List of Melodi Grand Prix winners
This article lists the songs and artists that have won Melodi Grand Prix, the Norwegian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition was not held in 1970 (non-participation), 1991 (NRK’s cancellation) and 2002 (relegation).
List of winners
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| Year | Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | At Eurovision | |||
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| Final | Points | Semi | Points | ||||
| "Voi Voi" | Nora Brockstedt | Georg Elgaaen | 4th | 11 | No semi-finals | ||
| "Sommer i Palma" | Nora Brockstedt | Egil Hansen, Jan Wølner | 7th | 10 | |||
| "Kom sol, kom regn" | Inger Jacobsen | Ivar Jacobsen, Kjell Karlsen | 10th | 2 | |||
| "Solhverv" | Anita Thallaug | Dag Kristoffersen | 13th ◁ | 0 | |||
| "Spiral" | Arne Bendiksen | Egil Hansen, Sigurd Jansen | 8th | 6 | |||
| "Karusell" | Kirsti Sparboe | Jolly Kramer-Johansen | 13th | 1 | |||
| "Intet er nytt under solen" | Åse Kleveland | Arne Bendiksen | 3rd | 15 | |||
| "Dukkemann" | Kirsti Sparboe | Ola B. Johannessen, Tor Hultin | 14th | 2 | |||
| "Jeg har aldri vært så glad i noen som deg" | Odd Børre/Kirsti Sparboe | Kari Nergaard | Withdrawn[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli" | Kirsti Sparboe | Arne Bendiksen | 16th ◁ | 1 | |||
| "Lykken er" | Hanne Krogh | Arne Bendiksen | 17th | 65 | |||
| "Småting" | Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg | Kåre Grøttum, Ivar Børsum | 14th | 73 | |||
| "Å, for et spill" | Bendik Singers | Arne Bendiksen | 7th[lower-alpha 2] | 89 | |||
| "Hvor er du?" | Anne-Karine Strøm | Philip Kruse, Frode Thingnæs | 14th ◁[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |||
| "Det skulle ha vært sommer nå" | Ellen Nikolaysen | Svein Hundsnes | 18th[lower-alpha 4] | 11 | |||
| "Mata Hari" | Anne-Karine Strøm | Philip Kruse, Frode Thingnæs | 18th ◁ | 7 | |||
| "Casanova" | Anita Skorgan | Dag Nordtømme, Svein Strugstad | 14th | 18 | |||
| "Mil etter mil" | Jahn Teigen | Kai Eide | 20th ◁ | 0 | |||
| "Oliver" | Anita Skorgan | Anita Skorgan, Philip Kruse | 11th | 57 | |||
| "Sámiid Ædnan" | Sverre Kjelsberg and Mattis Hætta | Ragnar Olsen, Sverre Kjelsberg | 16th | 15 | |||
| "Aldri i livet" | Finn Kalvik | Finn Kalvik | 20th ◁ | 0 | |||
| "Adieu" | Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan | Jahn Teigen, Herodes Falsk | 12th | 44 | |||
| "Do Re Mi" | Jahn Teigen | Jahn Teigen, Herodes Falsk, Anita Skorgan | 9th | 53 | |||
| "Lenge leve livet" | Dollie de Luxe | Benedicte Adrian, Ingrid Bjørnov | 17th | 29 | |||
| "La det swinge" | Bobbysocks | Rolf Løvland | 1st | 123 | |||
| "Romeo" | Ketil Stokkan | Ketil Stokkan | 12th | 44 | |||
| "Mitt liv" | Kate Guldbrandsen | Rolf Løvland, Hanne Krogh | 9th | 65 | |||
| "For vår jord" | Karoline Krüger | Erik Hillestad, Anita Skorgan | 5th | 88 | |||
| "Venners nærhet" | Britt Synnøve Johansen | Leiv Grøtte, Inge Enoksen | 17th | 30 | |||
| "Brandenburger Tor" | Ketil Stokkan | Ketil Stokkan | 21st ◁ | 8 | |||
| "Mrs. Thompson" | Just 4 Fun | Kaare Skevik Jr., Per Gerhard Roness, Dag Kolsrud | 17th | 14 | |||
| "Visjoner" | Merethe Trøan | Eva Jansen, Robert Morley | 18th | 23 | |||
| "Alle mine tankar" | Silje Vige | Bjørn Erik Vige | 5th | 120 | |||
| "Duett" | Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen | Hans Olav Mørk, Rolf Løvland | 6th | 76 | |||
| "Nocturne" | Secret Garden | Rolf Løvland, Petter Skavlan | 1st | 148 | |||
| "I evighet" | Elisabeth Andreassen | Torhild Nigar | 2nd | 114 | |||
| "San Francisco" | Tor Endresen | Tor Endresen, Arne Myksvol | 24th ◁ | 0 | |||
| "All I Ever Wanted Was You" | Lars A. Fredriksen | Linda Andernach Johannesen, David Eriksen | 8th[lower-alpha 5] | 79 | |||
| "Living My Life Without You" | Stig van Eijk | Stig van Eijk | 14th | 35 | |||
| "My Heart Goes Boom" | Charmed | Tore Madsen, Morten Henriksen | 11th | 57 | |||
| "On My Own" | Haldor Lægreid | Tom-Steinar Hanssen, Ole Henrik Antonsen, Ole Jørgen Olsen | 22nd ◁ | 3 | |||
| "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" | Jostein Hasselgård | Arve Furset | 4th | 123 | |||
| "High" | Knut Anders Sørum | Dan Attlerud, Thomas Thörnholm, Lars Andersson | 24th ◁ | 3 | Top 11 Previous Year | ||
| "In My Dreams" | Wig Wam | Trond Holter | 9th | 125 | 6 | 164 | |
| "Alvedansen" | Christine Guldbrandsen | Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, Christine Guldbrandsen | 14th | 36 | Top 11 Previous Year | ||
| "Ven a bailar conmigo" | Guri Schanke | Thomas G:son | Did not qualify | 18th | 48 | ||
| "Hold On Be Strong" | Maria Haukaas Storeng | Mira Craig | 5th | 182 | 4th | 106 | |
| "Fairytale" | Alexander Rybak | Alexander Rybak | 1st | 387 | 1st | 201 | |
| "My Heart Is Yours" | Didrik Solli-Tangen | Hanne Sørvaag, Fredrik Kempe | 20th | 35 | Host country | ||
| "Haba Haba" | Stella Mwangi | Andreas Sjo Engen, Kjetil Granum Helgesen, Tom Roger Rogstad, Joachim Alte, Marcus Ulstad Nilsen, Stella Mwangi | Did not qualify | 17th | 30 | ||
| "Stay" | Tooji | Tooji Keshtkar, Peter Boström, Figge Boström | 26th ◁ | 7 | 10 | 45 | |
| "I Feed You My Love" | Margaret Berger | Karin Park, Niklas Jan Olovson, Robin Mortensen Lynch | 4th | 191 | 3rd | 120 | |
| "Silent Storm" | Carl Espen | Josefin Winther | 8th | 88 | 6 | 77 | |
| "A Monster Like Me" | Mørland and Debrah Scarlett | Kjetil Mørland | 8th | 102 | 4th | 123 | |
| "Icebreaker" | Agnete | Agnete Johnsen, Gabriel Alares, Ian Curnow | Did not qualify | 13th | 63 | ||
| "Grab the Moment" | Jowst feat. Aleksander Walmann | Joakim With Steen, Jonas McDonnell | 10th | 158 | 5th | 189 | |
| "That's How You Write a Song" | Alexander Rybak | Alexander Rybak | 15th | 144 | 1st | 266 | |
| "Spirit in the Sky" | Keiino | Tom Hugo Hermansen, Fred-René Buljo, Alexandra Rotan, Henrik Tala, Alex Olsson, Rüdiger Schramm | 6th | 331 | 7th | 210 | |
| "Attention" | Ulrikke Brandstorp | Christian Ingebrigtsen, Kjetil Mørland, Ulrikke Brandstorp | Contest cancelled[lower-alpha 6] X | ||||
| "Fallen Angel" | Tix | Andreas Haukeland | 18th | 75 | 10th | 115 | |
| "Give That Wolf a Banana" | Subwoolfer | Ben Adams, Gaute Ormasen (as Jim and Keith) | 10th | 182 | 6th | 177 | |
| "Queen of Kings" | Alessandra | Henning Olerud, Stanley Ferdinandez, Alessandra Mele, Linda Dale | 5th | 268 | 6th | 102 | |
Performers and songwriters with multiple wins
The following individuals have won the Melodi Grand Prix as a performer or songwriter more than once.
| Wins | Name | Wins as performer | Wins as songwriter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Arne Bendiksen | 1964 | 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973 |
| Anita Skorgan | 1977, 1979, 1982 (with Jahn Teigen) | 1979, 1983, 1988 | |
| 4 | Rolf Løvland | 1995 (as part of Secret Garden) | 1985, 1987, 1994, 1995 |
| 3 | Anne-Karine Strøm | 1973 (as part of Bendik Singers), 1974, 1976 | — |
| Elisabeth Andreassen | 1985 (as part of Bobbysocks!), 1994 (with Jan Werner Danielsen), 1996 | ||
| Kirsti Sparboe | 1965, 1967, 1969 | ||
| Hanne Krogh | 1971, 1985 (as part of Bobbysocks!) | 1987 | |
| Jahn Teigen | 1978, 1982 (with Anita Skorgan), 1983 | 1982, 1983 | |
| Philip Kruse | — | 1974, 1976, 1979 | |
| 2 | Egil Hansen | 1961, 1964 | |
| Frode Thingnæs | 1974, 1976 | ||
| Herodes Falsk | 1982, 1983 | ||
| Alexander Rybak | 2009, 2018 | 2009, 2018 | |
| Ketil Stokkan | 1986, 1990 | 1986, 1990 | |
| Kjetil Mørland | 2015 | 2015, 2020 | |
| Ellen Nikolaysen | 1973 (as part of Bendik Singers), 1975 | — | |
| Nora Brockstedt | 1960, 1961 |
Notes
- Nergaard withdrew the song after the Norwegian final, due to allegations of plagiarism. Instead, NRK picked the runner-up, "Stress" to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968. "Stress" ended up as 13th with 2 points.
- As "It's Just A Game"
- As "The First Day of Love"
- As "Touch My Life (With Summer)"
- As "Alltid sommer"
- The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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