Jørn Simen Øverli sings Vysotsky in Norwegian

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Jørn Simen Øverli translates and sings Vladimir Vysotsky's songs in Norwegian. He's also published few books about Vysotsky.

Personal site of Jørn Simen Øverli — about Vysotsky, texts of translated songs etc.; info about the author ans his other activities.
- Also short info on Pluto.no
It's an honor to sing Vysotsky's songs (PDF, 820KB) — interview with J.S. Øverli, in Russian (newspaper Russian Boulevard no.3, 2003).
- Series of pictures taken for the interview.

Sample songs

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Title		Listen		Lyrics
From CD Russlands hus (1996):
	På Bolsjom Karetnom	MP3 (2.7MB, 1:55, 192kbps)	Bolshoy Karetny	Norwegian & Russian
	Sang om en venn	MP3 (3.3MB, 2:19, 192kbps)	Pesnya o druge	Norwegian & Russian
	Hestene mine	MP3 (7.1MB, 5:04, 192kbps)	Koni priveredlivye	Norwegian & Russian
From CD Levende bandasjer (1989):
	Han rakk ikke å elske	MP3 (10.1MB, 4:18, 320kbps)	Prervannyj polet
	Ingenmannsland	MP3 (4.0MB, 2:49, 192kbps)	Na neitralnoj polose	Norwegian & Russian
	Vi dreier jorda	MP3 (4.8MB, 3:25, 192kbps)	My vrashaem Zemlyu	Norwegian & Russian

These CDs can be purchased from Kirkelig Kulturverksted on-line music shop. Text of all songs is included with the CDs.

I can confirm that Jørn Simen sings the songs rather close to the original, both in style/intonation and in content translation. Most songs can be instantly identified by a Russian who doesn’t know Norwegian at all. Øverli considers Han rakk ikke å elske to be his best song by Vysotsky in Norwegian.

Vysotsky in Scandinavian countries — article.

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