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Lise Haavik (born 23 February 1962) is a Norwegian–Danish singer, best known for representing
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. She is also well-known domestically for her partnership in the duo Trax with John Hatting, her ex-husband.


Biography


Early life

Lise Haavik was born in
Narvik () is the third-largest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Narvik (town), town of Narvik. Some of the notable villag ...
, Norway on 23 February 1962. She moved to Denmark in 1982 to study economics at the University of Odense and the
Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School (Danish'': Handelshøjskolen i København'') often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business scho ...
. Haavik partnered with John Hatting in late 1983 and they soon married. At that point, she pursued music full-time and stopped her economics studies.


Musical career

One year after moving to Denmark, Haavik entered the weekly magazine " Se & Hør" (''See and Hear'') amateur song contest, where she placed second. She soon after met John Hatting late in 1983 when he advertised through a record company for a female singer with whom he could start a duo. The company sent Haavik, and they formed the duo "Trax". She represented Denmark in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "
Du er fuld af løgn Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "", written by John Hatting, and performed by Lise Haavik. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1986 in order to select its entry for the contest ...
" (''You are full of lies''). While both partners were present at the Contest, only Haavik sang and was credited during the performance (Hatting would be credited earlier on as composer).''Eurovision Song Contest 1986'' (3 May 1986). ''
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.'' The song was successful in the Contest, placing sixth out of 20 entries that evening. This would be the only time Haavik would appear at Eurovision, having tried and failed to represent Denmark in 1984 and 1985. She also made an attempt to represent Norway in 1988. Haavik continues to work in music, with her most recent offering, the English language "Cry Me a River", released in 2007.Cry Me a River at Yahoo! Music


See also

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References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haavik, Lise 1962 births Living people Copenhagen Business School alumni 20th-century Danish women singers Danish people of Norwegian descent Norwegian expatriates in Denmark Dansk Melodi Grand Prix winners Musicians from Narvik