Melodi Grand Prix winners

This page lists the songs and artists that have won Melodi Grand Prix, the Norwegian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. There was no competition in 1970, 1991 and 2002.

List of winners

Year Song Translation Artist Songwriter(s) Position in ESC
1960 Voi Voi Nora Brockstedt Georg Elgaaen 4th
1961 Sommer i Palma Summer in Palma Nora Brockstedt Egil Hansen, Jan Wølner 7th
1962 Kom sol, kom regn Come Sun, Come Rain Inger Jacobsen Ivar Jacobsen, Kjell Karlsen 10th
1963 Solvherv Solstice Anita Thallaug Dag Kristoffersen 13th
1964 Spiral Arne Bendiksen Egil Hansen, Sigurd Jansen 8th
1965 Karusell Carousel Kirsti Sparboe Jolly Kramer-Johansen 13th
1966 Intet er nytt under solen There's Nothing New Under The Sun Åse Kleveland Arne Bendiksen 3rd
1967 Dukkemann Puppet Man Kirsti Sparboe Ola B. Johannessen, Tor Hultin 14th
1968 Stress Odd Børre Ola B. Johannessen, Tor Hultin 13th
1969 Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli Wow, Wow, Wow, How Happy I'll Be Kirsti Sparboe Arne Bendiksen, Arne Bendiksen 16th
1971 Lykken er Happiness Is Hanne Krogh Arne Bendiksen 17th
1972 Småting Little Things Grethe Kausland & Benny Borg Kåre Grøttum, Ivar Børsum 14th
1973 Å, for et spill Oh, What A Game Bendik Singers Arne Bendiksen 7th (as "It's Just A Game")
1974 Hvor er du? Where Are You? Anne-Karine Strøm Philip Kruse, Frode Thingnæs 14th (as "The First Day of Love")
1975 Det skulle ha vært sommer nå It Should Have Been Summer Now Ellen Nikolaysen Svein Hundsnes 18th (as "Touch My Life (With Summer)")
1976 Mata Hari Anne-Karine Strøm Philip Kruse, Frode Thingnæs 18th
1977 Casanova Anita Skorgan Dag Nordtømme, Svein Strugstad 15th
1978 Mil etter mil Mile After Mile Jahn Teigen Kai Eide 20th
1979 Oliver Anita Skorgan Anita Skorgan, Phillip Kruse 11th
1980 Sámiid Ædnan Lapland Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta Ragnar Olsen, Sverre Kjelsberg 16th
1981 Aldri i livet Never In My Life Finn Kalvik Finn Kalvik 20th
1982 Adieu Goodbye Jahn Teigen & Anita Skorgan Jahn Teigen, Herodes Falsk 12th
1983 Do Re Mi Jahn Teigen Jahn Teigen, Herodes Falsk, Anita Skorgan 9th
1984 Lenge leve livet Long Live Life Dollie de Luxe Benedicte Adrian, Ingrid Bjørnov 17th
1985 La det swinge Let It Swing Bobbysocks Rolf Løvland 1st
1986 Romeo Ketil Stokkan Ketil Stokkan 12th
1987 Mitt liv My Life Kate Guldbrandsen Rolf Løvland, Hanne Krogh 9th
1988 For vår jord For Our Earth Karoline Krüger Erik Hillestad, Anita Skorgan 5th
1989 Venners nærhet The Closeness of Friends Britt Synnøve Johansen Leiv Grøtte, Inge Enoksen 17th
1990 Brandenburger Tor Brandenburg Gate Ketil Stokkan Ketil Stokkan 21st
1992 Visjoner Visions Merethe Trøan Eva Jansen, Robert Morley 18th
1993 Alle mine tankar All My Thoughts Silje Vige Bjørn Erik Vige 5th
1994 Duett Duet Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen Hans Olav Mørk, Rolf Løvland 6th
1995 Nocturne Secret Garden Rolf Løvland, Petter Skavlan 1st
1996 I evighet For Eternity Elisabeth Andreassen Torhild Nigar 2nd
1997 San Francisco Tor Endresen Tor Endresen, Arne Myksvol 24th
1998 All I Ever Wanted Was You Lars A. Fredriksen Linda Andernach Johannesen, David Eriksen 8th (as "Alltid sommer")
1999 Living My Life Without You Stig Van Eijk Stig Van Eijk 14th
2000 My Heart Goes Boom Charmed Tore Madsen, Morten Henriksen 11th
2001 On My Own Haldor Lægreid Tom-Steinar Hanssen, Ole Henrik Antonsen, Ole Jørgen Olsen 22nd
2003 I'm Not Afraid To Move On Jostein Hasselgård Arve Furset 4th
2004 High Knut Anders Sørum Dan Attlerud, Thomas Thörnholm, Lars Andersson 24th
2005 In My Dreams Wig Wam Trond Holter 9th
2006 Alvedansen The Elf Dance Christine Guldbrandsen Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, Christine Guldbrandsen 14th
2007 Ven a bailar conmigo Come Dance With Me Guri Schanke Thomas G:son SF: 18th
2008 Hold On Be Strong Maria Haukaas Storeng Mira Craig 5th
2009 Fairytale Alexander Rybak Alexander Rybak 1st
2010 My Heart Is Yours Didrik Solli-Tangen Hanne Sørvaag Fredrik Kempe 20th
2011 Haba Haba Little by Little Stella Mwangi Beyond51, Big City, Stella Mwangi SF: 17th