Terje Tysland (born 14 April 1951) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, guitarist and

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player. Tysland was born in

Namsos ( sma, Nåavmesjenjaelmie) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Kl ...

. From 1969 to 1976 he was member of the rock group ''Prudence'', led by

Åge Aleksandersen Åge Aleksandersen (born 21 March 1949 in Namsos, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of his country's best known singer/songwriters and musicians. Some of his most well known songs are "''Lys og varme''" (''Light ...

. His first solo album was ''Stakkars klovn'' from 1977, and he had a musical breakthrough with the album ''Mytji arti'' from 1978. His song "Ringdans" reached number one position on the hit list

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in 1981. The album ''Gutta på by'n'' from 1987 was a commercial success, and includes the country duo "Heile livet" with Claudia Scott. His next albums include ''Kainn æ få lov'' from 1988, ''Værra me’ mæ hjæm'' from 1990, the live album ''Best i levende live'' from 1990 and ''Vik fra mæ!'' from 1992. The album ''Fullar enn fullmånen'' from 1993 was a collaboration with the hard rock band

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, and on ''Hurra for mæ'' from 1995 he collaborated with ''Oppdal Spellemannslag''. 1996 saw the appearance of the collection album ''For ett mas! Det beste – på godt og vondt''. Later albums include ''Ein runde te'' (1997), ''Din jævel!'' (2000), the collection album ''25 år med gitter & stas'' (2002), and ''Det goe’ liv'' (2004).

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1951 births Living people Musicians from Namsos Norwegian musicians {{norway-musician-stub