Kurt Foss

Who was Kurt Foss?

Kurt Foss was a Norwegian composer, singer and vaudeville artist.

He was born in Bergen, and together with Reidar Bøe Kurt Foss created the hugely popular duo "Radiofantomene" that was active throughout the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Their biggest success was the song "Blåveispiken" with lyrics by Arne Paasche Aasen and which was released in 1950 selling 100,000 records. They later produced humorous songs and tender vises, among these were "Tre yndige små mus" in 1950, composed by Kristian Hauger, "Nordlandsnetter" in collaboration with Jens Book-Jenssen in 1952, "Det ringer, det ringer" in 1953, "Kallen og katten" in 1954, which was one of several adaptaions into songs of the poetry of Jakob Sande, and also "De nære ting" in 1951, that song was also with lyrics by Arne Paasche Aasen. After the death of Reidar Bøe in 1969, Foss didn't thrive in the limelight as he had used to. During the subsequent years he worked as, among other things, stage manager at some of Oslo's theatres. Nevertheless, he still performed some during the 1970s as well as the 1980s, initially together with his wife Torhild Lindal who was also a stage artist, and later with other, one of these being Jon Eikemo. He was awarded the Gammleng Award in the veteran category in 1986. In 1989 he moved back to his home town, Bergen, and he lived there until his death in 1991, at the age of 66.