Eyvind Skeie

His most famous song is En stjerne skinner i natt, ('A Star is Shining Tonight'), co-written with Tore W. Aas.

The song has beens recorded by, among others, Oslo Gospel Choir and Swedish singer Carola Häggkvist.

The song Tenn lys ('Ignite', music by Sigvald Tveit) have found its way from the TV series Portveien 2 and into the Norwegian hymn book.

[clarification needed] In 2007 Eyvind Skeie, together with graphic artist and painter Terje Grøstad and graphic designer Klaus Erik Krogh, published Vann av klippen ('Water From the Rock'), an illustrated text collection of some 400 prayers and meditations by Skeie.

Through his wife's sister, Skeie is a brother-in-law of former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik.