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Rune Rudberg
Person · male · Norway · Trøgstad Municipality · born 1961
Norwegian musician
Timeline
1960s
Biography
Biography
Rune Rudberg (born 23 August 1961) is a Norwegian singer originating from Trøgstad in Østfold singing dansband music. He has a hectic live music career with more than 5000 concerts in Norway.
He is best known for his song "Ut mot havet" in 1988. The same titled album peaked VG-lista albums chart. He also took part on three occasions in Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in a bid to represent Norway in Eurovision. The first was in MGP 1989 with "Vinger over Europa" failing to make it to Final 3. Twelve years later, he took part in MGP 2001 with the self-written and composed song "Without You". But he finished fifth failing to make to the Final 4 stage. In 2017, he participated again with his band in MGP 2017 with "Run Run Away", but failed to reach the Gold Final.
Besides his solo career, he was part of the dansband Scandinavia on and off. He was a member from 1990 to 1994, then for two years 1996 and 1997, and finally 2004–2005, when he left after news about his use of narcotics.
Albums
Studio
Compilations
Albums as part of Scandinavia dansband
1991: På oppforring
1992: Scandinavia 3
1993: Scandinavia 4
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.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Rune Rudberg head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rune_Rudberg_Band%2C_Orrskogen%2C_20230718_-_11.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6082552genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6082552seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Rudbergbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Rudberg
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: AleWi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q6082552 · MusicBrainz: 3a8c1795-947b-41e8-beca-c63422f383e5
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