Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Norwegian entry was selected through the national selection "Melodi Grand Prix 2013", organised by the Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK). Margaret Berger represented Norway with the song "I Feed You My Love", which qualified from the second semi-final of the competition and placed 4th in the final with 191 points.

On 13 June 2012, NRK confirmed Norway's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 by announcing details regarding their national selection procedure. NRK opened a submission period that lasted until 1 September 2012 where artists and composers could send in their entries to NRK. Artists that applied had to confirm that would be at least 16 years old by the first semifinal for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. A profession jury panel was assembled in order to select the competing song.

On 15 September 2012, NRK announced that radio host Jenny Skavlan and Eurovision Song Contest 2010 presenter Erik Solbakken would be the hosts for the competition. They replace long-standing presenter Per Sundnes who stepped down after the conclusion of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

The new musical director of Melodi Grand Prix, Vivi Stenberg, worked with a team at NRK as well as music industry professionals Kristin Winsents, Gisle Stokland and Christine Dancke in order to select the 21 competing songs. While the songs were already selected and drawn into semifinals, a new program called "MGP Direkte" aired every Wednesday before each semifinal where the artists and the songs competing in that week's semifinal would be presented to the public and press for the first time. This was implemented as an attempt to place all competing artists on a level playing field and increase interest in the competition.

The artists and songs competing in the first semi-final were revealed on 16 January 2013.

The first semi-final took place on 19 January 2013 at Campus Steinkjer in Steinkjer. Seven artists and songs competed for three qualifying spots to the final. Vidar Busk (third place), Datarock (second place), and Gromth featuring Emil Solli-Tangen (first place) qualified to the final.

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