Ketil Stokkan is a Norwegian

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...

 pop

Pop music

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 artist who has performed as solo artist as well as the singer in the Norwegian band Zoo

Zoo (norwegian band)

Zoo was a Norwegian band mainly active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, though originally founded in 1966. The band consisted of Ketil Stokkan , Sverri Dahl , Erling Andersen , Rudi Høynes and Trond Nyrud...

. 1983 saw him participate in the Norwegian qualifying heat for Eurovision with the song "Samme charmeur" which was placed second. In 1986 he won the national Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

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 with the song "Romeo", written by himself, which came 12th on homeground in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 final, which that year was held in Bergen

Bergen

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, Norway

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...

. In 1990 he won the national final again with the song "Brandenburger Tor

Brandenburger Tor (song)

"Brandenburger Tor" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed in Norwegian by Ketil Stokkan....

", the song ended up last tied with Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. Stokkan now works as a secondary school

Secondary school

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 teacher

Teacher

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 in Harstad

Harstad

is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in...

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Stokkan is also an outspoken Odd Fellow

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Zoo

• 1978 – Captured in Zoo
• 1978 – Guilty
• 1979 – Noregs heitaste
• 1980 – Z på maken
• 1981 – Gaya
• 1982 – Shagalai
• 1994 – Zoobra
• 2000 – Evig ung

Solo

• 1983 – Samme charmeur (single)
• 1984 – Gentlemen's agreement
• 1985 – Ekte mannfolk
• 1986 – Romeo
• 1988 – Øyan dine (single)
• 1989 – Nexus – Back to my roots (single)
• 1990 – Stokkan Band – Brandenburger Tor (single)
• 1991 – Stokkan Band – Beina på jorda (single)
• 1994 – Stokkan – To the bone
• 1996 – All that blues from Norway (Samle-CD/Div. Art.)
• 1998 – Æ e` Nordlending (Samle-CD/Din NN-Art)
• 2001 – Evig Ung. Gamlegutta i ZOO aktive igjen med samle-CD