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För Kärlekens Skull
"För kärlekens skull" is a song with springtime references, written by Kenneth Gärdestad and Ted Gärdestad, and originally recorded by Ted Gärdestad in 1993. This recording charted at Svensktoppen for nine weeks between 16 May-10 July 1993, peaking at second position. The song has also been recorded by Christer Sjögren (2003), Lotta Engberg 2005), at (2009) and Helen Sjöholm
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Ted Gärdestad
Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad (; 18 February 195622 June 1997) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actor known internationally as Ted. Gärdestad began his acting career in 1966 and began playing music in 1971, signing with Polar Music. Assigned with in-house producers Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, Gärdestad released his first single, "Hela världen runt," in late 1971 and worked closely with the four members of ABBA to create his debut album '' Undringar'' (1972). As Polar Music's best-selling solo artist (aside from ABBA), he continued to work with the group members throughout the 1970s, releasing three more albums '' Ted'' (1973), ''Upptåg'' (1974) and ''Franska Kort'' (1976), which were moderately successful. In 1978, Gärdestad released his first English-language album, Blue Virgin Isles, which did not have success internationally, as his predecessor albums had in his home country. In 1979, Ted and his brother Kenneth Gärdestad played at Melodifestivalen, th ... [...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] |
Ted Gärdestad Songs
TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Department (TED) Entertainment and media * TED (conference) (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) * ''Tenders Electronic Daily'', a journal on government procurement in the European Union * Turner Field (The Ted), of the Atlanta Braves until 2017 Technology and computing * MOS Technology TED, an integrated circuit * TED Notepad, a freeware portable plain-text editor * Television Electronic Disc, an early Telefunken video disc * Transferred electron device or Gunn diode * TransLattice Elastic Database, a NewSQL database Transport * Teddington railway station, London, National Rail station code Other uses * Thyroid eye disease, aka Graves' ophthalmopathy * Tooheys Extra Dry, Australian beer * Turtle excluder device, for letting sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Sjögren Songs
Christer or Krister are varieties of the masculine given name Kristian, derived from the Latin name ''Christianus'', which in turn comes from the Greek word ''khristianós'', which means "follower of Christ". The name, written in its two variants Christer and Krister, is quite common in the Nordic countries. Notable people with the name include: *Catherine Christer Hennix (born 1948), Swedish-American composer, philosopher, scientist and visual artist associated with drone minimal music * Christer Abris (formerly Abrahamsson, born 1947), Swedish former ice hockey goaltender * Christer Adelsbo, born 1962, is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 2002 *Christer Basma (born 1972), Norwegian football coach and defender *Christer Björkman (born 1957), Swedish singer * Christer Boucht (1911–2009), Finnish-Swedish lawyer, adventure traveller and writer *Christer Boustedt (1939–1986), Swedish musician and actor *Christer Dahl (born 1940), Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotta Engberg Songs
Lotta may refer to: * Lotta (name), a diminutive name of Charlotte and Charlotta * Lotta (river), a river in northern Finland and Murmansk Oblast, Russia Other * Lotta Svärd, Finnish paramilitary organization of World War II * Lotta Svärd (poem), epic poem * Lotta Continua Italian paramilitary organization * Lotta Comunista, Italian political party * Lake Lotta, American lake * ''Lotta in Love'', 2006 telenovela * " Lotta på Liseberg", Swedish sing-a-long See also * Lota (name) *Alfred J. Lotka *Latta (other) *Litta (other) *Lotha (other) *Losta (other) *Lota (other) *Lott (other) *Lotte (other) *Lotto (other) *Lotts (other) *Lotti (given name) *Lotty Lotty is an English language, English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte (given name), Charlotte or Lieselotte, an alternate form of Lotte (name), Lotte, and that is also related to Lisa (given name), Lisa, Elisa (given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Singles
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Helen Sjöholm
Marie Helen Sjöholm (; born 10 July 1970) is a Swedish singer, actress and musical theatre performer who lives in Gamla Enskede in Stockholm. She grew up in Sundsvall and started to sing in choirs at an early age, working, among others, with Swedish conductor Kjell Lönnå. By the end of the 1980s she toured with the group "Just for Fun". Career Her career as a performer of musical theatre began with small-scale concert presentations of ''Chess'', in which she sang the role of Florence. She took part in a number of smaller productions, including ''Little Dorrit'' in Enskede and the musical ''Elvira Madigan'' at Malmö Music Theatre in Malmö, Sweden. Her big breakthrough occurred in 1995 when she created the title role in Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' '' Kristina från Duvemåla'', which she played on and off for nearly four years (during the musical's entire run). ''Minneapolis Star and Tribune'' in its review of the concert version of the musical performed by the ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Linder
Erik Linder (born in Tyresö, Stockholm County, Sweden on 22 February 1982) is a Swedish singer. He started singing very early. He took part in Talang 2009, the third season of the show on Swedish TV4 television channel. He reached semifinal 3 in singing category and was picked as a wildcard for the final. The series was won by magician Charlie Caper. In 2009, he released his debut album ''Inifrån'' on Columbia Records singing contemporary cover versions of Swedish songs like "Tro" (Marie Fredriksson), "Ingen kan älska som vi" (Krister Linder), "Utan dina andetag" (Kent), "Kom änglar" (Lars Winnerbäck), "Miraklet" (Di Leva), "Ängeln i rummet" (Eva Dahlgren) and "För kärlekens skull" (Ted Gärdestad). He also took part in Melodifestivalen 2010 with "Hur kan jag tro på kärlek", but failed to make it to the final. Still the song charted at #38 in Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotta Engberg
Anna Charlotte "Lotta" Engberg (born Pedersen; 5 March 1963) is a Swedish singer. She represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with " Boogaloo" after winning Melodifestivalen 1987. She also tried many times in Melodifestivalen in 1984, 1988, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2012. She was also a singer in a number of formations including " Trioala" early on, and in dansbands Lotta & Anders Engbergs orkester from 1989 to 1994, and after her divorce from Anders Engberg, in dansband Lotta Engbergs from 1994 until 2002. She continues now as a solo artist. On 2 October 1999, Sweden issued a postage stamp with her portrait. She also has a great number of collaborations including joint albums with Jarl Carlsson in 1987, Christer Sjögren and Willie Nelson, both in 2012. Career Under her maiden name, Lotta Pedersen, she made her debut in the Sveriges Television program " Nygammalt" in 1980 when she was 17. She was also a member of the Trioala, an a cappella choir. Later, she received a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Sjögren
Hans Christer Sjögren (born 6 April 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the dansband Vikingarna. Early life Hans Christer Sjögren was born in Hagfors, Sweden, on 6 April 1950, as the child of Eivor (née Östling) and Hans Sjögren. Career 1978–2004: Vikingarna On 15 September 1978, Stefan Borsch left the band and Sjögren reluctantly became their lead singer. The first album by Vikingarna with Christer Sjögren as singer is " Kramgoa låtar 7", released in 1979. 2008–present He competed in Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Taking one of the two top spots in the first semi-final, his song " I Love Europe" was qualified for the final in the Globe Arena on 15 March 2008. He finished in 9th place. In 2018, he appears on Så mycket bättre which is broadcast on TV4. Personal life Sjögren is married to Birgitta Sjögren. Since the early 2000s, Christer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svensk Mediedatabas
Svensk mediedatabas (''Swedish Media Database'') is a search engine for the audiovisual works of the National Library of Sweden. The database contains data about TV, radio, video, movies that have been shown in cinemas, gramophone records, CDs, cassette tapes, video games and multimedia. The SMDB contains most Swedish broadcasts and publications since 1979, but also older works. There is an almost complete list of Swedish gramophone records starting from the end of the 19th century. The SMDB also contains information about special collections such as older advertisement films and video recordings from Swedish theatres. {{As of, 2011, the database contains information about nearly eight million hours of audiovisual content. Database The database contains information about the following, starting from 1979: *TV and radio broadcasts by Sveriges Radio, Sveriges Television, Utbildningsradion and TV4 *TV shows that have been broadcast using Swedish digital terrestrial television or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
