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Elisabeth Andreassen

Person · female · Norway · Gothenburg · born 1958 · recording since 1980

Norwegian singer and songwriter

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Also known as Bettan · Elisabeth Andreasson · Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen · 伊丽莎白·安德森

Debut: 1980
Recording span: 32 years
Release groups: 18
Timeline events: 18
Wiki language versions: 32

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Timeline

18 events▣ Album 16◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1950s
1. 28 March 1958 · Birth
  Born 1958-03-28
  source: wikidata
1980s
1. 1980 · Debut release
  Debut release: I’m the Singer, You’re the Song
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1980 · Album
  Album: I’m the Singer, You’re the Song
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1981 · Album
  Album: Angel of the Morning
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. November 1988 · Album
  Album: Älskar, älskar ej...
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1990 · Album
  Album: Elisabeth
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1993 · Album
  Album: Julestemninger
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1994 · Album
  Album: Stemninger
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 16 November 1996 · Album
  Album: Bettans jul
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1997 · Album
  Album: Så skimrande var aldrig havet
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1999 · Album
  Album: Bettan & Jan Werners Jul
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 1 January 2000 · Album
  Album: Over the Rainbow and Other Musical Highlights
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1 October 2001 · Album
  Album: Kjærlighetsviser
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 12 September 2004 · Album
  Album: A Couple of Days in Larsville
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 17 October 2005 · Album
  Album: Short Stories
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. November 2005 · Album
  Album: Glade Jul
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 9 February 2009 · Album
  Album: Spellemann
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 20 January 2012 · Album
  Album: Kärleken & Livet (13 sanger av Rolf Løvland)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography717 words · 11 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371026296

Biography

Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen (née Andreasson; born 28 March 1958), also known simply as Bettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Career

Her talent was discovered in 1979 by Swedish musician and TV host Lasse Holm. She was produced by Bert Karlsson's label Mariann Grammofon AB. In 1980, she joined Lasse's group Chips. Chips participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Dag efter dag" ("Day After Day"), and reached 8th place.
Andreassen is active in many musical genres such as country, schlager, and musicals. She is mostly famous from Eurovision Song Contest 1985 when she and Hanne Krogh participated as Bobbysocks with the song "La det swinge", and won.
Andreassen has sung in various genres such as country, pop, rock and in musicals. She plays three instruments; guitar, piano and contrabass. She has also been a revue and musical artist.
"Bettan" has a record as the woman with the most participations in the Eurovision Song Contest, tied with Sue of Peter, Sue & Marc, and Valentina Monetta. She has participated four times, three times in duets (with Kikki Danielsson in 1982, Hanne Krogh in 1985, and Jan Werner Danielsen in 1994) and once on her own (in 1996).

Personal life

Born on 28 March 1958 in Gothenburg, Sweden, to Norwegian parents. She lives in Ullern, Oslo, in Norway with her two daughters, born in 1995 and 1997. Elisabeth married Tor Andreassen on 2 July 1994 and after that she took his last name. On 13 June 2016 her husband died of a heart attack.

Hits

Då lyser en sol (1981)
Killen ner' på Konsum svär att han är Elvis (There's a Guy Works down the Chipchop Swears he's Elvis) (1981)
Together Again (1981)
God morgon (Good Morning) (1981) (as Chips)
Dag efter dag (Day after Day) (1982) (as Chips)
La det swinge (Let it swing) (1985) (as Bobbysocks)
Ängel i natt (1985)
Tissel Tassel (1985)
Waiting for the Morning (1986) (as Bobbysocks)
Danse mot vår (Serenade to Spring) (1992)
I evighet (Eternity) (1996) (Wir sind dabei) (1998)
Pepita dansar (1997)
Lys og varme (2001)
Vem é dé du vill ha (2002) (as Kikki, Bettan & Lotta)

Eurovision Song Contest

Altogether, Elisabeth has participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix and the Eurovision Song Contest 14 times, plus four times (once in Sweden and three times in Norway) as presenter.

Melodifestivalen

1981. Chips - "God morgon" (Good morning), 2nd place
1982. Chips - "Dag efter dag" (Day after day), 1st place
1984. Elisabeth Andreasson - "Kärleksmagi", 6th place (last)
1990. Elisabeth Andreasson - "Jag ser en stjärna falla", 7th place
2000. TV-host, with nine other artists.
2002. Kikki, Bettan & Lotta - "Vem é dé du vill ha", 3rd place
2011. Elisabeth Andreassen - "Vaken i en dröm", 8th place in semi

Melodi Grand Prix

1985. Bobbysocks - "La det swinge" (Let it swing), 1st place
1992. TV-host, with Jahn Teigen
1994. Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen - "Duett" (Duet), 1st place
1996. Elisabeth Andreassen - "I evighet" (Eternity), 1st place
1998. Elisabeth Andreassen - "Winds of the Northern Sea", 2nd place
2003. Kikki, Bettan & Lotta - "Din hånd i min hånd", 4th place
2015. Elisabeth Andreassen & Tor Endresen - "All over the world", 4th place
2025. Bobbysocks - “Joyful”, 3rd place

Eurovision Song Contest

1982. Chips - "Dag efter dag", 8th place, Sweden
1985. Bobbysocks - "La det swinge", 1st place, Norway
1994. Elisabeth Andreasson & Jan Werner Danielsen - "Duett", 6th place, Norway
1996. Elisabeth Andreassen - "I evighet", 2nd place, Norway

Chips

God morgon/It Takes More than a Minute (1981) - Single
Having a Party (1982)
Dag efter dag/Här kommer solen (1982) - Single
20 bästa låtar (1997) - Compilation album

Kikki, Bettan & Lotta

20 år med oss - Vem é dé du vill ha (2002)
Vem é dé du vill ha (2002) - Single
Live från Rondo (2003)

Solo

Angel of the Morning (1981)
I'm a Woman (1983)
Elisabeth Andreasson (1985)
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1985)
Greatest Hits (1986)
Älskar, älskar ej (1988)
Elisabeth (1990)
Stemninger (1992 to 1994)
Julestemninger (1993)
Elisabeth Andreassens bästa 1981-1995 (1995)
Eternity (1996)
Bettans jul (1996)
Så skimrande var aldrig havet (1997)
20 bästa (1998)
Kjærlighetsviser (2001)
A Couple of Days in Larsville (2004)
Short Stories (2005)
Bettan Country (2007)
Spellemann (2009)
Julenatt (2009)
Kärleken & livet (2012)
De fineste (2014)

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	32	91.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	18	86.3th
Studio albums	16	95.1th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	18	93th
Recording span (years)	32	70th
Genres	3	80.4th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (18 release groups · 16 studio albums)

Albums · 16

I’m the Singer, You’re the Song
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:21
A1I’m the Singer, You’re the Song3:06
A2Looking for Love2:12
A3The Gambler2:35
A4Too Many Mornings2:30
A5Vi glömmer det som var0:57
A6Help Me Make It Through the Night3:31
B1Mot alla vindar2:34
B2Let Somebody Love You3:12
B3När vi vaknar imorgon2:34
B4Akta dig för Tommy2:57
B5Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys2:36
B6Vän på vägen2:37
Angel of the Morning
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 49:44
A1Lipstick on Your Collar2:44
A2Hard Times2:50
A3En enda morgon4:09
A4Han pendlar varje dag3:15
A5Dreamer4:11
A6But Love Me3:14
A7Då lyser en sol4:32
B1Killen ner’ på Konsum svär att han är Elvis3:09
B2Together Again3:48
B3What’s Forever For3:17
B4Hallå du härliga söndag3:34
B5Blessed Are the Believers2:47
B6Take Me Away4:05
B7När jag behövde dig mest4:09
Älskar, älskar ej...
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 42:45
1You're No Good3:32
2Älskar, älskar ej4:28
3Nobody There but Me2:45
4That's Where the Trouble Lies4:07
5Krossat glas4:17
6Endlessly2:41
7Kärlekens hav5:05
8No Way to Treat a Lady4:05
9One Little Heart4:37
10Where There's Love There's a Way3:26
11Desperado3:42
Elisabeth
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:58
1Varje gång du rör mig4:06
2Kvinna för dig3:12
3Nä, nä, nä (rätt eller fel)4:07
4Vänskapen består4:30
5Ta mig4:37
6Jag ser en stjärna falla2:52
7Segla med mig4:26
8Kortet de’ e’ lagt4:13
9Kärlek som din4:11
10Utan dig4:46
11Kylig natt3:18
12Jag ser en stjärna falla (L.A. Remix)3:40
Julestemninger
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:55
1Ledet Av En Stjerne3:28
2Nå Tennes Tusen Julelys2:32
3Jeg Er Så Glad Hver Julekveld3:29
4Lille Messias5:12
5Deilig Er Jorden4:04
6Den Vakreste Julen4:05
7Glade Jul4:21
8Det Hev Ei Rose Sprunge4:12
9Marias Vuggesang3:17
10O, Helga Natt4:15
Stemninger
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 42:53
1Nocturne4:22
2All I Ask of You4:10
3Solveigs sang3:19
4Danse mot vår3:37
5Over the Rainbow4:01
6Så skimrande var aldrig havet4:02
7Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again3:24
8Tell Me on a Sunday3:48
9Send in the Clowns4:06
10I natt jag drømnde4:51
11Duett3:13
Bettans jul
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:12
1Maria-salme3:30
2Ledet av en stjerne3:31
3Glade jul4:24
4Det hev ei rose sprunge4:16
5Lille messias5:15
6Nå tennes tusen julelys2:36
7Jeg er så glad hver julekveld3:31
8Den vakreste julen4:09
9Marias vuggesang3:20
10O, helga natt4:18
11Deilig er jorden4:08
12Julehymne (Domine deus)4:14
Så skimrande var aldrig havet
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:58
1Som stjärnor små3:46
2Så skimrande var aldrig havet4:10
3Fragrancia4:23
4Flickan I havanna4:10
5Dansen på sunnanö4:55
6I dina drömmar3:46
7Brevet från lillan2:30
8Bibbi3:41
9Stockholmsmelodi3:36
10Pepita dansar3:32
11Min älskling3:02
12Morgon efter regn3:07
13Så länge skutan kan gå5:20
Bettan & Jan Werners Jul
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 58:27
1Ave Maria4:13
2Medley: Glade jul / Det lyser i stille grender / Nå tennes tusen julelys / Det kimer nå til julefest10:38
3Gabriels oboe4:09
4Eg veit i himmerik ei borg5:15
5Staffan var en stalledreng1:45
6Bethlehemstjärna2:56
7Medley: Da pacem Domine / De Beata Virgine / Det hev ei rose sprunge11:47
8Maria Wiegenlied2:47
9Adeste Fideles6:53
10Dominic deus3:21
11Deilig er jorden4:43
Over the Rainbow and Other Musical Highlights
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 58:13
1You & I5:04
2Over the Rainbow4:01
3Anthem3:38
4Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again3:23
5One Night in Bangkok4:34
6All I Ask of You4:10
7Bridge of Time4:53
8Send in the Clowns4:05
9Somewhere3:59
10Så skimrande var aldrig havet4:12
11Survival of the Fittest3:48
12Nocturne4:20
13All by Myself4:20
14Tell Me on a Sunday3:46
Kjærlighetsviser
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:52
1Vi vandrar saman3:46
2Kjærlighetsvisa3:44
3Dains me dæ3:36
4Ingen er så nydelig som du3:57
5Har en drøm3:58
6Lys og varme4:03
7Tusen bitar4:02
8Neste sommer3:38
9Vinsjan på kaia4:10
10Eg ser3:39
11En natt forbi3:19
A Couple of Days in Larsville
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:23
1Long Ride Home3:54
2The Eastern Line2:30
3Goodbye4:29
4Window In The Sky3:22
5Sin City3:42
6I Will Not Turn To Stone3:17
7When I Fall4:14
8Happiness3:40
9Soon You'll Fly4:37
10A Fisherman's Daughter3:16
11I Don't Wanna Talk About It6:00
12Jolene3:22
Short Stories
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 39:28
1The Year We Painted Pink3:30
2I Met Bob3:03
3Tears of Lead3:54
4Jackson2:46
5Boulder to Birmingham4:41
6She Could Even Talk to the Sparrows It Seems3:19
7Forever Faithful2:39
8My Tennessee Mountain Home3:06
9I Still Miss Someone3:21
10Amarillo3:08
11Last Night3:31
12I Never Will Marry2:30
Glade Jul
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:10:18
Disc 112 tracks · 29:21
1Glade Jul2:22
2Å du herlige2:59
3Jeg synger julekvad3:10
4Du grønne glitrende tre, goddag2:23
5Deilig er jorden2:36
6Et barn er født i Betlehem2:57
7Kimer i klokker2:23
8Jul på jorden1:59
9Her kommer dine arme små2:03
10En rose er utsprungen2:05
11Det kimer nu til julefest1:43
12Julens lovsang2:41
Disc 212 tracks · 40:57
1Ave Maria3:35
2Jeg er så glad hver julekveld3:30
3Deilig er den himmel blå3:36
4Det lyser i stille grender2:03
5Her kommer dine arme små3:14
6Glade Jul3:16
7Den vakreste julen4:08
8Happy Xmas (The War is Over)3:09
9Lille Messias5:13
10Nå tennes tusen julelys2:37
11Kimer i klokker2:29
12Amazing Grace4:07
Spellemann
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 49:12
1Klinga mina klockor3:38
2Här är gudagott att vara4:46
3Blinde-Karls vise3:57
4Sommerfuglen3:01
5Gabriellas sång4:18
6Det är vi ändå4:09
7De nære ting3:12
8Koppången4:25
9Du som har hela mitt hjärta4:45
10Bryllupsvals3:11
11For kärlekens skull4:10
12Nu mår jag mycket bättre5:40
Kärleken & Livet (13 sanger av Rolf Løvland)
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 48:22
1Kärleken och livet2:47
2Mitt land5:13
3Alt du er for meg4:07
4Ta meg heim3:53
5Fyll ditt hjärta4:14
6Duett3:18
7Havet3:48
8Danse mot vår4:01
9Sang I en stormfull natt4:16
10Första sommaren3:34
11Du ga meg en vår3:30
12Rör vid min själ3:54
13La det swinge1:47

Album · 2

Album release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1995	Bettans Beste 1981 - 1995Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:13:37 1I evighet4:10 2Danse mot vår3:37 3Duett3:14 4Waiting for the Morning4:56 5Då lyser en sol4:29 6Ängel inatt5:59 7La det swinge2:55 8Nobody There but Me2:45 9Nocturne4:19 10Så skimrande var aldrig havet4:01 11Dag efter dag2:55 12Om jag lyssnar4:21 13Over the Rainbow3:57 14Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again3:23 15Älskar, älskar ej4:26 16Vänskapen består4:30 17Kvinna för dig3:10 18Together Again3:50 19Endlessly2:40	Compilation	1995
	1997	20 bästaSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:19:15 1Morning Train3:20 2La det svinge2:55 3Together Again3:51 4Sommar reggae4:09 5Waiting for the Morning4:51 6Gå nu3:06 7Håll mig hårt4:30 8Om jag lyssnar4:23 9Take Me Away4:02 10Stjärnhimmel4:56 11Lipstick on Your Collar2:27 12Killen ner på Konsum svär att han är Elvis3:12 13Då lyser en sol4:31 14Dreamer4:14 15När jag behövde dig mest4:11 16Se på mej jag flyger3:55 17I'm a Woman4:51 18In My Dreams4:15 19Operator3:44 20En enda morgon3:52	Compilation	1997

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Elisabeth Andreassen head-to-head →

Elisabeth Andreassen metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	32	91.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	18	86.3th
Studio albums	16	95.1th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	18	93th
Recording span (years)	32	70th
Genres	3	80.4th

Awards & honours

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To
Bobbysocks(band)	—	present
Bobbysocks(band)	—	present
Sweet 'n' Chips(band)	—	present
Chips(band)	1980	1983
Kikki, Bettan & Lotta(band)	2001	2004

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elisabeth_%22Bettan%22_Andreassen.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c21c35ac-8228-4500-9c70-d03bdf971d05
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c21c35ac-8228-4500-9c70-d03bdf971d05
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q256856
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q256856
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Andreassen
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Andreassen

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Timeline

1950s

Born 1958-03-28

1980s

Debut release: I’m the Singer, You’re the Song

Album: I’m the Singer, You’re the Song

Album: Angel of the Morning

Album: Älskar, älskar ej...

1990s

Album: Elisabeth

Album: Julestemninger

Album: Stemninger

Album: Bettans jul

Album: Så skimrande var aldrig havet

Album: Bettan & Jan Werners Jul

2000s

Album: Over the Rainbow and Other Musical Highlights

Album: Kjærlighetsviser

Album: A Couple of Days in Larsville

Album: Short Stories

Album: Glade Jul

Album: Spellemann

2010s

Album: Kärleken & Livet (13 sanger av Rolf Løvland)

Biography

Biography

Career

Personal life

Hits

Eurovision Song Contest

Melodifestivalen

Melodi Grand Prix

Eurovision Song Contest

Chips

Kikki, Bettan & Lotta

Solo

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (18 release groups · 16 studio albums)

Albums · 16

Album · 2

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

Where this record comes from

Why this artist is in the database

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