Elisabeth Andreassen
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Background information | |
Birth name | Elisabeth Gunilla Andreasson |
Born | Gothenburg, Sweden | 28 March 1958
Origin | Ullern, Norway |
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Years active | 1979–present |
Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen (née Andreasson; born 28 March 1958), also known simply as Bettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Career
Her talent was discovered in 1979 by Swedish musician and TV host
Andreassen is active in many musical genres such as
Andreassen has sung in various genres such as country, pop, rock and in musicals. She plays three instruments; guitar, piano and contrabass. She has also been a revue and musical artist.
"Bettan" has a record as the woman with the most participations in the
Personal life
Born on 28 March 1958 in Gothenburg, Sweden, to Norwegian parents. She lives in Ullern, Oslo, in Norway with her two daughters, born in 1995 and 1997. Elisabeth married Tor Andreassen on 2 July 1994 and after that she took his last name. On 13 June 2016 her husband died of a heart attack.[1]
Hits
- Då lyser en sol (1981)
- Killen ner' på Konsum svär att han är Elvis (There's a Guy Works down the Chipchop Swears he's Elvis) (1981)
- Together Again (1981)
- God morgon (Good Morning) (1981) (as Chips)
- Dag efter dag (Day after Day) (1982) (as Chips)
- Bobbysocks)
- Ängel i natt (1985)
- Tissel Tassel (1985)
- Bobbysocks)
- Danse mot vår (Serenade to Spring) (1992)
- I evighet (Eternity) (1996) (Wir sind dabei) (1998)
- Pepita dansar (1997)
- Lys og varme (2001)
- Vem é dé du vill ha (2002) (as Kikki, Bettan & Lotta)
Eurovision Song Contest
Altogether, Elisabeth has participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix and the Eurovision Song Contest twelve times, plus two as presenter.
Melodifestivalen
- 1981. Chips - "God morgon" (Good morning), 2nd place
- 1982. Chips - "Dag efter dag" (Day after day), 1st place
- 1984. Elisabeth Andreasson - "Kärleksmagi", 6th place (last)
- 1990. Elisabeth Andreasson - "Jag ser en stjärna falla", 7th place
- 2000. TV-host, with nine other artists.
- 2002. Kikki, Bettan & Lotta - "Vem é dé du vill ha", 3rd place
- 2011. Elisabeth Andreassen - "Vaken i en dröm", 8th place in semi[2]
Melodi Grand Prix
- 1985. Bobbysocks - "La det swinge" (Let it swing), 1st place
- 1992. TV-host, with Jahn Teigen
- 1994. Elisabeth Andreasson and Duett" (Duet), 1st place
- 1996. Elisabeth Andreassen - "I evighet" (Eternity), 1st place
- 1998. Elisabeth Andreassen - "Winds of the Northern Sea", 2nd place
- 2003. Kikki, Bettan & Lotta - "Din hånd i min hånd", 4th place
- 2015. Elisabeth Andreassen & Tor Endresen - "All over the world", 4th place
Eurovision Song Contest
- 1982. Chips - "Dag efter dag", 8th place, Sweden
- 1985. Bobbysocks - "La det swinge", 1st place, Norway
- Duett", 6th place, Norway
- 1996. Elisabeth Andreassen - "I evighet", 2nd place, Norway
Discography
Chips
- God morgon/It Takes More than a Minute (1981) - Single
- Having a Party (1982)
- Dag efter dag/Här kommer solen (1982) - Single
- 20 bästa låtar (1997) - Compilation album
Kikki, Bettan & Lotta
- 20 år med oss - Vem é dé du vill ha(2002)
- Vem é dé du vill ha (2002) - Single
- Live från Rondo (2003)
Solo
- Angel of the Morning(1981)
- I'm a Woman (1983)
- Elisabeth Andreasson (1985)
- Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1985)
- Greatest Hits (1986)
- Älskar, älskar ej (1988)
- Elisabeth (1990)
- Stemninger (1992 to 1994)
- Julestemninger (1993)
- Elisabeth Andreassens bästa 1981-1995 (1995)
- Eternity (1996)
- Bettans jul (1996)
- Så skimrande var aldrig havet (1997)
- 20 bästa (1998)
- Kjærlighetsviser (2001)
- A Couple of Days in Larsville (2004)
- Short Stories (2005)
- Bettan Country (2007)
- Spellemann(2009)
- Julenatt (2009)
- Kärleken & livet (2012)"[3]
- De fineste (2014)
See also
- Bobbysocks
- Eurovision Song Contest
- Eurovision Song Contest 1985
- Eurovision Song Contest 1996
- Melodi Grand Prix
- Melodifestivalen
- Hanne Krogh