Coordinates: 49°10′43″N 6°40′44″E / 49.1786°N 6.6789°E / 49.1786; 6.6789

Diesen is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Helene Fischer (Russian: Елена Петровна Фишер (Jelena Petrowna Fischer); born August 5, 1984 in the Soviet Union) is a German singer and entertainer. Since her debut in 2005 she has won several awards, including four Echo awards and three "Krone der Volksmusik" awards. According to record certifications she sold at least 2,905,000 albums.

Helene Fischer was born in the Siberian town of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, where she spent her early childhood. In 1988 her ethnic German family emigrated to Germany. In Germany, the family settled in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate.

After graduating from school, Helene Fischer attended the Frankfurt Stage & Musical School for three years, where she studied singing and acting. During this time, Helene performed on stage at the State Theatre of Darmstadt, as well as on the stage of National Theatre in Frankfurt.

During her time at the Stage & Musical School, her mother secretly copied a demo CD with six songs of Helene and sent it to different recording studios to gauge the reaction of professionals.

Kari Diesen (née Heide-Steen; 26 June 1914 – 18 March 1987) was a Norwegian singer and revue actress. She worked for the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1937 to 1953, and for the Edderkoppen Theatre from 1954 to 1959. She participated in 24 films between 1941 and 1985. Among her best known song recordings is her version of "Hovedøen".

Kari Heide-Steen was born in Kristiania as the daughter of Harald Steen and Signe Heide. She was sister of actor Harald Heide Steen, and aunt of actor Harald Heide-Steen Jr.. She was sister of opera singer Randi Heide Steen and thus aunt of Randi's daughter actress Anne Marit Jacobsen. She was married to actor Ernst Diesen (1914–70), and was the mother of Andreas Diesen.

After a career as young ballerina for Ernst Rolf, she was engaged by Victor Bernau to his revue in the spring of 1930, where she performed the song "Det er forbudt for barn under 16 år". Her breakthrough came in the 1935 revue Hela'n går at Scala Theatre. From 1937 to 1953 she worked at Chat Noir, and from 1954 to 1959 at the Edderkoppen Theatre. She was later freelance artist, with frequent assignments for radio and television. Among her song performances are "Tykk og dum og deilig" and "Halvveis", and among her monologues are "Mannfolk" and "Uteliggerne" written by Bias Bernhoft and Bjørn Sand.