winner, 1985
Bobbysocks
Bobbysocks represented Norway at Eurovision 1985 in Gothenburg with “La det swinge”, and won.
- what
- Norwegian musical duo
- formed
- 1983, Norway
- contest
- 1985
- win
- 1985
- music
- pop, Europop, schlager
- active
- since 1983
- record labels
- Bahama Records, Sonet Records
- members
- Hanne Krogh, Elisabeth Andreassen past and present
- sang for
- Norway
Biography
Bobbysocks is a Norwegian pop duo: Hanne Krogh and Elisabeth Andreassen. The two won the 1985 contest in Gothenburg with “La det swinge”, which was Norway’s first win.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Bobbysocks”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1985 Gothenburg
“La det swinge”
Winner Won the contest with 123 points, ahead of 18 other songs.
- Sung in
- Norwegian
- Written by
- Rolf Løvland
- Conductor
- Terje Fjærn
- Running order
- 13th of 19
Play: Bobbysocks — “La det swinge”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1985 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 1985: Norway, at last, and a skirt that came off on live television
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Away from Eurovision
Other contests and shows
- Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Awards
- Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen 1985
- Peer Gynt Literary Award 1985
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In the drama file
The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Bobbysocks is part of.
- 1985 Norway Moments people still talk about
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Bobbysocks, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1985 Familiar faces
The two women who made up Norway's duo, Bobbysocks, both had form. Hanne Krogh had sung for Norway in 1971. Elisabeth Andreasson had sung for Sweden in 1982, as half of a duo — and her partner from that night, Kikki Danielsson, was in Gothenburg as Sweden's entry.
- 1985 Norway
It won. "La det swinge", written by Rolf Løvland, finished on 123 points, eighteen ahead of Germany. Sweden and Danielsson were third and the United Kingdom fourth.
- 1985 Norway
Bobbysocks sang part of the reprise in English, as "Let It Swing".
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