Marie Lovise Widnes is a Norwegian poet, author, singer, composer, and politician for the Socialist Left Party

Socialist Left Party (Norway)

The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a Norwegian left-wing political party. At one point one of the smallest parties in Parliament, it became the fourth-largest political party in Norway for the first time in the 2001 parliamentary election, and has been so ever since...

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She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1993. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

 during the term 1954–1957.

Widnes was a member of Hareid

Hareid

Hareid is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Hareid...

 municipality council in the periods 1971–1975, 1983–1987 and 1987–1989, and of Møre og Romsdal county council between 1975 and 1987.

She had quite a big hit with "Gangdøra" (1957)

Discography

78-records - Philips

Philips

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Gangdøra(Elis Olsson/Marie Lovise Widnes)/Ei vise om ord (A.Berggren-T. Braarvig/Marie Lovise Widnes) - 14.08.1957

Framtidsdraumar(Kolbjørn Svendsen/Widnes)/Ein laurdagskveld (Trad./Widnes) - 14.-15.08.1957

Gniaren(Trad/Widnes)/Truls og Basse (Widnes)- 14.-15.08.57

Kjærleiksvegen (Widnes)/ Visa om bestemor (Trad ./ Widnes) - 15.08.1957

Kjærleik med forviklingar (A.Underdal/ Widnes)/Ei vise om kjærleik og dårskap (Trad. /Widnes) Ca 15.08.1957

Klagesongen (Trad. / Widnes)/Kvardagsfilosofi (Trad./ Widnes) - Ca 15.08.1957

Holebuarvise (Widnes)/ Guden og jenta (Widnes) - 1964

EP-records (Philips)

Gangdøra/Ei vise om ord /Framtidsdraumar/Ein laurdagskveld.

Kjærleiksvegen /Visa om bestemor/Kjærleik med forviklingar/Ei vise om kjærleik og dårskap


Compilations - EP records

Widnes: Truls og Basse/Alf Prøysen:Gutteklubben Varg/Magne Ove Larsen:Kom alle sammen bli med../Karsten Byhring: Guttas kjøkkenvise

Compilations - LP records

Solid norsk gull (1974) (Philips) (Contains Gangdøra)

Lirekassen nr 26 (Contains Gangdøra)

Books

• Gangdøra og andre viser, Tiden Norsk Forlag, Oslo 1958
• Kvardagsdikt, Forum for kristne sosialitar, Oslo 1979
• Idsø, Liv Marit og Marie Lovise Widnes: Marie Lovise Widnes, tusenkunstner og kvardagsmenneskje, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1986
• Fragler - finst dei?, own publishing, Hareid 1993
• Målet hennar mor, own publishing, Hareid 2001?
• Frå alle mine strengar - Dikt i samling, own publishing, Hareid 2003