- Sommer I Palma
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song = "Sommer I Palma"
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year = 1961
country = Norway
artist = Nora Brockstedt
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language = Norwegian
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composer = Jan Wølner
lyricist = Egil Hagen
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place = 7th
points = 10
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lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1961no from Diggiloo Thrush]
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next_link ="Sommer I Palma" (English translation: "Summer in Palma") was the Norwegian entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1961 , performed in Norwegian byNora Brockstedt .The song is in the "chanson" style, popular in the early years of the Contest. Brockstedt describes a romance at the Spanish holiday resort of Palma de Mallorca. In spite of the language barrier (her lover variously speaks Spanish and French), she sings that "I understand the looks you are sending".
The song was performed twelfth on the night (following
Belgium 'sBob Benny with "September, Gouden Roos " and precedingDenmark 'sDario Campeotto with "Angelique"). At the close of voting, it had received 10 points, placing 7th in a field of 16.It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1962 Contest by
Inger Jacobsen with "Kom Sol, Kom Regn ".
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