Gudding grew up in
Oslo's
Frogner neighborhood along with her sister Aase and brother Gunnar; their parents were from
Trøndelag. She played violin in the band Veslefrikk at
Majorstuen School. As a teenager she went to the
Dolphin Club, where she became a fiddler in the band
Christiania Fusel & Blaagress, playing together with
Kari Svendsen and
Øystein Sunde, among others. She later played with the band
Knutsen & Ludvigsen and the group
Bakklandet Bassangforening, where she played the character of Lina Larsen in their signature piece "Kristiansunds Nasjonalsang" (Kristiansund Anthem). She also worked in customer service at the
Brygge Theater and
Oslo New Theater, and then worked at the
Norwegian National Opera and Ballet. Gudding died at age 63 on July 14, 2015, at the
Lovisenberg Hospice. ==Discography==