Forente Artister
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Forente Artister was a group of Norwegian
artists that went together in 1985 to record the song Sammen for livet (English: Together for Life) in order to raise money for the victims of hunger in Africa
. The lyrics were written by Halvdan Sivertsen
and the melody by Åge Aleksandersen
. This project was inspired by Band Aid
and Forente Artister was thus part of a large humanitarian initiative. The project resulted in an album which in addition to Sammen for livet also consisted of several newly recorded songs by some of the participators. The song and the project received a special award in the Spellemannsprisen 1985 (The Norwegian equivalent to Grammy awards).
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
artists that went together in 1985 to record the song Sammen for livet (English: Together for Life) in order to raise money for the victims of hunger in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. The lyrics were written by Halvdan Sivertsen
Halvdan Sivertsen
Halvdan Sivertsen is a Norwegian singer. He was born in Tromsø, but raised and currently lives in Bodø. He has won Spellemannprisen awards five times, twice with his group Gitarkameratene, and received the Culture Prize of Nordland county in 2000...
and the melody by Åge Aleksandersen
Åge Aleksandersen
Åge Aleksandersen is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of his country's most famous singer/songwriters, musicians....
. This project was inspired by Band Aid
Band Aid (band)
Band Aid was a charity supergroup featuring British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. The single...
and Forente Artister was thus part of a large humanitarian initiative. The project resulted in an album which in addition to Sammen for livet also consisted of several newly recorded songs by some of the participators. The song and the project received a special award in the Spellemannsprisen 1985 (The Norwegian equivalent to Grammy awards).
Artists participating on «Sammen for livet»
- Åge AleksandersenÅge AleksandersenÅge Aleksandersen is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of his country's most famous singer/songwriters, musicians....
(songwriter og vocal) - Halvdan SivertsenHalvdan SivertsenHalvdan Sivertsen is a Norwegian singer. He was born in Tromsø, but raised and currently lives in Bodø. He has won Spellemannprisen awards five times, twice with his group Gitarkameratene, and received the Culture Prize of Nordland county in 2000...
(songwriter og vocal) - Benedicte AdrianBenedicte AdrianBenedicte Christine Adrian Mouton is a Norwegian singer and artist. She has released material on her own, but is best known for her collaboration with Ingrid Bjørnov in the pop duo Dollie de Luxe...
(vocal) - Frank AleksandersenFrank AleksandersenFrank Aleksandersen is a Norwegian singer, drummer and lyricist. For a while, he was the drummer for the jazz-inspired band Vanessa. He is the cousin of the trønderrocker Åge Aleksandersen....
(vocal) - AlexAlex NaumikAlex or Alexandra Naumik is a Norwegian-Polish rock and pop icon and artist who rose to fame in the late 1970s....
(vocal) - Maj Britt Andersen (vocal)
- Elisabeth AndreassenElisabeth AndreassenElisabeth Gunilla Andreassen - also known as just "Bettan" - is a Swedish-Norwegian singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest....
(vocal) - Erlend Antonsen (vocal)
- Lillian Askeland (vocal)
- Gudny Aspaas (vocal)
- BeranekEspen Beranek HolmEspen Beranek Holm is a Norwegian pop artist and comedian.Beranek has been a member of the bands Dei Nye Kappelanane, Langsomt Mot Nord, Oslo Plektrum, Spastisk Ekstase Gitar and Ung Pike Forsvunnet, and has also recorded as a solo artist under the name Beranek...
(vocal) - Ingrid BjørnovIngrid BjørnovIngrid Bjørnov is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, keyboard player, composer and text writer. Her debut album Første Akt from 1980 with the duo Dollie was awarded Spellemannprisen, and the duo represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984. She spent seven years with the musical Which...
(vocal) - Bo (vocal)
- Casino Steel (vocal)
- Freddy Dahl (vocal)
- Jan Dahlen (vocal)
- Anne Danielsen (vocal)
- Jan EggumJan EggumJan Eggum is a Norwegian singer-songwriter who has been active since 1975. He is often characterised as a "face for the melancholy", and the themes in his songs are often broken hearts, loneliness and sorrow...
(vocal) - Bjørn EidsvågBjørn EidsvågBjørn Eidsvåg is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and Lutheran minister. He is a graduate from the MF Norwegian School of Theology...
(vocal) - Sidsel EndresenSidsel EndresenSidsel Endresen is a Norwegian jazz singer.She was part of the Jon Eberson Group from 1981 to 1987, resulting in five CDs and two "Spellemannprisen" awards...
(vocal) - Amund Enger (vocal)
- Ole EvenrudOle EvenrudOle Evenrud is a Norwegian pop artist and teenpop producer. He had his big time in the 80s under the name Ole i'dole. After the 80's he has operated as a musical producer....
aka Ole I'Dole (vocal)
- Torstein FlakneTorstein FlakneTorstein Flakne is the founder of the Norwegian band Stage Dolls. He is from Melhus and played in the band The Kids before founding Stage Dolls in 1985.-References:...
(vocal) - Lage Fosheim (vocal)
- Susanne Fuhr (vocal)
- Kari GjærumKari GjærumKari Gjærum is a Norwegian singer. She got her education from Østlandets Musikk-konservatorium and Statens Operaskole and has been a professional artist since 1979. She has worked as a singer and choirist on a number of recordings with other artists, participated in several TV-productions and...
(vocal) - Trond Granlund (vocal)
- Helge Gaarder (vocal)
- Lasse Hafreager (vocal, keyboard)
- Randi HansenRandi HansenRandi Hansen is a Norwegian pop singer who formerly lived in Harstad, where she had a background as a music teacher at Heggen videregående skole. She was most active in the 1980s, and is best known for the song "Hvis æ fikk være sola di", which is on her debut album, Ho Randi...
(vocal) - Ole Hedemann (vocal)
- Anita HegerlandAnita HegerlandAnita Hegerland , is a Norwegian singer famous for her childhood career in the Scandinavian and German markets and subsequent vocal contributions to amongst others Mike Oldfield's work.- Biography :...
(vocal) - Kine Hellebust (vocal)
- Svein Hovland (vocal)
- Magne Høyland (vocal)
- Bjøro HålandBjøro HålandBjøro Håland is a Norwegian country singer.He was born on Håland in Norway and grew up in Audnedal with five siblings. In 1960 he emigrated to the USA. He worked as a construction worker and sang in bars...
(vocal) - Trond Ingebretsen (vocal)
- Håkon Iversen (vocal)
- Gry Jannicke Jarlum aka Jannicke (vocal)
- Jonas Fjeld (vocal)
- Finn KalvikFinn KalvikFinn Bjørn Kalvik is a Norwegian singer and composer.-Early career:He was born in Fåvang, but his family moved to the working class district of Grorud, Oslo in 1952. Early in his career Kalvik found success putting music to the poetry of popular Norwegian writers André Bjerke and Inger Hagerup...
(vocal) - Kai Kiil (vocal)
- Tove Karoline KnutsenTove Karoline KnutsenTove Karoline Knutsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 2005....
(vocal) - Pete Knutsen (vocal)
- Karin KrogKarin KrogKarin Krog is a Norwegian jazz vocalist.- Life and career :She started to sing at an early age and in 1955 she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet.Her great grandfather is Anders Heyerdahl...
(vocal) - Hanne KroghHanne KroghHanne Krogh is a Norwegian singer and one half of the duo that won the Eurovision Song Contest 1985....
(vocal) - Marit Mathiesen (vocal)
- Wenche MyhreWenche MyhreWenche Synnøve Myhre , in some countries known as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer and actress who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, German as well as the Swedish markets and languages.She got her first recording contract with composer and producer Arne...
(vocal) - Marius Müller (vocal, guitar)
- Turid Pedersen (vocal)
- Anne Grete PreusAnne Grete PreusAnne Grete Preus is a Norwegian singer. She was a rock artist in Norway in the 1980s and 1990s, first as member of the bands Veslefrikk and Can Can, and later as a solo artist...
(vocal) - Inger Lise RypdalInger Lise RypdalInger Lise Rypdal is a Norwegian singer and actress in many different genres: pop, rock, theater, film, and musical.-History:Inger Lise Rypdal has been an artist since 1968...
(vocal) - Eivind Rølles (vocal)
- Frode Rønli (vocal)
- Viggo Sandvik (vocal)
- Hege SchøyenHege SchøyenHege Schøyen is a Norwegian singer, actor and comedienne. She has played at the Oslo revue theatre Chat Noir and at Nationaltheatret. She was television presenter for the youth program series Midt i smørøyet at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and has participated in several Swedish and...
(vocal) - Claudia Scott (vocal)
- Anita SkorganAnita SkorganAnita Skorgan is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was once married to Jahn Teigen, another successful Norwegian singer-songwriter...
(vocal) - Olav StedjeOlav StedjeOlav Stedje is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, known for a number of soft rock recordings, six silver albums and four attempts in Melodi Grand Prix.-Albums:*Ta meg med *Stedje...
(vocal) - Ketil StokkanKetil StokkanKetil Stokkan is a Norwegian pop artist who has performed as solo artist as well as the singer in the Norwegian band Zoo. 1983 saw him participate in the Norwegian qualifying heat for Eurovision with the song "Samme charmeur" which was placed second...
(vocal) - Terje Storli (vocal)
- Per Øystein SørensenPer Øystein SørensenPer Øystein Sørensen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the New Wave/synth pop band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Biography :...
(vocal) - Ina Tangerud (vocal)
- Jahn TeigenJahn TeigenJahn Teigen is a Norwegian singer and musician. Jahn received a knighthood from H.M. King Harald V. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983. His given name was Jan, he added the silent H later. Since October 2006 he has been living in Sweden...
(vocal) - Lynni Treekrem (vocal)
- Terje Tysland (vocal)
- Rolf Vingsternes (vocal)
- Bente Lill Viste (vocal)
- Eldar VåganEldar VåganEldar Vågan is best known as the song-writer and guitarist in Vazelina Bilopphøggers. Vågan is also a published illustrator and has acted in many Norwegian films and television productions.-Baiage:...
(vocal) - Brynjulf BlixBrynjulf BlixBrynjulf Blix is a noted pianist from Norway. First known from his collaboration with Terje Rypdal, Blix received broader notoriety as a member of the group "Alex", supporting the singer Alex Naumik....
(musician) - Jon ChristensenJon ChristensenJon Christensen is a Norwegian jazz percussionist.In the late 1960s he played alongside Jan Garbarek on several recordings by the composer George Russell....
(musician) - Rolf GrafRolf GrafRolf Graf was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Rolf Graf was protected by Swiss cyclist Ferdi Kübler...
(musician) - Kate Gulbrandsen (musician)
- Svein Dag Hauge (musician)
- Per Hillestad (musician)
- Geir Holmsen (musician)
- Per Kolstad (musician)
- Geir Langslet Eriksen (musician)
- Rolf LøvlandRolf LøvlandRolf Løvland is a Norwegian composer. Together with Fionnuala Sherry, he formed the celtic group Secret Garden, where he played as the composer/producer/keyboardist...
(musician) - Paolo (musician)
- Bent Patey (musician)
- Nils Bjarne Kvam (produsent)
- Bengt Eriksen (technician)
- Inge Holst-Jacobsen (technician)
- Rune Lindquist (technician)
- Tore Tambs Lyche (technician)
- Rune Nordal (technician)
- Roger Valstad (technician)
External links
- http://klipps.no/sammen_for_livet/
- http://home.online.no/~hramberg/adrianbjornov/album/sammenforlivet.htm
- http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2005040114170824197299