Knut Anders Sørum

Knut Anders Sørum
Knut Anders Sørum
Background information
Born	Østre Toten, Norway
Genres	Pop
Years active	2004–present
Labels	daWorks ; Kirkelig kulturverksted

Knut Anders Sørum (born 12 April 1976) is a Norwegian singer from Østre Toten. He represented Norway at Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul with the pop-ballad "High". He was also a vocalist and keyboard player for the Norway-based Christian extreme metal band Vardøger for many years (1994-2006, 2007, 2008–2018).

Eurovision 2004

He won the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix, the selection process for Eurovision Song Contest in the 2004 contest, gaining the right to represent Norway at Eurovision 2004 in Istanbul with the pop-ballad "High", written by two Swedish composers. In the final, he came last, with just three points, all coming from Sweden.

Career

After Eurovision, Knut Anders Sørum did backing vocals for the Wig Wam 2006 album Wig Wamania.

After a hiatus spending many years, he released his first studio album in 2010 called Prøysen reaching number 12 in the VG-lista, the official Norwegian Albums Chart followed by a second album Ting Flyt that entered at number 7 in its first week of release in May 2013.

Personal life

He is a great supporter of the Salvation Army. He came out as bisexual admitting his attraction to both males and females in an interview with the Norwegian gay magazine Gaysir.^[1]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions	Certification
Year	Album	NOR ^[2]	Certification
2010	Prøysen	12
2013	Ting Flyt	5

Other albums

2016: Ting flyt remix
2016: Audiens 1:1
2017: Knut Anders Sørum Live
2019: Dom vonde orda

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	NOR ^[2]	Album
2004	"High"	20

Discography with Vardøger

Albums

2015: Ghost Notes

EPs

2003: Whitefrozen

References

^ Gaysir: Landstrykerens lange vandring (in Norwegian)
^ ^a ^b "Knut Anders Sørum discography". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 June 2013.

External links

Official website

Preceded by Jostein Hasselgård with "I'm Not Afraid To Move On"	Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004	Succeeded by Wig Wam with "In My Dreams"

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[1] Gaysir: Landstrykerens lange vandring (in Norwegian)

[nor-2] "Knut Anders Sørum discography". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 June 2013.

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v t e Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
Melodi Grand Prix
Participation	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Agnete Alessandra Elisabeth Andreassen Bendik Singers Arne Bendiksen Margaret Berger Bobbysocks! Benny Borg Odd Børre Nora Brockstedt Charmed Jan Werner Danielsen Dollie de Luxe Tor Endresen Carl Espen Lars A. Fredriksen Gåte Kate Gulbrandsen Christine Guldbrandsen Mattis Hætta Jostein Hasselgård Inger Jacobsen Britt Synnøve Johansen Jowst Just 4 Fun Finn Kalvik Grethe Kausland Keiino Sverre Kjelsberg Åse Kleveland Hanne Krogh Karoline Krüger Haldor Lægreid Mørland Stella Mwangi Ellen Nikolaysen Alexander Rybak Debrah Scarlett Guri Schanke Secret Garden Anita Skorgan Didrik Solli-Tangen Knut Anders Sørum Kirsti Sparboe Ketil Stokkan Maria Haukaas Storeng Anne-Karine Strøm Subwoolfer Jahn Teigen Anita Thallaug Tix Tooji Merethe Trøan ~~Ulrikke~~ Stig van Eijk Silje Vige Wig Wam
Songs	"Adieu" "Aldri i livet" "Alle mine tankar" "Alltid sommer" "Alvedansen" ~~"Attention"~~ "Brandenburger Tor" "Casanova" "Do Re Mi" "Duett" "Dukkemann" "Fairytale" "Fallen Angel" "The First Day of Love" "For vår jord" "Give That Wolf a Banana" "Grab the Moment" "Haba Haba" "High" "Hold On Be Strong" "I evighet" "I Feed You My Love" "Icebreaker" "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" "In My Dreams" "Intet er nytt under solen" "It's Just A Game" "Karusell" "Kom sol, kom regn" "La det swinge" "Lenge leve livet" "Living My Life Without You" "Lykken er" "Mata Hari" "Mil etter mil" "Mitt liv" "A Monster Like Me" "Mrs. Thompson" "My Heart Goes Boom" "My Heart Is Yours" "Nocturne" "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli" "Oliver" "On My Own" "Queen of Kings" "Romeo" "Sámiid ædnan" "San Francisco" "Silent Storm" "Småting" "Solhverv" "Sommer i Palma" "Spiral" "Spirit in the Sky" "Stay" "Stress" "That's How You Write a Song" "Touch My Life (with Summer)" "Ulveham" "Ven a bailar conmigo" "Venners nærhet" "Visjoner" "Voi Voi"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Norway did not compete

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