Gerd Gudding

Gerd Gudding
Birth nameGerd Ellen Gudding
Also known asLina Larsen
Born(1951-11-15)November 15, 1951
Oslo
OriginNorway
DiedJuly 14, 2015(2015-07-14) (aged 63)
GenresFolk music
Occupation(s)Musician, entertainer
Instrument(s)Fiddle, bass guitar, vocals

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

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 July 14, 2015, at the Lovisenberg Hospice.[1]

Discography

With Bakklandet Bassangforening

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

Other collaboration

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Svendsen, Kari, & Mette Krekling Lien. 2015. Nekrolog: Gerd Gudding. Aftenposten (July 22).
  2. ^ Christiania Fusel & Blaagress. 2014. sunderfundigheter.no.
  3. ^ Knutsen & Ludvigsen. 2010. NRK (April 22).
  4. ^ "Løvlund, Bjørn-Frode. 2009. Kristiansund – med god grunn. Hamar Arbeiderblad (July 10)". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.