Øyvind Sauvik better known by his stage name Vinni (born in Arendal, Norway… Read Full Bio ↴Øyvind Sauvik better known by his stage name Vinni (born in Arendal, Norway on 3 February 1976) is a Norwegian musician and hip hop artist.

Born in Norway, he moved with his parents to Tanzania when he was three years old, as they worked with development agency NORAD. He grew up in Africa, and learned to speak Swahili there.

Upon his return, he formed the hip hop duo Paperboys with Jarle "J.J." Hollerud. When JJ left the formation, he was replaced by DJ Ole Alexander "Pope Dawg" Halstensgård. In the duo Øyvind Sauvik was popularly known as Vincent Vagabond or just Vinni. The band released a number of successful albums.

In 2009, Vinni took part in the Norwegian TV 2 channel's reality television program Det store korslaget, a competition of choirs. He took on a choir from Kolbotn where they finished 5th in the competition out of 7 choirs taking part.

In 2009, he also took part in Zebra Grand Prix a car racing competition of celebrities broadcast on TV2 Zebra where Vinni partnered with Vibeke Klemetsen. Although the couple passed the preliminary round of the race, they were eliminated after the semi-final race. The partners Trine Rein & Jan Erik Larssen were the eventual winners

Vinni also took part in the reality television program Hver gang vi møtes also on TV 2, with well-known singers competing on performing of hits of the other participants. Vinni's interpretation were:
1.Halvdan Sivertsen episode - "Sommerfuggel i vinterland"
2.Bertine Zetlitz episode - "Apples & Diamonds"
3.Jan Eggum episode - "Kor é alle helter hen?"
4.Anne Grete Preus episode - "Millimeter"
5.Øyvind "Vinni" Sauvik episode - Being his week, the other participants sang Vinni's own hits with Elvira Nikolaisen singing "Barcelona", Jan Eggum singing "Tomorrow", Bertine Zetlitz singing "Change My Star", Øystein Dolmen singing "Let the Monkey Out", Anne Grete Preus singing "Medisin" and Halvdan Sivertsen singing "Lonesome Traveller"
6.Elvira Nikolaisen episode - "Nothing to Loose"
7.Øystein Dolmen episode - "God morgen Norge"

EMI released a compilation of the performances on an album entitled Venner. Vinni's interpretation of "Sommerfuggel i vinterland" from Halvdan Sivertsen proved to be the most popular of all the performances.

In 2012, Vinni had a huge success with the single "Sommerfuggel i Vinterland" that he performed initially during Hver gang vi møtes. the song stayed at the top of the VG-lista, the official Norwegian Singles Chart, for 5 consecutive weeks. This top selling single was replaced by yet another of his Hver gang vi møtes performances namely "Godmorgen Norge" which also reached #1 and staying at the top of the VG-lista for another 2 weeks, making it a total of 7 consecutive weeks for Vinni on top of the Norwegian charts in 2012.

Based on this immense success, Vinni released yet a third single "Halve meg" that entered the Norwegian Singles Chart at #4 in its first week of release. His studio album Oppvåkningenwas released october 2012.

In 2020, he won the first season of the army-style reality show Kompani Lauritzen, which aired on TV 2.

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Millimeter
Vinni Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Millimeter' by these artists:

Anne Grete Preus Du kan bestige høye fjell for a utforske din styrke Eller…
Indian Summer Are you breathing or are you just reloading? I don't see…
NOA there is no space in the millimeter between me and…
Preus Anne Grete Du kan bestige høye fjell for a utforske din styrke Eller…
Thursday There's a bullet in my bag And it tells me what…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Vinni:

baba dro på Det var en tid siden, vi bare gikk og lot…
evig og alltid For evig og alltid mer enn et vanlig åndedrag Min sjel…

glorie Hodeløs Var ingen rundt I byen som ville være sånn som…
God Natt Jeg setter meg på kne, og jeg folder mine hender. Jeg…
Godmorgen Norge Sola skinner over Frognerparken (på vei hjem fra byn går…
Halve meg Hjertet hennes knuste, men jeg hørte ikke etter Jeg var for…
Himmelen En liten bit av himmelen, så bli med opp En liten…
Hvis jeg dør i natt Har levd i 35 år nå og dagene går, drar…
Ikke sant Jeg svever gjennom dag'n sier noe mer enn en annen…
Kor e alle helter hen Vi kjenner himmel’n skinner Vekker alle tingene innerst inne…
Løvenes konge Jeg husker da du kom hit til oss da var…
Medisin Hei hei hei hei hei Hei han var liten han var…
Mens dere sover Jeg kjenner øya mine klør Løper ut av en dør og…
Mørkredd Sov så godt, min lille venn Til solen stiger opp igjen Og…
Nabolaget Nabolaget ditt, nabolaget mitt Nabolaget ditt, nabolaget mi…
Oppvåkningen Hei, jeg vandra gjennom mørket, men så fant jeg fram Og…
sherpa Uh uh eh Eh eh Sherpa sherpa Sherpa sherpa sherpa Jeg kan væ…
Smil Hei, pappa, det er lenge siden vi har snakka Så lenge…
Sommerfuggel i vinterland Jeg hører vinden skriker, den lager lyd for nordlyset Fjell …
Stjerner i dagslys Från dom seende till dem förblindande Vinni, Chords, T-IM-Bu…
Stjernestøv Jeg s meg sjl inn i ya, ble s jvla…
Takk Takk Takk Jeg ville leve evig, men jeg e'kke sikker lenger J…
tinnsoldater Vi spilte våre låter I bakgården så naboene hørte våre…
Vakker dag Det var en vakker dag, men når jeg sa det…
Vi Ses Shit, han var en bra mann, kompis ga en lang…

øyvind's skyld Okey okey Okey bare én ting til Ikke sikkert alle veit han…

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