Marion Raven

Marion Elise Ravn , known as Marion Raven, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She was onehalf of the nowdefunct pop duo M2M, along with Marit Larsen. Raven was later signed as a solo artist by Atlantic Records with the release of her solo debut album, Here I Am in 2005. In 2006, Raven was signed to the indie record label, Eleven Seven, and rereleased her debut album with a few new songs, Set Me Free, in 2007. In 2012, Raven began production of her second album titled Songs from a Blackbird, which was released in her home country, Norway onApril 2013.

Raven was born in Lrenskog, Norway her father is a teacher. She has an older brother and two younger sisters. Her surname is of Norse origin, with Ravn meaning Raven, which she adopted as her stage name Marion Raven as well as her trademark raven logo. Raven enjoyed singing from a young age, sometimes writing lyrics for the songs she sang. Raven joined the gospel choir in a local church at the age of 5. At age 7, she went on to be part of the St. Laurentius choir, which has many historical links in Lrenskog, and was started in 1965 by, and is still being run by her vocal coach for several years, Kjell Walther Christensen. By the time she was eight, Raven began playing the piano and took piano lessons from Sif Anna Lisa degrd, married to Kjell walther Christensen. She also attended ballet lessons, as well as performing ballet on stage. In 1993, she acted in the musical Sound of Music, on the Norwegian Broadway. She recorded a childrens musical titled, Vettene Vinner , with the musical g

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