Lars Klevstrand (born 30 September 1949) is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, composer and actor. He was born in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ...

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, the son of Olav Klevstrand and Grethe Sofie Larsen, and was brought up in

Bærum Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...

Career

His debut album was ''Vi skal ikkje sova'' from 1968. In 1970, he published the songbook ''Gjøglerhåndbok''. Among his albums from the 1970s were ''På stengrunn'' from 1973 (a cooperation with

Lillebjørn Nilsen Lillebjørn Falk Nilsen (born Bjørn Falk Nilsen; 21 December 1950 – 27 January 2024) was a Norwegian singer-songwriter and folk musician. He was born in Oslo, and was considered by some to be the leading "voice of Oslo", thanks to numerous c ...

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and others), ''Riv ned Gjerdene!'' from 1976, and ''Høysang'' from 1978. His album ''Viser til Mariann'' from 1983 was awarded

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. He made his debut as actor at

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in 1975, in a cabaret on

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which run for 250

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. He has later played in musicals at

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, at

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, at

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and at Sogn og Fjordane Teater. He was awarded the prize Målblomen in 1970, Prøysenprisen from 1991, and

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. He was a member of the board of Norges Kunstnerråd from 1993 to 1995, and a board member of the

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from 1995 to 2000.

Honors

*1970: Målblomen *1983:

in the category Folk, for the album ''Ola Skutvik og Mariann'' Kirans tunes *1987:

*1991: Prøysenprisen

Discography

*1968: ''Vi Skal Ikkje Sova'' *1969: ''Dobbeltportrett'' – with Hege Tunaal *1972: ''Til Dere'' *1973: ''På Stengrunn'' – with

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, Jon Arne Corell and others *1974: ''Twostep og Blå Ballader'' *1975: ''Live'' (2lp) *1976: ''Riv Ned Gjerdene'' – with

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*1977: ''Ballade! På turné'' – with Ballade! *1978: ''Høysang'' – with

kvintett *1979: ''To I Spann'' – with

*1981: ''Frie Hender'' *1982: ''

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'' - with

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*1983: '' Visions'' *1983: ''Ola Skutvik og Mariann'' *1985: ''Glassberget'' *1987: ''Her'' *1989: ''I Fløyterens Hjerte'' *1991: ''Så Lenge Hjärtat Kan Slå'' *1995: ''Å, Dette Hjartet'' *1996: ''Sang For Vinden'' *2001: ''Vinternatt'' *2001: ''Himlajord'' *2004: ''Nomadesongar'' *2006: ''Sundslegen, Herja og Naken''

References

1949 births Living people Musicians from Drammen Musicians from Bærum Norwegian male singers Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male musical theatre actors Spellemannprisen winners {{Norway-musician-stub