Finn Bø was a Norwegian songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, revue

Revue

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 writer, playwright, journalist and theatre critic. He is particularly remembered for his song Norge i rødt, hvitt og blått, which became extremely popular in 1945. Among his other popular songs are Nå går'n på gummisåler and Bare rundt omkring, both from 1928. He published the anecdote

Anecdote

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 collection Forbuden frukt in 1945, and the song collection Jeg tar mig den frihet in 1946. Several of his plays were also adapted into film.

Selected works

• Det store spørsmål (1940, comedy. Adapted into the film En herre med bart in 1942)
• To liv (1945, play, filmed in 1946)
• Forbuden frukt (1945, anecdotes from World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
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• Jeg tar mig den frihet (1946, song collection)
• Ondt ord igjen (1951, song collection)
• I Tigerstadens jungel (1961, song collection)