Maj Britt Andersen (born 15 November 1956) is a Norwegian singer.

Biography

She was born in

Østre Toten Østre Toten is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Len ...

and is a sister of Inger Lise Rypdal. Her album ''Folk er rare'' from 1986 earned her

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

. She was singing in the soul group Chipahua in the 1980s. She has also issued albums with texts by

Alf Prøysen Alf Prøysen () (23 July 1914 – 23 November 1970) was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the 20th century. He work ...

(''Kjærtegn'' from 1992 and ''Dørstokken heme'' from 2004). Andersen has also been a member of

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

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for one term, representing a local party. Since 1983 she has been married to the bassist and music producer Geir Holmsen.

Honors

*2015:

in the Children's Music category, for the album ''Væla Omkring''

Discography

Solo albums

*1975: ''Et Lite Under'' (Nett Records) *1978: ''Det Svinger I Meg'' (CBS Records) *1986: ''Folk Er Rare!'' (Barneselskapet) *1987: ''Tida Går Så Altfor Fort'' (Barneselskapet) *1987: ''Folk Er Rare! 2!'' (Slager Records) *1990: ''Tamme Erter Og Villbringebær'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon AS) *1992: ''Kjærtegn'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon AS) *1994: ''Rippel Rappel'' ( Grappa Music) *1997: ''Vinterkropp'' (Grappa Music) *1998: ''Chevina '' (Grappa Music) *2006: ''Onger Er Rare'' (MajorStudio AS) *2010: ''Indranis Sang'' (Barnemusikken) *2015: ''Væla Omkring'' (Grappa Music) *2017: ''Pulverheksas og vennene hennes'' *2018: ''Et stille sted''

References

External links

Website
1956 births Living people People from Østre Toten 20th-century Norwegian women singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers 21st-century Norwegian singers Asker politicians Spellemannprisen winners {{Norway-musician-stub