Additions to Period 6 of Historic Lene

(Notice by Tef Johs, December 11, 2008)

There are six new articles added to Period 6 of the Historic Lene section, dealing with the release and reviews of Lene's surprise album "Lost In A Moment", in June 2005.

In addition, there is a special article published in October 2005 dealing with the Oslo restaurant Frognerveien 6, which should be recognized without further introduction by most Lene Marlin fans.

On May 31, 2005, Lene had the round of greater release interviews for her 3rd album, with the interviews conducted at Hvalstrand Bad at Asker, just outside of Oslo.

Earlier in the year, Lene appeared on the Skavlan show on NRK TV with "How Would It Be", revealing the big secret on April 22.

In connection with Lene's appearance at the first Døgnvill Festival in Tromsø in August 2007, the newspaper Nordlys published a series of articles about the event throughout the year. We are publishing these articles under the Recent Past heading - complete with an extended photo series with a shorter recap of Lene's career up to 2005 which was included with the original Nordlys article.

Does comeback at Alfheim Stadium

Lene Marlin ready for the Døgnvill Festival

(Published by Nordlys, May 31, 2007)

There's been a long time since Lene Marlin has been on a stage in Norway. In August there will be a comeback in the home town during the Døgnvill Festival.

The latest Døgnvill artists are not released until an arrangement at Driv this evening, but Nordlys knows that Lene Marlin is one of them.

- When we started to talk about making a festival in Tromsø, Lene Marlin was one of the first names on our notepad, Pål Jakobsen at Air Productions confirms, who's arranging the festival at Alfheim Stadium on August 24 - 25.

In a highly interesting anecdote in connection with upcoming articles concerning the 2007 Døgnvill Festival, the local festival head, Hogne Rundberg, told Tromsø-based newspaper Nordlys about a very early encounter with Lene - all the way back to May 1998, when she still was a pupil at Tromsdalen High School, and from a time when even "Unforgivable Sinner" was unknown to the general public.

Was warm-up for the Festival head

(Published by Nordlys, May 31, 2007)

In May 1998 - just before Lene Marlin's career took off - she was playing at a graduation arrangement at Fokus Cinema - as warm-up for the Tromsø band Englebarn.

- I still remember this very clearly, so she made a strong impression, the festival head of Døgnvill, and at that time the vocalist of Englebarn, Hogne Rundberg says.

- We just heard that there should arrive a girl from Tromsdalen to be playing a bit of guitar and be singing. And we heard quickly that she was terribly good, and was having something special. However, little did we know at that time...

In late summer of 1997, Lene recorded a 4-track demo tape at NRK Troms that eventually got sent to the head of Virgin Norway, which lead to her record deal. In something of a disturbing read, the following article by Nordlys from last year informs about the reputable Lene demo missing from the NRK Troms archives.

Treasure hunting at NRK Troms archives

(Published by Nordlys, July 26, 2007)

Erling Steenstrup is in vain looking for Lene Marlin recordings that he knows have existed, but which nobody knows where have gone. 


He can be calling himself both a treasure hunter and detective. Erling Steenstrup has taken on the task of preparing 70 years of radio production at NRK Troms and Finnmark for the digital age.

4.000 rolls of audio recordings from the time just before the war and up to today are about to be edited, classified, and taken care of for the future generation.

Additions to Period 5 of Historic Lene

(Notice by Tef Johs, November 19, 2008)

There are three articles added to Period 5 of the Historic Lene section, dealing with reviews of "Another Day" CD and DVD from the major Norwegian newspapers VG and Dagbladet.

The album "Another Day" wasn't officially released until September 22, 2003. Still, the major newspaper reviews appeared already on September 12, due to the pre-release leakage of the album in its entirety onto the internet the day before. From the much positive review by VG, "Lene's Balancing Trick", we may read:

In this interview from the Drammen performance in August, Lene is talking about her new album and the recording in Bergen in some more detail than previously published.

Back with a thrust

(Published by Drammens Tidende, August 22, 2008)

Lene Marlin is back with a record and a new guy. However, this doesn't mean that she has ever been away.

LOOKING FORWARD: Lene Marlin is hoping for some sunshine tonight, and says that it could easily happen that Kåre Conradi is taking the trip to Gamle Kirkeplass.

New boyfriend, a new record with a new producer (Magnet), a new home town (London), and a smaller bundle of concerts. If you haven't noticed that Lene Marlin is back in the limelight, you have been sleeping away the summer nights.