Jannike Kruse

Jannike Kruse Jtog is a Norwegian singer, artist and actor. Daughter of Professor and composer Bjrn Howard Kruse and Professor and author Gro Shetelig, sister of Anine and Benedikte Kruse known from the vocal group Pitsj, niece to Philip Antony Kruse and grand child of Colonel Erling Kruse, as well as teacher in music and piano Else Grieg Shetelig.

Kruse was born in Oslo and started playing the piano at the age of 6. She sang in NRKs Girls Choir, danced ballet, and joined Elisabeth Gordings Barne og Ungdomsteaterskole while at primary school. She joined the music program at Foss videregende skole in Oslo 1991. She got the main role of Sonja in the play Reisen til Julestjernen at the Nationaltheatret in Oslo 1993, becoming the youngest Sonia ever at the Nationaltheatret. She continued to play the role in 1994, before starting studies in music pedagogy and singing at Norges Musikkhgskole in 1995. She applied for Artisten in Gteborg , and earned a bachelor there in 2001. Before ending her studies at Artisten, she got the role as Annie Oakley in the musical Annie Get Your Gun at Riksteatret, coming up the next season . Meanwhile, she played the title role in the newly written Den syngende Frk Detektiv in Fredrikstad, and played a part in the success series Nissene p lven on TV Norge.

Source: Wikipedia