Åge Aleksandersen is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of his country's most famous singer/songwriters, musicians.
Some of his most well known songs are "Lys og Varme" (Light and Warmth), "Fire Pils og en Pizza" (Four Pilsener

Pilsener

Pilsner is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the city of Pilsen , Bohemia, in today's Czech Republic, where it has been developed since 1842, when a bottom-fermented beer was first produced. The original Pilsner Urquell beer is produced there today.-Origin:Until the mid-1840s, most ...

s and a Pizza

Pizza

Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...

) and "Rosalita".

He also wrote and performed the official song of the 1997 Nordic skiing World Championship (held in Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

) together with two other musicians from the region, Ulf Risnes and Bjarne Brøndbo

Bjarne Brøndbo

Bjarne Arnstein Brøndbo , is the vocalist and the front figure in the Norwegian rock group D.D.E. since the start in 1992. Brøndbo has previously played in the bands Humanic and After Dark ....

 and the Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir

Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir

The Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir is a Norwegian choir in Trondheim, consisting of 76 boys and men as of spring 2008. It represents a tradition of boy and men cathedral choristers in Nidaros Cathedral stretching back almost 900 years...

. The song was called "Snørosa" (The Snowrose).

So far, Åge has sold almost 1.5 million copies of his many albums in Norway alone. He is said to be the Norwegian equivalent of Bruce Springsteen, according to an interview with Morten "Morty Black" Skaget, the bassist of his band.

Albums

With Prudence

• 1972: Tomorrow May Be Vanished
• 1973: Drunk and Happy
• 1974: No. 3
• 1975: Takk te dokk
• 1976: 11/12-75

Solo albums
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• 1975: 7800 Namsos (7500 copies sold)
• 1976: Mot i brystet, mord i blikket, Bomben und Granaten (3000)
• 1977: Lirekassa (15000)
• 1979: French only (30000)
• 1980: Ramp (60000)
• 1981: Mølje og sodd (75000) - Note: this was a cassette-only release featuring 8 tracks as well as some comedy skits in which Aleksandersen did not perform. Since the cassettes were poor quality, and this type of cassette is intended for car listening, this is an extreme rarity today.
• 1982: Dains me mæ (80000) - Note: double album, one studio album, one live. Also features the short song "Saturday Cowboys", actua rumpe! to the so named new wave group when Aleksandersen was a guest host on a music show on Norwegian TV.
• 1984: Levva livet (275000) - Note: cassette version features an additional instrumental version of the song "Café Farvel".
• 1984: Lys og varme (80000)
• 1985: Ljus och värme (50000) - Swedish language version of Lys og varme
• 1986: Eldorado (260000)
• 1989: Solregn (160000)
• 1990: Sanger (best of) (10000)
• 1991: Laika (45000)
• 1993: Din dag (65000)
• 1995: Med hud og hår (65000)
• 1997: Snørosa - Note: with Ulf Risnes, Bjarne Brøndbo
  Bjarne Brøndbo
  Bjarne Arnstein Brøndbo , is the vocalist and the front figure in the Norwegian rock group D.D.E. since the start in 1992. Brøndbo has previously played in the bands Humanic and After Dark ....
  
   and Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir
  Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir
  The Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir is a Norwegian choir in Trondheim, consisting of 76 boys and men as of spring 2008. It represents a tradition of boy and men cathedral choristers in Nidaros Cathedral stretching back almost 900 years...
  
  
• 1997: Fredløs - Dylan på norsk (15000) - Note: Outlaw - Bob Dylan
  Bob Dylan
  Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
  
   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...
  
  
• 1999: Flyg avsted (55000)
• 2000: Gamle ørn (35000)
• 2001: Åge Original (30000)
• 2002: Linedans (45000)
• 2005: To skritt fram
• 2006: Snöharpan
• 2008: Katalysator
• 2011: Furet værbitt

Singles

• 1976: "Mot i brystet, mord i blikket, bomben und granaten/Båtvise"
• 1977: "Positivet"
• 1979: "The Pacifier/14 Pages"
• 1980: "Bjørnen sover/Stanga haue i væggen"
• 1981: "Kom bli med mæ no i natt/Blått hav"
• 1984: "Lys og varme"
• 1985: "Ljus och värme/Fyra öl och en pizza" (Swedish version)
• 1991: "Akkurat no"
• 1993: "Min dag/Stormen"
• 1994: "Fire pils og en pizza"
• 1995: "Med hud og hår"
• 1997: "Æ vil ha dæ"
• 2000: "Myggen"
• 2005: "To skritt frem"
• 2005: "Alkymisten"
• 2005: "Danserinnen"
• 2006: "Jag har drömt"
• 2007: "Sommernatt"
• 2008: "Janne Ahonens smil"
• 2011: "Medvind"

External links

• Levvalivet.no - Official site (in Norwegian)