Grimstad studied theatre and mass media at the
University of Minnesota, United States. She made her musical debut in 1966 with the single "Det første som jeg ønsker meg", with lyrics by Alf Prøysen, and "Å være barn en sommerdag" (lyrics by
André Bjerke). Later in the 1980s she performed
Bach's
Geistliche Lieder and the
medieval ballad
Draumkvedet in churches in Denmark and Norway. Her album
Pas på de vilde fugle from 1983 included a Danish version of Prøysen's "Vise for gærne jinter",
Nordahl Grieg's poem "
Til Ungdommen" to
Otto Mortensen melody, and a translation of the
Elvis Presley hit "
Love Me Tender". Later albums are
Wondering And Calling from 1986, and
Love Is A Flow from 1996. She was awarded a
Musikkritikerprisen in 1972, and a
Prøysenprisen in 1999. ==References==