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Lina Hedlund
Lina Maria Hedlund (born 28 March 1978) is a Swedish singer and member of the pop group Alcazar. She also has a solo career. Career Hedlund was born in Bollnäs. She has participated in Melodifestivalen a number of times, in Melodifestivalen 2002 along with her sister, singer Hanna Hedlund with the song "Big Time Party", in Melodifestivalen 2003 as a solo singer, and in Melodifestivalen 2009, 2010 and 2014 as a member of the pop trio Alcazar. In late 2003 Lina released the single "Lady Bump". In 2007, Hedlund joined the pop group Alcazar after the departure of Magnus Carlsson and Annika Kjærgaard; her first gig with the group was at the G-A-Y nightclub in London, UK. Her first music single with the group was "We Keep On Rockin". In 2011 Hedlund made her first appearance as a TV presenter in the musical gameshow ''Copycat Singers'' broadcast on TV3. She has also been the host of the web series ''Sweden's best music'' on digitallive.eu. She participates in Melodifestivalen 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen 2020
Melodifestivalen 2020 was the 60th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen. The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 1 February and 7 March 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2019 The winner of the competition was The Mamas with the song "Move", who would have represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Mamas were the first band to win since 2007 and the first female act to win since 2014; this is the fourth time in the history of Melodifestivalen that Sweden was unable to send a song to the Eurovision Song Contest (and the first such occurrence since 1976), as the contest itself was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The format of the competition consisted of 6 shows: 4 heat rounds, a second chance round and a final. An initial 28 entries were selected for the competition through three methods: an open call for song submissions, direct invit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet Union, Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Bollnäs
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcazar (band) Members
Alcazar or variant spellings may refer to: * Alcázar, a type of Islamic castle or palace in Spain and Portugal ** ** Arts, entertainment and literature * Alcazar (group), a Swedish europop/dance music group * '' Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress'', a 1985 video game * General Alcazar, a fictional character, friend of ''Tintin'' * ', a Spanish comic from 1940 * Teatro Alcázar, a theatre in Madrid, Spain * Alcazar (Paris) (later Alcazar d'Hiver), a ''café-concert'' in Paris 1858–1902 * Alcazar d'Été, a ''café-concert'' in Paris 1860–1914 Businesses and organisations * Alcazar Hotel (other), the name of several hotels * Alcazar (airline), a 1993 proposed airline merger Places * El Alcázar, Misiones, a village in Argentina * Alcázar de San Juan, or Alcázar, a town and municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain * Alcázar del Rey, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain * Alcázar of Segovia, medieval castle located in the city of Segovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Women Singers
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden The demography of Sweden is monitored by the ''Statistiska centralbyrån'' (Statistics Sweden). Sweden's population was 10,481,937 (May 2022), making it the 15th-most populous country in Europe after Czech Republic, the 10th-most populous m ... ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorious (Lina Hedlund Song)
"Victorious" is a song by Swedish singer Lina Hedlund. The song was performed for the first time in Melodifestivalen 2019 Melodifestivalen 2019 was the 59th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen and was held between 2 February 2019 and 9 March 2019. Presenters were Sarah Dawn Finer, Kodjo Akolor, Marika Carlsson and Eric Saade. Edward af Sillé ..., where it made it to the final. Expressen. Retrieved 8 March 2019. This was Hedlund's first Melodifestivalen solo entry since 2003 with "Nothing Can Stop Me". Charts References 2019 singles[...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 includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassim Al Fakir
Stefan Nassim Al Fakir ( ar, نسيم الفقير; born 21 March 1977) is a Swedish musician, presenter, comedian, master of ceremonies, moderator and lecturer for children and adolescents. Al Fakir is the host of children programme ''Bolibompa'' on Swedish television SVT inside the block ''Bobster''. He plays drums and has played in several bands, often with his younger brother Salem Al Fakir. Career Al Fakir's television career began on TV4's digital channels before joining SVT's ''Bolipompa''. Prior to this he was doing fashion shows and advertising jobs for different agencies. Since 2007, Nassim Al Fakir gained visibility as the host of the youth program Anaconda on Swedish radio-television UR / SVT. In 2008, and 2009 he served as host for ''Vi i femman'' and Lilla Melodifestivalen in 2008. Before Christmas 2008, he presented the popular show '' Julkalendern i Sveriges Television'' (''Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar''). In April–May 2011, he starred in the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnea Henriksson
Ellen 'Linnea' Petrea Henriksson (born 9 November 1986) is a Swedish singer and songwriter who participated in ''Idol 2010'' in which she placed fourth. , she is also the lead singer of the jazz band Prylf. In 2012 Henriksson released her first music album, which she co-wrote and co-produced with singer Orup. During mid-2013 Henriksson toured Sweden with the band Gyllene Tider. Early life Henriksson was born in Halmstad, Sweden. Her public debut occurred in 1995 when she participated in the TV4 televised singing show ''Småstjärnorna''. She studied music at Skurups folkhögskola, and in 2007 she met other singers and musicians, started the jazz band Prylf and became the band's lead singer. In 2010 Prylf released their only, music album, which is called ''Kind of Green''. 2010–present: ''Idol 2010'' and Gyllene Tider From August to December 2010, Henriksson participated in the singing competition ''Idol 2010'', which was broadcast on TV4. She finished in fourth place and la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sundin
David Kai Lennart Sundin, (born 23 May, 1976) is a Swedish author, television presenter and comedian. Biography Sundin grew up in Gimo in Uppland. He started working within comedy as part of the Killinggängets site ''Spermaharen''. He also worked along with Alex Schulman and his website "1000 Apor". In 2012, he published the book ''Fantasinyheter 2001–2012'', Henrik Schyffert also wrote a few sections of the book. He has also done some work as a producer for segments for the television shows '' Sen kväll med Luuk'' on TV4 and ''Roast på Berns'' on Kanal5, he wrote some of the manuscript for Melodifestivalen and '' Welcome to Sweden''. He has presented the athletics gala Idrottsgalan and the SVT show ''Bäst i test''. In 2013, he started doing standup and has performed at the clubs RAW, Norra Brunn and Stockholm Comedy Club. In 2015, Sundin was nominated for an Kristallen award for his work in the comedy series ''Inte OK'' on TV3. Sundin plays "Dynamit-Harry" in Tomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Swedish national 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, '' Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The foundation's board consists of 13 politicians, representing the political parties in the Riksdag and appointed by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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