Jorun Erdal

Who is Jorun Erdal?

Jorun Irene Erdal is a Norwegian singer and musical theatre artist. Her parents are from Oppstryn in Stryn, in Sogn og Fjordane county, and she has also lived there since age 12. However she was born in Oslo on May 14, 1963, and from then on raised on Snarøya in Bærum, a suburb of the city of Oslo.

Jorun Erdal started her musical career touring Norway for three years with the band Ice. At the end her voice was exhausted, so she decided to take a break studying economics instead. Then she was engaged as a backing vocalists for the two Norwegian revue show stars Hege Schøyen and Øivind Blunck. After seven years, she had done almost 850 performances for them and their two shows Bare gode venner and Fast følge. During the last few years, she has been involved with several summer revues, as well as a couple of Christmas concert tours at winter time. In 1993/1994 she had a hit under the name "Paparazzi Mama" with a dance-pop cover of the song "Mercedes Benz". The song was produced and arranged by Torstein Bieler and David Eriksen.