and was married (1969–1985) to guitaris ...

) *1973 – ''Bare Stein'' *1974 – ''Tilbake til naturen'' *1975 – ''Stein'' *1977 – ''Soloppgang''

Albums released in Sweden

*1972 – ''Sjung bort bekymren'' (with Inger Lise Rypdal) *1973 – ''Bara Stein'' *1975 – ''Tänk at få den tiden åter'' *1978 – ''Med säkra kort'' (

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)

References

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