Gerd Gudding
Gerd Gudding | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Gerd Ellen Gudding |
| Also known as | Lina Larsen |
| Born | 15 November 1951 Oslo |
| Origin | Norway |
| Died | 14 July 2015 (aged 63) |
| Genres | Folk music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, entertainer |
| Instrument(s) | Fiddle, bass guitar, vocals |
Gerd Ellen "Lillemor" Gudding (15 November 1951 – 14 July 2015) was a Norwegian musician, fiddler, bass guitarist, and singer, married 9 June 1973 to the artist Øystein Dolmen (divorced).
Life
Gudding grew up in Oslo's Frogner neighborhood along with her sister Aase and brother Gunnar;[1] their parents were from Trøndelag. She played violin in the band Veslefrikk at Majorstuen School.[1][2] As a teenager she went to the Dolphin Club, where she became a fiddler in the band Christiania Fusel & Blaagress, playing together with Kari Svendsen and Øystein Sunde, among others. She later played with the band Knutsen & Ludvigsen and the group Bakklandet Bassangforening, where she played the character of Lina Larsen in their signature piece "Kristiansunds Nasjonalsang" (Kristiansund Anthem).[1][3][4]
She also worked in customer service at the Brygge Theater and Oslo New Theater, and then worked at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.[1]
Gudding died at age 63 on 14 July 2015 at the Lovisenberg Hospice.[1]
Discography
- Ned med Nidaros (1975)
- Du milde Mosart (1977)
Other collaboration
- Øystein Sunde: Det året det var så bratt (1971)
- Convivium: Convivium (1971)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Brunost no igjæn? (1972)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Balladen om Nancy Drew/Rett West (1973)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Knutsen og Ludvigsen nr. 3 – Tut (1974)
- Ivar Medaas: Vårteikn (1976)
- Stig Nilsson: Brunost og sirop og brø (1977)
- Christiania Fusel & Blaagress: Som varmt hvetebrød i tørt gress (reissued 1993)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste (1996)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Knutsen & Ludvigsens vær'ste (1997)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Dum og deilig: Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste (2008)
References
External links
- 20th-century Norwegian multi-instrumentalists
- 21st-century Norwegian multi-instrumentalists
- Musicians from Oslo
- Norwegian violinists
- Norwegian bass guitarists
- Norwegian female singers
- 1951 births
- 2015 deaths
- 20th-century bass guitarists
- 21st-century Norwegian guitarists
- 20th-century women singers
- 21st-century women musicians