Bobbysocks

Bobbysocks was a Norwegian pop duo, that won the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song La det svinge ("Let it swing").

The duo was formed in 1983, and consisted of Norwegian Hanne Krogh and Swedish-Norwegian Elisabeth Andreassen.

Bobbysocks were awarded the Peer Gynt Prize in 1985, which is a prize awarded by Stortinget (Norway's parliament).

Bobbysocks was disbanded in 1988, however, Hanne and "Bettan" (Andreassen) still appear on stage together. They made a guest appearance at Congratulations, the 50th anniversary Eurovision concert in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 2005.

The idea behind the creation of the group Bobbysocks was Hanne Krogh's work. She wanted to form a duo made up by two already established artists who were to perform the music she had grown up with. It's said that the background for this inspiration was the incident that Hanne at one point had where her fortune was told by a clairvoyant. This person told Hanne that she was about to achieve huge success through a duo composed by herself and another Norwegian artist. One of the artists Hanne had in mind was Anita Skorgan. Her first meeting with Bettan she had during a visit to Belgium in 1984. Hanne was in serious doubts to whether it was correct of her to choose Bettan since the prophecy had stated the artist had to be Norwegian. However, when it came clear to Hanne that Bettan actually was in the possession of a Norwegian passport, there was nothing more to discuss. Elisabeth Andreassen was overly enthusiastic about the idea.

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