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Venke Knutson
Venke Knutson
	Live in Bergen, Norway, 2008. ; Photographer: Pascual Strømsnæs.
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Born	20 October 1978 (age 46); Birkeland, Norway
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, school teacher
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, drums
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Universal

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Venke Knutson (born 20 October 1978) is a Norwegian singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway.

Life and career

Venke Knutson was born in Birkeland, in 1978. She was the youngest of three sisters, in a musical family, and she got inspired to sing by her elder sisters.

Early in her life she lived with her family in the United States.

She joined the school choir. Inspired by two older sisters, she applied for music at the Vågsbygd skole (Vågsbygd High School), when the family was about to go back home to Norway.

She used to be an elementary teacher in Norway. She was earlier married to Svenn Kåre Liodden, but they divorced. She married Thomas Wold in 2008.

She debuted in 2003 with the single "Panic", followed by her first album Scared and the singles "Scared" and "Kiss".^[1]

Venke Knutson entered the qualifying rounds of the Melodi Grand Prix 2010 (the Norwegian selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest) on 16 January and was voted through to the national "second chance" program, with the song "Jealous 'Cause I Love You", where she was voted through to the national final.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions	Sales
Year	Title	NO	Sales
2004	Scared	5	Norwegian sales: 30.000
2005	Places I Have Been	7	Norwegian sales: 20.000
2007	Crush	14	Norwegian sales: 10.000
2010	Smiles – The Very Best Of	9	Norwegian sales: 10.000+

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions	Album
Year	Title	NO	Album
2003	"Panic"	10	Scared
2004	"Scared"	10
	"Kiss"¹	—
	"In2u"¹	—
2005	"Just A Minute"	1	Places I Have Been
2005	"When the Stars Go Blue" (featuring Kurt Nilsen)	14	Places I Have Been
2007	"Holiday"	4	Crush
	"Walk the Walk"	5
	"Win With Your Hands Down"¹	—
2010	"Jealous 'Cause I Love You"	5	Smiles – The Very Best of

¹ Released as airplay singles

References

^ Venke Knudson – Den syngende frøken. (Norwegian), TV 2 (Norway), 24 June 2009

External links

[1] Venke Knudson – Den syngende frøken. (Norwegian), TV 2 (Norway), 24 June 2009

[1]

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+{{short description|Norwegian singer (born 1978)}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
 {{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
 | name                = Venke Knutson
 | image                 = Venke_knutson_commons.jpg
-| caption            = Live in Bergen, Norway, 2008. <small><br>Photographer: [http://www.pascual-stromsnes.com Pascual Strømsnæs].</small>
+| caption            = Live in Bergen, Norway, 2008. <small><br>Photographer: Pascual Strømsnæs.</small>
 | background          = solo_singer
-| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|20|df=y}}
+| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|10|20}}
-|birth_place =[[Birkeland, Aust-Agder|Birkeland]], [[Norway]]
+|birth_place =[[Birkeland, Aust-Agder|Birkeland]], Norway
-| instrument          = [[Singing|Vocals]], [[Guitar]], [[Drums]]
+| instrument          = Vocals, guitar, drums
-| genre               = [[Pop music|Pop]]
+| genre               = Pop
-| occupation          = [[Singer]], [[songwriter]], [[school teacher]]
+| occupation          = Singer, songwriter, [[school teacher]]
 | years_active        = 2003–present
 | label               = [[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
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 }}
-'''Venke Knutson''' (born 20 October 1978) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[singer]]. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway.
+'''Venke Knutson''' (born 20 October 1978) is a Norwegian singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway.
 ==Life and career==
 Venke Knutson was born in [[Birkeland, Aust-Agder|Birkeland]], in 1978. She was the youngest of three sisters, in a musical family, and she got inspired to sing by her elder sisters.
-Early in her life she lived with her family in the [[United States]].
+Early in her life she lived with her family in the United States.
-She joined the school choir. Inspired by two older sisters, she applied for music at the Vågsbygd skole (Vågsbygd school), when the family was about to go back home to Norway.
+She joined the school choir. Inspired by two older sisters, she applied for music at the Vågsbygd skole ([[Vågsbygd High School]]), when the family was about to go back home to Norway.
 She used to be an elementary teacher in Norway. She was earlier married to Svenn Kåre Liodden, but they divorced. She married Thomas Wold in 2008.
-She debuted in 2003 with the single "Panic", followed by her first album ''Scared'' and the singles "Scared" and "Kiss".<ref>[http://www.tv2underholdning.no/gkn/kjendis/venke-knutson-2266950.html Venke Knudson - Den syngende frøken.] ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]), [[TV 2 (Norway)]], June 24, 2009</ref>
+She debuted in 2003 with the single "Panic", followed by her first album ''Scared'' and the singles "Scared" and "Kiss".<ref>[http://www.tv2underholdning.no/gkn/kjendis/venke-knutson-2266950.html Venke Knudson – Den syngende frøken.] ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]), [[TV 2 (Norway)]], 24 June 2009</ref>
 Venke Knutson entered the qualifying rounds of the [[Melodi Grand Prix 2010]] (the Norwegian selection process for the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]) on 16 January and was voted through to the national "second chance" program, with the song "Jealous 'Cause I Love You", where she was voted through to the national final.
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 ! width="175" rowspan="2"| Sales
 |-
-! width="50"| <small>[[Norway|NO]]
+! width="50"| <small>[[Norway|NO]]</small>
 |-
 |align="left"|2004
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 |-
 |align="left"|2010
-|align="left"|''Smiles - The Very Best Of''
+|align="left"|''Smiles – The Very Best Of''
 |align="center"| 9
 |align""center"| Norwegian sales: 10.000+
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 ===Singles===
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 ! width="25" rowspan="2"| Year
-! width="400" rowspan="2"| Title
+! width="140" rowspan="2"| Title
 ! colspan="1"|Chart positions
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+! width="140" rowspan="2"| Album
+|-
-|- bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
-! width="50"| <small>[[Norway|NO]]
+! width="50"| <small>[[Norway|NO]]</small>
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-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
 |align="left"|2003
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 |align="left" rowspan="4"|''Scared''
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-|align="center"| &mdash;
+|align="center"| —
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 |align="left"|"In2u"<sup>1</sup>
-|align="center"| &mdash;
+|align="center"| —
+|-
-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
 |align="left" rowspan="2"|2005
 |align="left"|"Just A Minute"
 |align="center"| 1
 |align="left" rowspan="2"|''Places I Have Been''
+|-
-|- bgcolor="#efefef"
 |align="left"|"[[When the Stars Go Blue]]"<br /><small>(featuring [[Kurt Nilsen]])</small>
 |align="center"| 14
+|-
-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
 |align="left" rowspan="3"|2007
 |align="left"|"Holiday"
 |align="center"| 4
 |align="left" rowspan="3"|''Crush''
+|-
-|- bgcolor="#efefef"
 |align="left"|"Walk the Walk"
 |align="center"| 5
+|-
-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
 |align="left"|"Win With Your Hands Down"<sup>1</sup>
-|align="center"| &mdash;
+|align="center"| —
+|-
-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
 |align="left" rowspan="1"|2010
 |align="left" bgcolor="#efefef"|"Jealous 'Cause I Love You"
 |align="center" bgcolor="#efefef"| 5
-|align="left" rowspan="1"|''Smiles - The Very Best of''
+|align="left" rowspan="1"|''Smiles – The Very Best of''
 |}
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 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-{{S-start}}
-{{S-bef | before = "[[Amy Diamond|What's In It For Me]]" by [[Amy Diamond]] }}
-{{S-ttl | title  = [[VG-lista|Norwegian VG-lista]] number-one single
-| years  = 7 September 2005 – 14 September 2005 }}
-{{S-aft | after = "[[Amy Diamond|What's In It For Me]]" by [[Amy Diamond]] }}
-{{End}}
 ==External links==
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 [[Category:1978 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Norwegian female singers]]
 [[Category:Norwegian pop singers]]
 [[Category:Melodi Grand Prix contestants]]
-[[Category:English-language singers of Norway]]
+[[Category:English-language singers from Norway]]
-[[Category:Skal vi danse? participants]]
+[[Category:21st-century Norwegian singers]]
+[[Category:21st-century Norwegian women singers]]

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International	ISNI VIAF
National	Norway
Artists	MusicBrainz