In 1957, Kleveland and her family moved to Romerike, northeast of Oslo,[1] where her father got a job working at the Institute for Atomic Energy.

[2] In a 1977 interview, she describes how her parents shared equally in the household chores and that she and her husband Svenolov Ehrén, a Swedish artist, did the same.

At age 17 she conducted a major tour of Japan which included several TV shows and the release of four singles in Japanese.

[1] In 1966, she represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest with the entry "Intet er nytt under solen" (There's Nothing New Under The Sun), finishing in third place.

She broke a tradition expected of female performers at the time in that she was the first woman to not wear a dress, choosing a pantsuit instead.