Norway flattered to deceive with a
fourth place on their 1960 debut,
which (with the exception of 1966 and it's very partisan voting) was
followed by a series of progressively worse results though the 60s and early
70s, culminating in the most celebrated "nul points" of them all in
1978.
Ironically the perpetrator of that, Jahn Teigen, was responsible for
lifting Norway up by it's bootstraps in the early 80s and laying the ground for
Bobbysocks astounding win in 1985. Norway continued to do OK (well in comparison
to their past) through the late 80s, and after a brief downturn the mid 90s saw
their finest set of results, four consecutive top six places.
Recent years
have seen a sprinkling of decent shows mixed with a few last
places to keep traditionalists happy. A fond look at
Norway's golden era of unappreciated and overlooked tunes can be found
here.
