[1] She is a singer, most known for her childhood career in Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and subsequent vocal contributions to Mike Oldfield's work, among others.
[5] She has participated in Melodi Grand Prix in 1971 («Gi meg en zebra»), 1972 («Happy Hippie»), 1983 («Nå er jeg alene»), and in 2009 («Party»).
[6][7] Hegerland had the biggest hit in Germany of any Norwegian artist ever, in front of Lene Nystrøm (Aqua), Marit Larsen, Madcon, and A-ha.
[citation needed] For more than 20 years she had the record in Sweden as the singer who was the longest on Svensktoppen, the main music charts.
[8] Hegerland's musical career took off in 1970 with "Mitt sommarlov" performed in Swedish (transl: My Summer Vacation) in the Scandinavian countries.
In 1971 she released a single with German artist Roy Black; "Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein (It's beautiful to be in the world)" in German-speaking countries.
[1] The German newspaper Bildzeitung awarded her song “Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein” to the Schlager of all time in Germany.