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Odd Børre Sørensen (born 9 August 1939 in Harstad) was a former Norwegian pop singer. He was better known by his stage name of Odd Børre. Internationally he is best known for the song "Stress"[1] that he performed in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1968. He sung in the Kjell Karlsen's Orchestra (1962-70) and was issuing singles during that period. He retired from pop singing in 1970 and subsequently became an insurance company agent.
[edit] Odd Børre songs sung in the Norwegian national finals for Eurovision
| Year |
Song |
Placing in national final |
Placing in the Eurovision song contest |
| 1964 |
"La meg være ung" * |
3rd place |
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| 1968 |
"Stress" |
2nd place |
13th place |
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| 1968 |
"Jeg har aldri vært så glad i noen som deg" ** |
1st place |
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| 1969 |
"Lena" |
2nd place |
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| 1971 |
"Ironside" *** |
2nd place |
- * Odd Børre & The Cannons
- ** The winner, which was written by Kari Nergaard, was accused of being a copy of Cliff Richard's "Summer Holiday"" and it was withdrawn prior to NRK investigating the accusations. The second place song "Stress" was substituted.
- *** Along with Jan-Erik Berntsen
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