Marika Lejon

Marika Lejon
Birth name	Marika Saralotta Lejon
Born	3 October 1984 (1984-10-03) (age 27) Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Genres	Gipsypop, pop, folk, Gypsy style, Eastern European music
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2004–present
Website	marika-lejon.com

Marika Saralotta Lejon (born 3. October 1984 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian composer and singer.^[1] She grew up in Sogne, in the south of Norway, with a Norwegian father and a Slovak mother. Her parents were both journalists, so she had the opportunity to travel and see the world.

She was educated at University of Oslo in Media Studies, and completed a master's degree autumn 2010. She was also educated cost supervisor at Norges Idrettshøgskole

At the age of 5, she started to learn how to play the piano by a private music teacher. Two years later she ditched the piano in favor of voice-lessons which lasted until she was 16. At th age of 6, she started composing music. Before she started performing on TV, she participated in, among other things, NM Rock 2000 (Finale of the Rockefeller in Oslo, where she was voted as the best vocalist), By: Larm 2002 (youngest participant). NRK.no.</ref> nrk.no - mgp

Lejon released her first single(music) "To Milan" in 2004. She participated in "Kjempesjansen" autumn 2006 with the self-composed song "Again" and the gypsy song "Nane Tsocha. She participated in the Melodi Grand Prix 2007 (the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest selection) with the song "Perfect Sin" which was written by the Swedish Adam AlverMark. Then she participated in the Norwegian Talents on TV2. In 2009 she released her debutalbum "My Fire". She calls the genre on this record "Gipsypop".

In 2011 she participated for the second time in the Melodi Grand Prix with the self-composed song "Hungry for You (Gipsy Dance)", but didn't get to the finals. According to her, she wrote the song while she was writing the thesis, longing for dancing and laughter.

Discography

Albums

• My Fire (2009)

Singles

• "To Milan" (2004)
• "Perfect Sin" (2007)
• "Hard As Steel" (2008)
• "Hungry for You (Gipsy Dance)" (2011)

References

1. ^ Nekstad, Vegard (January 20, 2011). "Lettkledd Lejon vil ikke spille på sex" (in Norweigian). Fædrelandsvennen. http://www.fvn.no/kultur/musikk/article826774.ece. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 

External links

• Marika Lejon's official website
• Marika Lejon on Myspace

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