Venners nærhet

"Venners nærhet"
Eurovision Song Contest 1989 entry
Country	Norway
Artist(s)	Britt Synnøve Johansen
Language	Norwegian
Composer(s)	Inge Enoksen
Lyricist(s)	Leiv N. Grøtte
Conductor	Pete Knutsen
Finals performance
Final result	17th
Final points	30
Appearance chronology
◄ "For vår jord" (1988)
"Brandenburger Tor" (1990) ►

"Venners nærhet" ("The closeness of friends") was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in Norwegian by Britt Synnøve Johansen.

The song is a ballad, with Synnøve singing about the power that friendship can have, even when the rest of the world is against the friends in question.

The song was performed eighth on the night, following the United Kingdom's Live Report with "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?" and preceding Portugal's Da Vinci with "Conquistador". At the close of voting, it had received 30 points, placing 17th in a field of 22.

It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1990 Contest by "Ketil Stokkan" with Brandenburger Tor.

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 ~~1970~~ 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 ~~2002~~ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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 Agnete

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" "Icebreaker"

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

Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Countries

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

Artists

Final (by final results)	Riva Live Report Birthe Kjær Tommy Nilsson Thomas Forstner Nina Anneli Saaristo Nathalie Pâque Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali Mariana Efstratiou Fani Polymeri & Yiannis Savvidakis Gili and Galit Furbaz Nino de Angelo Justine Pelmelay Da Vinci Britt Synnøve Johansen Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers Ingeborg Park Café Pan Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Rock Me" "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?" "Vi maler byen rød" "En dag" "Nur ein Lied" "Nacida para amar" "La dolce vita" "J'ai volé la vie" "Avrei voluto" "To Dhiko Su Asteri" "Apopse As Vrethoume" "Derekh Hamelekh" "Viver senza tei" "Flieger" "Blijf zoals je bent" "Conquistador" "Venners nærhet" "The Real Me" "Door de wind" "Monsieur" "Bana Bana" "Það sem enginn sér"

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