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Frida Amundsen

Norwegian female singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ462523 ↗
Source-derived summary

Frida Waage Amundsen (born 9 September 1992) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter from Vaksdal Municipality.

In autumn 2009, she signed a recording contract with EMI, the debut album September Blue was released in 2012. The debut single "Closer" was released 20 May 2011. with considerable airplay on Norwegian radio stations. The song was written and produced by Lars K. Hustoft of Crystal Air Music and by Yngve Highland. Frida Amundsen has since climbed the charts in Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Frida Amundsen” as norwegian female singer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1992, 2009, 2012, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1992-09-09. The account is most persuasive where Frida, Amundsen and Norwegian can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as norwegian female singer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q462523. VIAF identifies the subject as 305306605. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1992, 2009, 2012 and 2011.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Frida Amundsen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.