Åse Carola Wentzel Larsen, née Helmersen (2 January 1924 – 30 August 2009) was a Norwegian pop singer. She was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

as a daughter of Henry Helmersen (1895–1932) and Magnhild Sørum (1897–1943). In 1943 she married violinist Odd Wentzel Larsen (1919–1988). They had the daughter

Magni Wentzel Magni Wentzel (born 28 June 1945 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals and guitar), the daughter of musicians Odd Wentzel-Larsen and Åse Wentzel, and known for a number of jazz recordings. Career Wentzel started in "Totenla ...

. She was a well-known schlager singer in the 1950s and 1960s, with hits such as "Domino" (1951), "Du, du, du" (1953), " Vaya Con Dios" (1953 with Thor Raymond) and "Midnattstango" (1963 with

Jan Høiland Jan Høiland (6 February 1939, Stavanger, Norway – 7 June 2017, Sweden) was a Norwegian singer, who lived for many years in Harstad. The song "Tiotusen röda rosor" by Thore Skogman was Høiland's biggest hit. He scored several VG lista, chart s ...

). The latter reached #1 on the singles chart

VG-lista 1963 This is a complete list of all the Single (music), singles that entered the VG-lista, the official Norwegian hit-chart, in 1963. A total of 65 singles appeared on the VG-lista that year and these are all listed below according to how well they have ...

. She died in August 2009. She received a

Gammleng Award The Gammleng Award ( no, Gammleng-prisen) is a Norwegian culture award created by ''The Fund for Performing Artists'' in 1982, 25 years after the fund was established in 1957. The award's official name is the ''Rolf Gammleng award to performing art ...

in 1985.

References

1924 births 2009 deaths Musicians from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian women singers 20th-century Norwegian singers {{Norway-singer-stub