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Norwegian singer-songwriter (1950–2024)
| Lillebjørn Nilsen | |
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.jpg) Lillebjørn Nilsen (1982) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bjørn Falk Nilsen |
| Born | (1950-12-21)21 December 1950 Oslo, Norway |
| Origin | Norway |
| Died | 27 January 2024(2024-01-27) (aged 73) Oslo, Norway |
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| Website | Official website |
Bjørn "Lillebjørn" Falk Nilsen (21 December 1950 – 27 January 2024) was a Norwegian singer-songwriter and folk musician. He was born in Oslo, and was considered by some to be the leading "voice of Oslo", thanks to numerous classic songs about the city from the 1970s and onwards.
Nilsen was also a member of the Norwegian supergroup Gitarkameratene with Jan Eggum, Halvdan Sivertsen and Øystein Sunde.
In 1987 he received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award.
Nilsen collaborated with his friend and idol Pete Seeger on numerous occasions. He adapted Pete Seeger's song My Rainbow Race into Norwegian as Barn av regnbuen ("Children of the Rainbow"). Terrorist Anders Behring Breivik stated that he hated the song, and saw it as a symbol of "cultural Marxism" and multiculturalism. In response, on 26 April 2012, over 40,000 Norwegians sang it publicly outside his trial.
Discography
Albums
- with The Young Norwegians
- 1967: Things on Our Mind
- 1969: Music
- with Ballade!
- 1978: Ballade! På turné
- 1980: Ballade! Ekstranummer
- 2005: Ballade!s samlede (compilation)
- with Gitarkameratene
- 1989: Gitarkameratene
- 1990: Typisk norsk
- 2010: Kanon
- with Andy Irvine
- 2010: Abocurragh
- 2021: Live in Telemark
- Solo
- 1971: Tilbake
- 1973: Portrett
- 1974: Haba Haba
- 1974: Hei fara! Norske folkeviser
- 1975: Byen med det store hjertet
- 1979: Oslo 3
- 1980: Live at Sioux Falls (USA)
- 1980: Ballade! Ekstranummer
- 1982: Original Nilsen
- 1985: Hilsen Nilsen
- 1988: Sanger
- 1993: Nære Nilsen
- Re-released albums
- 1995: Haba Haba
- 2001: Portrett
- 2003: Byen med det store hjertet (Re-release)
- 2003: Tilbake (Re-release)
- 2003: Portrett (Re-release)
- Compilation albums
- 1978: Lillebjørn Nilsens beste
- 1984: Lillebjørn Nilsens utvalgte
- 1986: Tekst og musikk: Lillebjørn Nilsen
- 1996: 40 spor: Nilsens 40 beste
- 2010: Stilleste gutt på sovesal 1 (10 CDs and a DVD)
Singles
- with The Young Norwegians
- 1966: "Plenty Nothingness and Love" / "Det står ein friar uti garde"
- 1966: "Joys of Love" / "Jug of Punch"
- 1967: "Vuggevise for André" / "Goodbye to Your Sparkling Blue Eyes"
- 1968: "Nightingale" / "Grannie" with Kari Svendsen
- with Gitarkameratene
- 1990: "Barn av regnbuen"
- Solo
- 1973: "Barn av regnbuen" / "Alle duene"
- 1974: "Haba Haba" / "Kirsebærtreet"
- 1982: "Tanta til Beate"
- 1988: "Se deg aldri tilbake"
- 1993: "Fort gjort å glemme" / "Så nære vi var"
- 1993: "1000 søte damer"
- 2006: "Oleanna" (with Pete Seeger) (live)
References
- "Priser – Fritt Ords Honnør" (in Norwegian). Fritt Ord. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- "VIDEO: Norwegians Stand Up To Killer's Hate By Joining In Song", NPR, 26 April 2012
