Per Asplin (10 August 1928, in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...

– 9 October 1996, in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

) was a Norwegian pianist, singer, composer and actor. He co-starred in a handful of films as well as participating in

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 det ...

five times in the 1960s. Still he is probably best remembered as a member of the Norwegian vocal group The Monn Keys and for creating the annual Christmas show ''

Putti Plutti Pott and Santa's Beard ''Putti Plutti Pott and Santa's Beard'' (original Norwegian title: ''Putti Plutti Pott og Julenissens Skjegg'') is a Norwegian children's musical written by Per Asplin. It has become a Norwegian cultural institution. It originally appeared as a ...

''.

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* Norwegian male film actors Melodi Grand Prix contestants 1928 births 1996 deaths Norwegian male composers Norwegian male stage actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors 20th-century Norwegian male singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 20th-century composers Musicians from Tønsberg {{Norway-singer-stub