Anne Grete Preus | |
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.jpg) Anne Grete Preus performs in August 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 22 May 1957 Haugesund, Norway |
| Died | 25 August 2019 (aged 62)[1] |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonica, mandolin, Hammond organ, dobro |
Anne Grete Preus (22 May 1957 – 25 August 2019)[1] was a Norwegian rock singer in Norway in the 1980s and 1990s, first as member of the bands Veslefrikk and Can Can and later as a solo act.[2][3] She released nine solo albums and won the Spellemannprisen multiple times. In 2008 she appeared as a narrator in an Arts Alliance production, id - Identity of the Soul. She contracted liver cancer in 2007. In early 2019 she had to cancel the planned concerts for the summer due to illness.
- ^ a b Olsen, Robin (25 August 2019). "Anne Grete Preus er død". musikknyheter.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Møt Anne Grete Preus! Archived February 21, 2002, at the Wayback Machine Dagbladet:Musik (in Norwegian)
- ^ Forrygende aften med nye sange Rytterknægten, 24.06.2009|, 1. sektion, Side 14 (in Danish)