{{short description|Norwegian singer and guitarist|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Torstein_Flakne_2025_01.jpg | caption = With Stage Dolls at Midgardsblot, 2025 | image_size = 250px | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Torstein Flakne | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1960|12|17}} | birth_place= Trondheim, Norway | genre = Hard rock, glam metal | instrument = Guitar, vocals | occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer | years_active = 1977–present | label = | associated_acts = Stage Dolls, The Kids | website = {{url|stagedolls.com/}} }}

'''Torstein Flakne''' (born December 17, 1960, in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and guitarist, best known for being the founder of the Norwegian rock band Stage Dolls. He is from Melhus Municipality and played in the band The Kids before founding Stage Dolls in 1985.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/1.6930163|title=Stage Dolls med ny plate|last=Karoline Paulsen Årrestad and Henriette Louise Krogness|date=4 January 2010|publisher=NRK Trøndelag|language=Norwegian|accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Studio albums=== *''Shoot the Moon'' (1995, Mercury) # "All & Everything" # "Walkaway" # "Heart of a Woman" # "The Only One" # "Cryin' Over You" # "Big Wheels" # "It Won't Happen Here" # "Divorcee" # "Hallelujah Preachers" # "The Waiting Kind" # "Trouble" # "Sweet Dreams"

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