Bobbysocks
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Bobbysocks is a Norwegian pop duo consisting of Norwegian Hanne Krogh and Swedish-Norwegian Elisabeth Andreassen. They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "La det swinge" ("Let it swing"). Elisabeth went by the surname Andreasson until 1994.
Key facts
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- Bobbysocks
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- Bobbysocks in January 2025
- Musical artist <! See WP:WikiProject Musicians >.origin
- Norway
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- 1983–1988, 2010–present
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- Hanne KroghElisabeth Andreassen
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- Elisabeth Andreassen
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1985
- Genre
- schlager music
- Country of origin
- Norway
- Record label
- Sonet Records
- Image
- Bobbysocks på lanseringen til MGP 2025 (cropped).jpg
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- competition won
- Eurovision Song Contest 1985
- Commons category
- Bobbysocks
- inception
- 1983-00-00
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- end time
- 1988-00-00
- name
- Bobbysocks
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- 1980s
- 21st century
- Discography
- Albums
- Compilation albums
- Singles
- See also
- References
Bobbysocks is a Norwegian pop duo consisting of Norwegian Hanne Krogh and Swedish-Norwegian Elisabeth Andreassen. They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "La det swinge" ("Let it swing"). Elisabeth went by the surname Andreasson until 1994.
==History== ===1980s=== The duo was formed in 1983. Both Krogh and Andreassen were frequent Eurovision contestants. Krogh has appeared three times, all for Norway: in 1971 as a soloist, with Bobbysocks in 1985 and as part of Just 4 Fun in 1991. Andreassen sang for Sweden as one half of Chips in 1982 and after winning with Bobbysocks, teamed up with Jan Werner Danielsen in 1994 and sang solo in 1996. According to John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History Andreassen is one of only five lead artists to sing in the contest on four occasions and is also one of only four artists to finish both first and second in Eurovision (1985 & 1996).
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