Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | NRK |
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 55 (52 finals) |
| First appearance | 1960 |
| Best result | 1st: 1985, 1995, 2009 |
| Worst result |
Last: 1963, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2012 Zero points: 1963, 1978, 1981, 1997 |
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| NRK page | |
| Norway's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeNorway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 |
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Last: 1963, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2012
Norway has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 55 times since making its debut in 1960 and has only been absent twice since then. In 1970, the country boycotted the contest over disagreements about the voting structure, and in 2002, they were relegated. Norway has won the contest three times. The contest is broadcast in Norway by NRK, which also broadcasts Norway's national selection competition, the Melodi Grand Prix.
Norway's first entrant in the contest in 1960 was Nora Brockstedt, who finished fourth. Åse Kleveland then finished third in 1966. These would remain Norway's only top five results until 1985, when Bobbysocks gave the country its first victory with the song "La det swinge" (Let It Swing). The country achieved two more top five results over the next ten years, with both Karoline Krüger in 1988 and Silje Vige in 1993, finishing fifth. Norway's second victory came in 1995 with Secret Garden's mainly instrumental, Celtic-influenced ethno-piece "Nocturne". In 1996, Elisabeth Andreassen, who had won the contest as one half of Bobbysocks, returned to finish second. In 2003, Jostein Hasselgård was fourth. Norway won for the third time in 2009, with Alexander Rybak's smash hit "Fairytale". The 2009 winning score of 387 points being the highest ever winning total (as of 2015). It also achieved the biggest ever margin of victory.
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