Åge Aleksandersen

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Origin Namsos, Trondelag Music group Prudence Role Singer		Name Age Aleksandersen Years active 1965–present Genres Pop music, Rock music


Labels Plateselskapet A/S (1981–present) Albums Levva livet, Fredlos: Dylan pa norsk, Sukker og Salt Parents Inger Sofie Skogmo Nilsen, Johannes Aleksandersen Similar People Terje Tysland, Bjorn Eidsvag, Bjorn Afzelius, Kurt Nilsen, Mikael Wiehe Profiles Facebook

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Åge Aleksandersen (born 21 March 1949 in Namsos, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of his country's best known singer/songwriters and musicians. Some of his most well known songs are "Lys og Varme" (Light and Warmth), "Fire Pils og en Pizza" (Four Pilseners and a Pizza) and "Rosalita".

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He also wrote and performed the official song of the 1997 Nordic skiing World Championship (held in Trondheim) together with two other musicians from the region, Ulf Risnes and Bjarne Brøndbo and the Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir. The song was called "Snørosa" (The Snowrose).

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Aleksandersen has sold almost 1.5 million copies of his many albums in Norway alone.

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Albums

As a member of Prudence

1972: Tomorrow May Be Vanished

1973: Drunk and Happy

1974: No. 3

1975: Takk te dokk

1976: 11/12-75

Solo albums

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1975: 7800 Namsos (7500 copies sold)

1976: Mot i brystet, mord i blikket, Bomben und Granaten' (3000)

1977: Lirekassa (15000)

1979: French only (30000)

1980: Ramp (60000)

1981: Mølje og sodd (75000) - Note: this was a cassette-only release featuring 8 tracks as well as some comedy skits in which Aleksandersen did not perform. Since the cassettes were poor quality, and this type of cassette is intended for car listening, this is an extreme rarity today.

1982: Dains me mæ (80000) - Note: double album, one studio album, one live. Also features the short song "Saturday Cowboys", actua rumpe! to the so named new wave group when Aleksandersen was a guest host on a music show on Norwegian TV.

1984: Levva livet (275000) - Note: cassette version features an additional instrumental version of the song "Café Farvel".

1984: Lys og varme (80000)

1985: 'Ljus och värme (50000) - Swedish language version of Lys og varme

1986: Eldorado (260000)

1989: Solregn (160000)

1990: Sanger (best of) (10000)

1991: Laika (45000)

1993: Din dag (65000)

1995: Med hud og hår (65000)

1997: Snørosa - Note: with Ulf Risnes, Bjarne Brøndbo and Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir

1997: Fredløs - Dylan på norsk (15000) - Note: Outlaw - Bob Dylan in Norwegian

1999: Flyg avsted (55000)

2000: Gamle ørn (35000)

2001: Åge Original (30000)

2002: Linedans (45000)

2005: To skritt fram

2006: Snöharpan

2008: Katalysator

2011: Furet værbitt

2014: Sukker og Salt

EPs

2010: Big-5: Åge Aleksandersen (2010)

Live albums

2005: 4 skritt tilbake (live album from the 2004 tour)

2016: De e langt å gå til Royal Albert Hall

Singles

1976: "Mot i brystet, mord i blikket, bomben und granaten/Båtvise"

1977: "Positivet"

1979: "The Pacifier/14 Pages"

1980: "Bjørnen sover/Stanga haue i væggen"

1981: "Kom bli med mæ no i natt/Blått hav"

1984: "Lys og varme"

1985: "Ljus och värme/Fyra öl och en pizza" (Swedish version)

1991: "Akkurat no"

1993: "Min dag/Stormen"

1994: "Fire pils og en pizza"

1995: "Med hud og hår"

1997: "Æ vil ha dæ"

2000: "Myggen"

2005: "To skritt frem"

2005: "Alkymisten"

2005: "Danserinnen"

2006: "Jag har drömt"

2007: "Sommernatt"

2008: "Janne Ahonens smil"

2011: "Medvind"

With other artists

Mitt lille land (2011)

Songs

Lys og varmeLevva livet · 1984
TrondheimsnattLinedans · 2002
Bilde tå'n Ivers1994

References

Åge Aleksandersen Wikipedia

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