Career
Foreign many years she based in Stockholm, Sweden mostly composing for other artists via Universal. Today she works from Oslo, Norway and has a career as a recording and performing artist. She released her first album, You Know Maine (Sony/Columbia), under the artist name Paris in 2002, an album that gave her three fair radio hits in Norway.
Her second album, Talk of the Town (Diamond Road Music), was released in 2006 under her own name.
The first single from the album was "I Don"t Feel a Thing". Apart from her career as a performing artist, she"s also been successful writing for other artists, notably "My Destiny" (co-written by Tim Baxter and Harry Sommerdahl), which was performed by Katharine McPhee in the American Idol finals in 2006.
Several other international and Norwegian artists have performed her songs. She often cites Sheryl Crow as a major influence on her music
In 2012 she released an album with her own versions of songs she had written for other artists, Cover medical
In Norway this has been her most successful album to date, making the top 10 of the national chart. In 2012 she moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, and she lives in there currently. The song therefore represented Germany in the final in Belgrade on 24 May 2008.
2010
The Norwegian and Georgian entries in the 2010 Song Contest were both co-written by Hanne Sørvaag.
She and Fredrik Kempe wrote the Norwegian entry, "My Heart Is Yours" (sung by Didrik Solli-Tangen), which was directly qualified for the Grand Final, where it finished 20th. Along with Harry Sommerdahl and Chistian Leuzzi, Hanne Sørvaag also wrote the Georgian entry, "Shine", sung by Sofia Nizharadze.
The Georgian entry finished third in the second semifinal, thus qualifying for the Grand Final, where it finished 9th, Georgia"s first top 10 result in the Contest. Hanne has composed, "Twilight" for the singer Soraya Arnelas who represented Spain at the Song Contest 2009.
She participated in the with two songs, "You’re like a melody", which was written and sung by her, and with "Guns & Boys", which was co-written by her and sung by Carina Dahl.
Song Contest entries
"Disappear" by Number Angels, Germany, (Song Contest 2008), 23rd place
"My Heart Is Yours" by Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norway, (Song Contest 2010), 20th place
"Shine" by Sofia Nizharadze, Georgia, (Song Contest 2010), 9th place
"You"ve Got A Hold On Maine" by Linda Kvam (Norway 2003), 5th place
"Tricky" by Velvet Incorporated. (Norway 2009)
"Do lieutenant Again" by Foxy (Norway 2009)
"You"re Like a Melody" by Hanne Sørvaag (Norway 2011)
"Guns & Boys" by Carina Dahl (Norway 2011)
"Make lieutenant Better" by Tommy Fredvang (Norway 2012).