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Marit Larsen

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Marit Larsen

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Norwegian singer and songwriter (born 1983)

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Norway
Active from
1983
chamber popcontemporary folkcountry popfolk poppoppop rock

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186,875
Total plays
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Marit Elisabeth Larsen was born on July 1, 1983 in Lørenskog, Norway. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. Larsen played the guitar and did half of the vocals and songwriting. After touring the world and producing two albums with hits such as Don't Say You Love Me, Mirror Mirror, and Everything, M2M was broken up by Atlantic Records in September 2002. She released her debut album, under the surface, in Norway o

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Key facts

Born
Marit Elisabeth Larsen , ( 1983-07-01 ) 1 July 1983 (age 42) , Lørenskog , Norway
Occupations
Singer songwriter musician
Years active
1993–present
Spouse
Alexander Buchmann ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 30, 2016</span>"}]]}'>2016 ) ​
Genres
Pop folk pop-folk acoustic
Instruments
Vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin , harmonica, glockenspiel , zither , tambura , domra , celesta
Labels
Atlantic (1998–2002) , EMI (1996–1998, 2005–2013) , Warner (2013–2015) ( Nordic countries ) , Sony (2008–2015) (other countries) , Håndbrygg Records (2016–present)
Website
www .maritlarsen .no

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Works in European collections

8 objects attributed to Marit Larsen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Marit Elisabeth Larsen (born 1 July 1983) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She began playing violin aged five and played it until the age of eight. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. She then pursued her own music career, releasing her debut solo album Under the Surface in 2006. Her second album, The Chase, was released in Norway in October 2008. Her third album, titled Spark was released in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland on 18 November 2011, and in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 16 December 2011. Her fourth studio album When the Morning Comes was released on 20 October 2014. Larsen toured in its support within Norway with her own concerts, played songs from the album in Germany and Switzerland at public festivals and was the opening act at two of Johannes Oerding's concerts in November 2015.

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