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Norway

With three Eurovision victories, Norway is on track with fellow Scandinavian neighbour Denmark, although both countries are three behind Sweden. Norway first won in 1985, the year after Sweden’s second win. Bobbysocks’ La Det Swinge has since become a classic hit, which most fans can sing a long to. Ten years later, Secret Garden gave Norway their second win with the song Nocturne, which only contained 24 words, and the rest was instrumental, mainly violin. In 2009, Norway would once again bring the violin to Eurovision – and win by no other than Rybak.

Since the last Norwegian victory, by Alexander Rybak in 2009, Norway have scored rather decent in Eurovision. Stella Mwangi (2011) and Agnete (2016) both failed to reach the final, but of the remaining six entries that did make it, four of them ended in top 10.

Capital cityOslo
BroadcasterNRK
Population5,1 million

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12th January 2021 at 19:33 Charlotte Jensen

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11th January 2021 at 12:55 Charlotte Jensen

Eurovision 2003: Norway’s Jostein Hasselgård in focus

22nd December 2020 at 19:52 Charlotte Jensen

Eurovision 1995: Norway’s Secret Garden in focus

13th December 2020 at 15:20 Álvaro Sanabria-Rangel

Eurovision 2021: 41 countries to appear at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest

26th October 2020 at 12:47 Michael Outerson

Eurovision 2005: Norway’s Wig Wam in focus

14th September 2020 at 19:03 Charlotte Jensen

Eurovision 1987: Norway’s Kate Gulbrandsen in focus

17th August 2020 at 18:47 Charlotte Jensen

Eurovision 1986: Norway’s Ketil Stokkan in focus

10th July 2020 at 17:00 Charlotte Jensen

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18th June 2020 at 13:31 Álvaro Sanabria-Rangel

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4th June 2020 at 19:31 Ashleigh Kobevko

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15th May 2020 at 19:21 Michael Outerson

Jon Ola Sand: EBU is better prepared to organise Eurovision 2021 under corona restrictions

14th May 2020 at 19:13 Álvaro Sanabria-Rangel

Iceland takes Eurostream 2020 victory after the votes from fans and jury

10th May 2020 at 00:24 Charlotte Jensen

Eurostream 2020: Fans and jury selected the first 10 finalists

5th May 2020 at 21:59 Charlotte Jensen

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1st May 2020 at 08:52 Charlotte Jensen

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24th April 2020 at 18:02 Michael Outerson
Stig Rästa (Estonia 2015) with his growing family

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5th April 2020 at 20:25 Ashleigh Kobevko

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2nd April 2020 at 17:51 Michael Outerson

Norway: KEiiNO release new video for Black Leather and introduce us to throat singing

11th March 2020 at 11:46 Michael Outerson

Melodi Grand Prix: Ulrikke to represent Norway at Eurovision 2020

15th February 2020 at 22:15 Charlotte Jensen

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8th February 2020 at 21:08 Charlotte Jensen

Magnus Bokn wins fourth Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix heat

1st February 2020 at 20:58 Charlotte Jensen

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25th January 2020 at 21:08 William Savage

Rein Alexander wins second Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix heat

18th January 2020 at 21:06 Charlotte Jensen

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11th January 2020 at 21:13 Charlotte Jensen

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