eurovision 1980
Sverre Kjelsberg
Sverre Kjelsberg represented Norway at Eurovision 1980 in The Hague with “Sámiid ædnan”, finishing 16th of 19.
- who
- Norwegian actor, singer and musician
- born
- 18 October 1946, Tromsø Municipality, Norway
- died
- 18 June 2016 (aged 69), Tromsø Municipality, Norway
- contest
- 1980
- best result
- 16th, 1980
- music
- pop
- active
- from 1964
- sang for
- Norway
Biography
Sverre Kjelsberg, who died in 2016, was a Norwegian singer, guitarist, bassist, composer and lyricist, and a member of the band The Pussycats from 1964. With Mattis Hætta, Kjelsberg sang “Sámiid ædnan” in The Hague in 1980 and finished 16th.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Sverre Kjelsberg”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1980 The Hague
“Sámiid ædnan”
16th of 19 Finished 16th of 19, with 15 points.
- Billed as
- Sverre Kjelsberg and Mattis Hætta
- With
- Mattis Hætta
- Sung in
- Norwegian
- Written by
- Sverre Kjelsberg, Ragnar Olsen
- Conductor
- Sigurd Jansen
- Running order
- 11th of 19
- Age on the night
- 33
- Won that year
- Ireland: Johnny Logan, “What's Another Year”
The story of Eurovision 1980: The winner that could not come, and Morocco's only song
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