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Finn Kalvik
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<h2 id="early-career">Early career</h2> <p>He was born in <a href="/facts/F%25C3%25A5vang/XhwXroqu">Fåvang</a>, but his family moved to the working class district of <a href="/facts/Grorud/CMuBoHMW">Grorud</a>, <a href="/facts/Oslo/PRJtFYUl">Oslo</a> in 1952. Early in his career Kalvik found success putting music to the poetry of popular Norwegian writers <a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9_Bjerke/uJHlRYGR">André Bjerke</a> and <a href="/facts/Inger_Hagerup/Gla9JCcy">Inger Hagerup</a>. He made his breakthrough in 1969 with the song <i>Finne meg sjæl</i>, and he also had major hits in 1971 with <i>En tur rundt i byen</i> (based on <a href="/facts/Ralph_McTell/8Ae3PBDB">Ralph McTell</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Streets_of_London_(song)/Usozb3FT">Streets Of London</a></i>) and in 1975 with <i>Ride ranke</i> (based on <a href="/facts/Harry_Chapin/cpUskKY0">Harry Chapin</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Cat%2527s_in_the_Cradle/2l6MJVj3">Cat's in the Cradle</a></i>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>His first four albums reached top 15 on the Norwegian record charts: <i>Tusenfryd og grå hverdag</i> (1971), <i>Finn</i> (1972), <i>Nøkkelen ligger under matta</i> (1974) and <i>Fyll mine seil</i> (1976). The 1979 album <i>Kom ut kom fram</i> (1979) was produced by <a href="/facts/ABBA/I0tITJ24">ABBA</a> member/composer <a href="/facts/Benny_Andersson/rAeeLKfR">Benny Andersson</a>; so was the 1981 album <i>Natt og dag</i>. The 1982 album <i>Tenn dine vakre øyne</i> reached top 20 on the charts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="eurovision-and-later-years">Eurovision and later years</h2> <p>One of the songs on <i>Natt og dag</i> was "<a href="/facts/Aldri_i_livet/ESIrgRgx">Aldri i livet</a>" (Never in my life), with which Kalvik won the Norwegian <a href="/facts/Melodi_Grand_Prix/QolN6zNd">Melodi Grand Prix</a> in <a href="/facts/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981/YMFNY4do">1981</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> However his performance in the <a href="/facts/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981/uk0LXRkm">European finals</a> ended with an infamous zero points. The song was still a big success in Norway, and was even recorded in English as "Here in My Heart" with lyrics by Ralph McTell and backing vocals by <a href="/facts/ABBA/I0tITJ24">ABBA</a>'s <a href="/facts/Agnetha_F%25C3%25A4ltskog/dSYvVdMU">Agnetha Fältskog</a> and <a href="/facts/Annifrid_Lyngstad/WoMn8Eub">Annifrid Lyngstad</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> He returned to Melodi Grand Prix once more in <a href="/facts/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1987/csyVTtfN">1987</a> when he sang his song "Malene" to a fourth place in the Norwegian selection. The song was dedicated to his daughter. </p><p>Later albums include <i>Det søte liv</i> (1984), <i>Livets lyse side</i> (1988), <i>Innsida ut</i> (1991), <i>I egne hender</i> (1995), <i>Imellom to evigheter</i> (2000), <i>Klassisk Kalvik</i> (2002), <i>Dagdrivernotater</i> (2004) and <i>Klassisk Kalvik II</i> (2005).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The two "Klassisk Kalvik" albums were re-recordings of old songs with a <a href="/facts/Symphony_orchestra/C5Ha0d0G">symphony orchestra</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> In 2000 Kalvik also scored a hit with a version of Andersson's song <i>Tröstevisa</i>, performed as a duet with Swedish singer CajsaStina Åkerström. </p><p>Kalvik is also an avid painter. </p><p>In 1998 the comedy program <i><a href="/facts/%25C3%2585pen_post/3hYVd30J">Åpen post</a></i> featured a segment called "Finn Kalvik-nyhetene", Finn Kalvik news, where jokes were made about Kalvik. The segment caused mental distress for Kalvik, and the jokesters Harald Eia and Bård Tufte Johansen had to apologize publicly (via the show's producer, Lars Hognestad).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Finn Kalvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 August 2010. <a href="http://www.snl.no/Finn_Kalvik" target="_blank">http://www.snl.no/Finn_Kalvik</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Finn Kalvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 August 2010. <a href="http://www.snl.no/Finn_Kalvik" target="_blank">http://www.snl.no/Finn_Kalvik</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Finn Kalvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 August 2010. <a href="http://www.snl.no/Finn_Kalvik" target="_blank">http://www.snl.no/Finn_Kalvik</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Ralph, Albert & Sydney: Telling Tales. "Here In My Heart". Retrieved 10 August 2010. <a href="http://www.ralph-mctell.co.uk/finnkalvik.html" target="_blank">http://www.ralph-mctell.co.uk/finnkalvik.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Finn Kalvik "Diskografi" Archived 2017-12-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 August 2010. <a href="http://www.finnkalvik.no/diskografi" target="_blank">http://www.finnkalvik.no/diskografi</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Finn Kalvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 August 2010. <a href="http://www.snl.no/Finn_Kalvik" target="_blank">http://www.snl.no/Finn_Kalvik</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Kirknes, Magnar (13 November 2000). "Knust av "Finn Kalvik"-nyhetene". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 August 2010. <a href="http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=2247035" target="_blank">http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=2247035</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Kirknes, Magnar (13 November 2000). "Trøstemail til Bård og Harald". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 August 2010. <a href="http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=2430125" target="_blank">http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=2430125</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>