Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Norway was represented by Karoline Krüger, with the song '"For vår jord", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin. "For vår jord" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 26 March.

Final

The MGP was held at the Château Neuf in Oslo, hosted by Dan Børge Akerø. Sixteen songs had taken part in a series of semi-finals in which songs were paired and the winner from each pair, as chosen by a panel of 1,000 viewers, qualified for the final, along with two losing songs which were given wildcards. Ten songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by voting from seven regional juries. Other participants included three-time Norwegian representative and MGP regular Jahn Teigen and Tor Endresen, who would represent Norway in 1997.^[1]

**MGP - 26 March 1988**
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	David Chocron & Band	"Mitt land og"	42	5
2	Ola Fjellvikås	"Hei go go"	54	3
3	Elisabeth Moberg & Terry Heart	"Natten er din og min"	38	7
4	Jahn Teigen	"Glasnost"	55	2
5	Jan Eggum	"Deilige drøm"	16	10
6	Tore Hansen	"Sove i natt"	41	6
7	Trond Armand Larsen & Krist Juuhl	"Hvor er du"	18	9
8	Karoline Krüger	"For vår jord"	65	1
9	Anita Kanstad	"Je ne sais pas"	25	8
10	Iselin Alme & Tor Endresen	"Lengt"	52	4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Krüger performed 15th in the running order, following Greece and preceding Belgium. The gentle, melodic song was given a sophisticated, understated stage presentation with Krüger seated at a grand piano. At the close of voting "For vår jord" had picked up 88 points (including a maximum 12 from the United Kingdom), placing Norway 5th of the 21 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to Sweden.^[2]

References

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

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Artists

1960s	Nora Brockstedt Nora Brockstedt Inger Jacobsen Anita Thallaug Arne Bendiksen Kirsti Sparboe Åse Kleveland Kirsti Sparboe Odd Børre Kirsti Sparboe

1970s	~~1970~~ Hanne Krogh Grethe Kausland & Benny Borg Bendik Singers Anne-Karine Strøm & Bendik Singers Ellen Nikolaysen Anne-Karine Strøm Anita Skorgan Jahn Teigen Anita Skorgan

1980s	Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta Finn Kalvik Jahn Teigen & Anita Skorgan Jahn Teigen Dollie de Luxe Bobbysocks Ketil Stokkan Kate Gulbrandsen Karoline Krüger Britt Synnøve

1990s	Ketil Stokkan Just 4 Fun Merethe Trøan Silje Vige Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen Secret Garden Elisabeth Andreassen Tor Endresen Lars A. Fredriksen Stig Van Eijk

2000s	Charmed Haldor Lægreid ~~2002~~ Jostein Hasselgård Knut Anders Sørum Wig Wam Christine Guldbrandsen Guri Schanke Maria Haukaas Storeng Alexander Rybak

2010s	Didrik Solli-Tangen Stella Mwangi Tooji Margaret Berger Carl Espen Mørland & Debrah Scarlett

Songs

1960s	"Voi Voi" "Sommer i Palma" "Kom sol, kom regn" "Solvherv" "Spiral" "Karusell" "Intet er nytt under solen" "Dukkemann" "Stress" "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli"

1970s	~~1970~~ "Lykken er" "Småting" "It's Just A Game" "The First Day of Love" "Touch My Life (With Summer)" "Mata Hari" "Casanova" "Mil etter mil" "Oliver"

1980s	"Sámiid Ædnan" "Aldri i livet" "Adieu" "Do Re Mi" "Lenge leve livet" "La det swinge" "Romeo" "Mitt liv" "For vår jord" "Venners nærhet"

1990s	"Brandenburger Tor" "Mrs. Thompson" "Visjoner" "Alle mine tankar" "Duett" "Nocturne" "I evighet" "San Francisco" "Alltid sommer" "Living My Life Without You"

2000s	"My Heart Goes Boom" "On My Own" ~~2002~~ "I'm Not Afraid To Move On" "High" "In My Dreams" "Alvedansen" "Ven a bailar conmigo" "Hold On Be Strong" "Fairytale"

2010s	"My Heart Is Yours" "Haba Haba" "Stay" "I Feed You My Love" "Silent Storm" "A Monster Like Me"

(Note : Entries scored out are when Norway did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Countries

Final (by final results)	Switzerland (winner) United Kingdom Denmark Luxembourg Norway Yugoslavia Israel Ireland Netherlands France Spain Sweden Italy Germany Turkey Iceland Greece Belgium Portugal Finland Austria

Artists

Final (by final results)	Céline Dion Scott Fitzgerald Hot Eyes Lara Fabian Karoline Krüger Srebrna Krila Yardena Arazi Jump The Gun Gerard Joling Gérard Lenorman La Década Prodigiosa Tommy Körberg Luca Barbarossa Maxi & Chris Garden MFÖ Beathoven Afroditi Frida Reynaert Dora Boulevard Wilfried

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Ne partez pas sans moi" "Go" "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" "Croire" "For vår jord" "Mangup" "Ben Adam" "Take Him Home" "Shangri-La" "Chanteur de charme" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Stad i ljus" "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" "Lied für einen Freund" "Sufi" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" "Clown" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Voltarei" "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" "Lisa Mona Lisa"

(Note: All information are in order of appearance)

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Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Final

At Eurovision

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