Åse Kleveland

Åse Kleveland

Åse Kleveland (born 18 March 1949) is a Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden, but has lived in Norway since 1956. She was the CEO of the Swedish Film Institute since 2000 and left this post in 2006. She was Minister of culture in Norway 1990-1996, representing the Labour Party. In 1966, she represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest with the entry Intet er nytt under solen (There's Nothing New Below The Sun), finishing in third place. In 1986 she hosted the first Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Norway in Bergen following Bobbysocks' victory in 1985. As a singer, she is famous for her very dark, soulful voice. Besides singing, she also plays the guitar and has composed songs in the singer-songwriter tradition.

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Preceded by Eleonore Bjartveit	Norwegian Minister of Culture 1990–1996	Succeeded by Turid Birkeland
Preceded by Kirsti Sparboe	Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966	Succeeded by Kirsti Sparboe
Preceded by Lill Lindfors	Eurovision Song Contest presenter 1986	Succeeded by Viktor Lazlo