Elisabeth Andreassen | |
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| Birth name | Elisabeth Gunilla Andreasson |
| Born | (1958-03-28)28 March 1958 (age 67) Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Origin | Ullern, Norway |
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| Years active | 1979–present |
Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen (née Andreasson; born 28 March 1958), also known simply asBettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in theEurovision Song Contest.
Her talent was discovered in 1979 by Swedish musician and TV hostLasse Holm. She was produced byBert Karlsson's labelMariann Grammofon AB. In 1980, she joined Lasse's groupChips. Chips participated in theEurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Dag efter dag" ("Day After Day"), and reached 8th place.
Andreassen is active in many musical genres such ascountry,schlager, andmusicals. She is mostly famous fromEurovision Song Contest 1985 when she andHanne Krogh participated asBobbysocks with the song "La det swinge", and won.
Andreassen has sung in various genres such ascountry,pop,rock and inmusicals. She plays threeinstruments;guitar,piano andcontrabass. She has also been a revue and musical artist.
"Bettan" has a record as the woman with the most participations in theEurovision Song Contest, tied with Sue ofPeter, Sue & Marc, andValentina Monetta. She has participated four times, three times in duets (with Kikki Danielsson in 1982, Hanne Krogh in 1985, andJan Werner Danielsen in 1994) and once on her own (in 1996).
Born on 28 March 1958 inGothenburg,Sweden, toNorwegian parents. She lives inUllern,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]
Altogether, Elisabeth has participated in the SwedishMelodifestivalen, NorwegianMelodi Grand Prix and theEurovision Song Contest fourteen times, plus four ( 1 Times at Sweden and 3 Times at Norway ) as presenter.
| Preceded by | Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 (asBobbysocks!) | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 (withJan Werner Danielsen) | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 (asBobbysocks!) | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 (asChips) | Succeeded by |
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