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"Visjoner" was the 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...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Eurovision Song Contest 1992
The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1992 in Malmö, Sweden. The presenters were Lydia Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger. Linda Martin, representing Ireland, was the winner of this Eurovision with the song Why Me?. The song was written by Johnny...

, performed in Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

 by Merethe Trøan
Merethe Trøan
Merethe Trøan is a Norwegian singer, best known for her participation in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest.In her teens, Trøan and her sister were members of vocal group Pastel together with two brothers...

.

The song is a ballad, with Trøan asking her listeners what they want their visions of the future to be. She sings that, as the new century (the 21st Century) draws near, it is a perfect opportunity to take stock of the situation.

The song was performed twenty-first on the night, following Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

's Extra Nena with "Ljubim te pesmama
Ljubim te pesmama
"Ljubim te pesmama" was the Yugoslav entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, sung in Serbo-Croatian by Snežana Berić, also known as Extra Nena...

" and preceding Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

's Wind
Wind (band)
Wind is the name of a German musical group that mostly plays "schlager" music. The band is still active, more than 20 years after its foundation.-History:The group was started in 1985 by the composer Hanne Haller...

 with "Träume sind für alle da
Träume Sind Für Alle Da
"Träume sind für alle da" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in German by Wind...

". At the close of voting, it had received 23 points, placing 18th in a field of 23.

It was succeeded as Norwegian representative
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
Norway has been participating in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1960 and only been absent twice: in 1970, when they boycotted the contest over disagreements about the voting structure, and in 2002, when they did not qualify....

 at the 1993 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes"...

 by Silje Vige
Silje Vige
Silje Vige is a Norwegian singer from Jørpeland outside of Stavanger.Vige won the Melodi Grand Prix with an ethno-ballad written by her father. The win allowed her to compete as Norway's entry in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with "Alle mine tankar" . She finished in fifth place among the 25...

 with "Alle mine tankar
Alle Mine Tankar
"Alle mine tankar" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Norwegian by Silje Vige.The song is a ballad, with Vige directing her words to a lover...

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