Gerd Gudding Explained

Gerd Gudding
Birth Name:Gerd Ellen Gudding
Alias:Lina Larsen
Birth Date:1951 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Oslo
Origin:Norway
Instrument:Fiddle, bass guitar, vocals
Genre:Folk music
Occupation:Musician, entertainer

Gerd Ellen "Lillemor" Gudding (November 15, 1951 – July 14, 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 July 14, 2015, at the Lovisenberg Hospice.[1]

Discography

With Bakklandet Bassangforening

Other collaboration

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aftenposten.no/dodsfall/Nekrolog-Gerd-Lillemor-Gudding-8102706.html Svendsen, Kari, & Mette Krekling Lien. 2015. Nekrolog: Gerd Gudding. Aftenposten (July 22).
  2. http://www.sunderfundigheter.no/?page_id=1337 Christiania Fusel & Blaagress. 2014. sunderfundigheter.no.
  3. http://www.nrk.no/kultur/knutsen-_-ludvigsen-1.7091277 Knutsen & Ludvigsen. 2010. NRK (April 22).
  4. Web site: Løvlund, Bjørn-Frode. 2009. Kristiansund – med god grunn. Hamar Arbeiderblad (July 10). . December 16, 2015 . December 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124935/http://www.h-a.no/kultur/reise/kristiansund---med-god-grunn . dead .