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Björn Skifs
Björn Nils Olof Skifs (; born 20 April 1947) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter. Career Björn Skifs formed his first musical group, Slam Creepers, in 1962. Slam Creepers split in 1969 and Skifs went on to form a new band, Blåblus (a farmer's or workman's shirt (blus, blouse) made from blue (blå, blue) fabric - a pun (blues)) in 1972. As the lead singer of Blue Swede (another pun - blue + suede), the band had a No. 1 hit on ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1974 with a cover of Mark James's "Hooked on a Feeling". Skifs embarked on a solo career after Slam Creepers broke up in 1969 and previously he had recorded the duet ''Med varann'' with Anni-Frid Lyngstad for his 1975 album ''Schiffz!''. Skifs appeared as The Arbiter on the original studio album for ''Chess'', released in 1984. A single and video, ''The Arbiter (I Know the Score)'', was released in 1985. Skifs also recorded several demos for the album, including '' One Night in Bangkok'', later performed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vansbro
Vansbro () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Dalarna and the seat of Vansbro Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden. It had 2,026 inhabitants in 2010, out of a total municipal population of 7,000. The town is situated by the end of the rivulet Vanån (Van River), the main tributary of the Västerdal River. History The first time Vansbro was mentioned in writing was by Carl von Linné during early 18th century. The place have also been mentioned in different texts from the same era under the name - Wahnbro or Wansbro. The name is believed to stem from a bridge built across the Vanå river. The railway between Kristinehamn and Mora, Sweden, Mora was inaugurated in 1890 and the Vansbro railway station was constructed. Industry Vansbros early industrial history was closely connected to timber and logging. Soon after the railway was built the first sawmill Danielssågen started. The years following many sawmills were built: Dalasågen 1892, at that time the largest sawmill in Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Night In Bangkok
"One Night in Bangkok" is a song from the concept album and subsequent musical ''Chess (musical)#Original album, Chess'' by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus. British actor and singer Murray Head raps the verses, while the chorus is sung by Anders Glenmark, a Swedish singer, songwriter, and producer. The release topped the charts in many countries, including South Africa, West Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Australia. It peaked at No. 3 in both Canada and the United States in May 1985 and at No. 12 in the United Kingdom. Lyrics and music The full version of the song begins with an orchestral introduction, entitled "Bangkok", of Oriental style. This serves as the introduction to Act 2 in the original musical album, feeding into the first verse of "One Night in Bangkok" itself with an abrupt change in musical style. The main song has a pop styling, whose lyrics describe the Thai capital city and its Nightlife in Bangkok, nightlife in the context of a chess match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decennier
''Decennier'' is a studio album by Swedish singer Björn Skifs, released on 7 December 2005. It consists of recordings of old songs. Track listing # Underbart är kort #En stilla flirt # Med dig i mina armar # Utan dej # Nu tändas Ã¥ter ljusen i min lilla stad # Havet, vinden och stjärnorna # En mÃ¥nskenspromenad # Följ mej bortÃ¥t vägen #Regntunga skyar # Den dagen visorna dör #Till dig # Nattens melodi Contributors *Björn Skifs - vocals * Peter Milefors - drums *Bosse Persson - doubblebass * Magnus Bengtsson - guitar *Tina Ahlin - harmonica *Hans Gardemar - grand piano, keyboard, accordion, percussion *Bengt Palmers Bengt may refer to: People In arts, entertainment and media Actors * Bengt Djurberg (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer * Bengt Ekerot (1920–1971), Swedish actor and director * Bengt Eklund (1925–1998), Swedish actor * Bengt Logardt (1914â ... - producer * Stockholm Session Strings - musicians Charts References {{Authority control 2005 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening). Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan. Since late 2006, the chart has included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SVT Play
SVT Play is the brand used for the video on demand service offered by Sveriges Television, more specifically to the streaming services offered on the SVT website, svt.se, and its counterpart for mobile phones. The brand was introduced in December 2006, when the existing streaming television service got a new name. In September 2007, SVT launched their own channel on YouTube. From late 2007 until end of 2008 SVT Play was also available as a channel on Joost. SVT claims that the service offers more than 2,000 hours of television. Most programmes produced for or by SVT are published on SVT Play after they have been broadcast and are then available for 30 days. SVT have also launched "channels" dedicated at different audiences under the "Play" name. The first such channel was Play Bolibompa which launched in late 2007. It was followed by the news service Play Rapport which launched in May 2008. History At launch, the streams were available in Windows Media and RealVideo. Since 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation. Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, ''Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR, Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The foundation's board consists of 13 politicians, repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svensktoppen
''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 change, the programme was strongly dominated by dansband music. The first number one hit song was "Midnattstango" performed by Swedish crooner Lars Lönndahl. New rules on 17 January 2016, restricted the maximum length for a song to chart to one year. Presenters *Barbro Lindström (1962–1963) *Carl-Uno Sjöblom (1963) *Magnus Banck (1963) *Torbjörn Johnsson (1964–1965) *Gert Landin (1965) *Bengteric Nordell (1965) *Jörgen Cederberg (1966) * Ulf Elfving (1966–1973) *Kent Finell (1973–1975) *Kersti Adams-Ray (1975–1976) *Pekka Langer (1976) *Alicia Lundberg (1976) * Sven Lindahl (1977) *Pekka Langer (1977) *Gert Landin (1977) *Arne Weise (1978) *Pekka Langer (1978) *Åke Strömmer (1978) *Kent Finell (1979) *Pekka Langer (1979) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hallström
Peter Hallström is a Swedish songwriter, musician and artist. His song ''Håll Mitt Hjärta'' (Hold my heart) is the number one favorite song at funerals all over Sweden according to Fonus. The song is also performed at many weddings. ''Kärleksvisan'' (For A Friend) is the second most appreciated love song according to listeners of one of the largest radio stations in Sweden Mix Megapol. In 2017 the song was ranked top ten among the most played songs at weddings in Sweden according to the daily newspaper Metro. The song was performed by Sarah Dawn Finer at the evening festivities at the Stockholm Concert hall as a gift from the Swedish parliament and the Swedish people the evening before the royal wedding between Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden in 2010. The song ''Viskar en bön'' is played a lot around Christmas time. Hallström also wrote the song ''I Remember Love'', performed by Sarah Dawn Finer. It was placed 4th in the final of Melodifestivalen 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden;Television in Sweden Sweden.se (30 September 2005). Retrieved on 20 October 2006. it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population. The festival has produced six [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the with the song "What's Another Year" by Johnny Logan. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTÉ), the contest was held at the RDS Simmonscourt on 4 April 1981, and was hosted by Irish television journalist Doireann Nà Bhriain. Twenty countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 1978 edition. Cyprus made their début this year, while Israel and Yugoslavia both returned to the competition, after their one-year and five-year absences, respectively. Morocco and Italy decided not to participate. Morocco has never since returned to participate in the Eurovision Song contest again, marking 1980 their only ever year of participation. The winner was the United Kingdom with the song "Making Your Mind Up", performed by Bucks Fizz, written by Andy Hill and John Dant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Paris, France, following the country's victory at the with the song " L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" by Marie Myriam. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Télévision Française 1 (TF1), the contest was held at the Palais des Congrès on 22 April 1978 and was hosted by French television presenters Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone. This was the first time that more than one presenter had hosted the contest as well as the first to have a male presenter since . In addition to hosting, the two presenters also served as commentators for France. Twenty countries participated, the highest number of competing countries in the history of the competition at the time. and both returned to the contest. Denmark had not participated since , 12 years before. The winner of the contest was with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta. Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
