Inger Lise Rypdal (born 14 December 1949 in
Lena, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and actress in several different genres:
pop, rock, theater, film, and musical. She is the sister of singer
Maj Britt Andersen and was married (1969–1985) to guitarist and composer
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3".
Career
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Biography
Inger Lise Rypdal (originally Inger Lise Andersen) has been an artist since 1968. She has made 16 albums in Norway and some in Sweden, acted in several theatre performances, nine movies and participated in the Norwegian heats of the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...
, the
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norsk Melodi Grand Prix, is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster (NRK). It determines for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been sta ...
, 10 times: 1969 (as ''Inger Lise Andersen'' with ''Eventyr''), 1972 (''Lillebror''), 1973 (with two songs: ''Alternativ'', with Ola Neegaard, Gro Anita Schønn & Stein Ingebrigtsen, ''Å for et spill''), 1976 (with Jahn Teigen, ''Voodoo''), 1979 (''Så lenge du er hos meg''), 1980 (''Svart fortid''), 1981 (''Tankar''), 1982 (''Lady Di''), 1983 (with Freddy Dahl, ''Elegi''), 1984 (''Vindar''). Together with Øystein Wiik, she has done several musical concerts all around Norway.
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She started with soul music together with Geir Wentzel, and she has often returned to soul, for instance in the band Chipahua with some of the best Norwegian artists. In ''La Mome Piaf'', the audience experienced Inger Lise Rypdal acting parts of ]Edith Piaf
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning '' strife'', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian lang ...
's life. All the well known songs were tied together with short stories from Piaf's life.
Discography
Solo albums
*Inger Lise (RCA, 1970)
*Hello-A (RCA, 1972) with Stein Ingebrigtsen
*Sjung bort bekymren (RCA Sweden, 1972)
*Har du nånsinn... (RCA Sweden, 1973)
* Fra 4 til 70 (Talent, 1973) (CD 1993)
*830 S – bak sølvmikrofonen (Talent, 1974) with Stein Ingebrigtsen
*Einar Schankes Gledeshus (Camp, 1974)
*Den stille gaten (Talent, 1974)
*Jag kommer tillbaka (RCA Sweden, 1975)
*Feeling (Talent, 1975)
*Tider kommer, tider går (Talent, 1977)
*Før og nå. 15 store suksesser 1973–79 (Talent, 1979)
*Inger Lise Rypdal (RCA Sweden, 1979)
*Sign Language (Talent, 1980)
*Songwriters for the Stars/Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill/David Foster (Mercury, 1982)
*Kontakt (Talent, 1982)
*Just For You (Studio B, 1983)
*Å, jul med din glede (Arco, 1986)
*Till min kära (Studio B, 1987)
*Enkel resa (Sonet Sweden, 1988) .
*Romanse (Agentus, 1988), with Lakki Patey
*Fru Johnsen (Crema, 1989)
*Tid (Talent, 1997)
*Inger Lise (Master Music, 2001)
*Ansikter (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2007), with Marius Rypdal
Albums featured
With Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3".
Career
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*''Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3".
Career
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'' (ECM, 1971)
*'' After the Rain'' (ECM, 1976)
Melodi Grand Prix entries
*Eventyr (1969)
*Lillebror(1972)
* Å for et spill with Stein Ingebrigtsen, Ola Neegård, Gro Anita Schønn(1973)
*Alternativ with Lillian Harriett (1975)
*Yo-yo with Stein Ingebrigtsen(1974)
*Voodoo with Jahn Teigen
Jahn Teigen (born Jan Teigen; 27 September 1949 – 24 February 2020) was a Norwegian singer, musician and comedian. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983, From October 2006 until his death in F ...
(1976)
*Så lenge du er hos meg (1979)
*Svart fortid (1980)
*Tanker (1981)
*Født på ny s a member of Group Darlings(1981)
*Lady Di (1982)
*Elegi with Freddy Dahl (1983)
*Vinder (1984)
References
External links
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Music Information Center
Discography Norway
Home Page Inger Lise Rypdal (old)
Home Page Inger Lise Rypdal (New)
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1949 births
Living people
Norwegian musical theatre actresses
Spellemannprisen winners
Norwegian film actresses
20th-century Norwegian women singers
20th-century Norwegian singers
21st-century Norwegian women singers
21st-century Norwegian singers
People from Østre Toten