Magne with Ingrid Olava and Oddvar
Høie (Statoil’s head of marketing)

This year’s Statoil talent grant was given to the Norwegian singer/songwriter Ingrid Olava at the by:Larm festival/conference tonight.

Magne has been the jury leader as usual and appeared at the Folk Restaurant in Oslo to reveal the winner, who will receive 800.000 kroner earmarked for international promotion.

“The jury has been unanimous in its decision, and we have put emphasis on her noticeable artistic development. She is a solid live artist who has shown a certain unpredictability and madness in her performances“, Magne said about Olava.

This is the third year that Magne has led the Statoil talent grant jury. The two former winners were Ida Maria in 2008 and Mathias Eick in 2009.

In other news, the festival concert in Zurich, Switzerland on 17 July has now been confirmed by a-ha.com. Tickets go on sale at starticket.ch on 25 February.