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Gerd Ellen "Lillemor" Gudding (15 November 1951 – 14 July 2015) was a Norwegian musician, fiddler, bass guitarist, and singer, married 9 June 1973 to the artist Øystein Dolmen (divorced).

Gerd Gudding
Birth name	Gerd Ellen Gudding
Also known as	Lina Larsen
Born	(1951-11-15)15 November 1951 Oslo
Origin	Norway
Died	14 July 2015(2015-07-14) (aged 63)
Genres	Folk music
Occupation(s)	Musician, entertainer
Instrument(s)	Fiddle, bass guitar, vocals

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 14 July 2015 at the Lovisenberg Hospice.[1]

Discography

With Bakklandet Bassangforening

• Ned med Nidaros (1975)
• Du milde Mosart (1977)

Other collaboration

• Øystein Sunde: Det året det var så bratt (1971)
• Convivium: Convivium (1971)
• Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Brunost no igjæn? (1972)
• Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Balladen om Nancy Drew/Rett West (1973)
• Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Knutsen og Ludvigsen nr. 3 – Tut (1974)
• Ivar Medaas: Vårteikn (1976)
• Stig Nilsson: Brunost og sirop og brø (1977)
• Christiania Fusel & Blaagress: Som varmt hvetebrød i tørt gress (reissued 1993)
• Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste (1996)
• Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Knutsen & Ludvigsens vær'ste (1997)
• Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Dum og deilig: Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste (2008)

References

External links

• Aftenposten: Nekrolog: Gerd Gudding

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