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Sarah Dawn Finer
Sarah Dawn Finer (born 14 September 1981) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. Her father is of English heritage from the United Kingdom, her mother is Jewish from the United States, and she was born and raised in Sweden. As a student, she attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School, a high-profile song-and-chorus school in Stockholm, where she was also president of the students' union. She is also known for playing Lynda Woodruff, the "official" spokesperson of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest, a character created by Edward af Sillén. Background Finer was born and grew up in Sweden with British and American roots through her parents David Finer and Francine Lee Mirro-Finer. Her sister Zoie Finer and half-brother Rennie Mirro are also singers. Her paternal grandmother Dorothy Irving was a music coach and professor in Stockholm. In 1989, she appeared on Swedish television as a child actor, and as a result she tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moving On (Sarah Dawn Finer Album)
''Moving On'' is the second studio album by Swedish singer Sarah Dawn Finer. It was released on 26 August 2009 and peaked at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart. Track listing #Standing Strong (Sarah Dawn Finer, Michel Zitron, Tobias Gustavsson) #Stupid (Sarah Dawn Finer, Fredrik Kempe) #Anything Tonight (Sarah Dawn Finer, Fredrik Kempe, Anders Hansson) # Moving On (Sarah Dawn Finer, Fredrik Kempe) #Virus (Sarah Dawn Finer, Björn Djupström, Papaconstantinou, Alex) #Is That Enough (Sarah Dawn Finer, Dilba) #Not the One (Sarah Dawn Finer, Dilba) #Right Track (Sarah Dawn Finer, Magnus Tingsek) #I Don't Need Your Love Song (Sarah Dawn Finer, Magnus Tingsek) #Does She Know You (Sarah Dawn Finer, Tom Howe, Iain James, Glen Scott) #What if this is Love (Sarah Dawn Finer, Peter Kvint, Aleena) #For a Friend (Sarah Dawn Finer, Peter Hallström) Contributors *Sarah Dawn Finer - vocals *Johan Fransson - drums *Joacim Beckman – programming, producer *Johan Röhr Johan * Johan (given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Woodruff, ESC2016 02
Lynda is a spelling variation of the feminine given name Linda. Notable people with the name include: People Arts and entertainment * Lynda Adams, later Hunt (1920–1997), Canadian diver * Lynda Baron (1939–2022), British television actress * Lynda Barry (born 1956), American cartoonist and author * Lynda Bellingham (1948–2014), Canadian-born British actress * Lynda Bryans (born 1962), Northern Irish television presenter and journalist * Lynda Carter (born 1951), American television actress who played ''Wonder Woman'' in the 1970s * Lynda Chouiten, Algerian writer in French * Lynda Day George (born 1944), American television actress popular in the 1960s and 1970s * Lynda Trang Đài (born 1968), Vietnamese American singer * Lynda Ghazzali, Malaysian porcelain painter * Lynda Gibson (1956–2004), Australian comedian and actress * Lynda Goodfriend (born 1953), American actress * Lynda Kay, American contralto singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and business owner * Lynda La Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Så Ska Det Låta
''Så ska det låta'' is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish ''The Lyrics Board''. The show was introduced in 1997 and led by Peter Harryson until Peter Settman took over in 2006. In 2014, Kalle Moraeus became the third host of the show. In 2018, Sarah Dawn Finer Sarah Dawn Finer (born 14 September 1981) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. Her father is of English heritage from the United Kingdom, her mother is Jewish from the United States, and she was born and raised in Sweden. As a student, s ... became the fourth host of the program and the first female host of the show. References External links * Sveriges Television original programming Swedish game shows 1997 Swedish television series debuts {{sweden-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musikhjälpen
''Musikhjälpen'' (; "Music Aid") is the Swedish version of the Dutch ''Serious Request'' radio and television campaign. The annual show is an appeal for money which each year helps a certain cause. Three radio/television personalities are locked inside a glass house for 144 hours, and they broadcast live on Swedish public service radio network Sveriges Radio and on public services television through SVT. People send text messages requesting a song, with each text costing 50, 100, 200, or 500 Swedish kronor. In later years, a Musikhjälpen-app has been used for requesting songs as well. ''Musikhjälpen'' 2008 ;Theme – "" ("67 million refugees need your help") In 2008, Sweden held the event for the first time, with SVT Sveriges Radio and Radiohjälpen as main organizers. Each year since the show has been held and broadcast as Musikhjälpen. The 2008 glass house stood at Gustaf Adolfs torg in Malmö from 13 to 19 December. The show was broadcast around the clock at Sveriges Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Dyall
Karl Anders Fabian Dyall (born 11 February 1967) is a Swedish dancer, singer and actor. Biography Dyall was born in England. His mother was Swedish; his father was a musician from Guyana and he grew up in the West Indies. He is the younger brother of singer Sharon Dyall. When he was eleven he and his family moved to Sweden and resided in Märsta. In 1984, he became the Swedish champion in breakdance, and also Swedish champion in freestyle dancing in 1986. He was one of the original members of the dance squad BouncE, where he was both dancer and choreographer. He made his stage debut in the musical ''Fantomen'' at Scalateatern in Stockholm. He composed the music for the film ''Stockholmsnatt''. He was awarded the Guldmasken award for "Best male lead role" for his role in ''Fame'' at Chinateatern in 1992. Dyall played the role of "Emilio" in the SVT drama series ''Rederiet''. He has had leading roles in the musicals ''A Chorus Line'', ''West Side Story'', ''Cabaret'', ''Othello' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Hotel (Stockholm)
A grand hotel is a large and luxurious hotel, especially one housed in a building with traditional architectural style. It began to flourish in the 1800s in Europe and North America. Grand Hotel may refer to: Hotels Africa * Grande Hotel Beira, a former luxury hotel in Beira, Mozambique Asia * Grand Hotel d'Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia * Grand Hôtel de Pékin, one block of the Beijing Hotel, Beijing, China * Grand Hotel (Kolkata), Kolkata, India * Dariush Grand Hotel, Kish Island, Iran * Grand Hotel, Qazvin, Iran * Sapporo Grand Hotel, Sapporo, Japan * Grand Hotel Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal * Grand Hotel (Nuwara Eliya), Sri Lanka * Grand Hotel (Taipei), Taiwan * Kaohsiung Grand Hotel, Kaohsiung, Taiwan * Grand Métropole Hôtel, the original name of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Vietnam Australasia * Grand Hotel, Childers, Queensland, Australia * Grand Hotel, Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia * Hotel Windsor (Melbourne), Victoria, Australia; originally known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Gardell
Lars Jonas Holger Gardell (born 2 November 1963) is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. He is the brother of religion scholar Mattias Gardell. He is well known for his books and plays in all of Scandinavia and his books have been translated to around 25 languages. Early career Gardell's first novel, (''The Passion Play''), was published in 1985. Since then, he has written some ten novels, including (''A Comedian Growing Up''), which became a TV series. He has also written several other books, nine plays and two screenplays that were made into movies, including (''Life is a Schlager''). His novels are not yet available in English. He wrote and performed himself the song "", which was performed by Bergström in the film. Later years In 2006, more than 20 years after his first novel was published, Gardell is one of Sweden's most famous stand-up comedians. Well known to be openly gay, Gardell is married to the Finnish-Swedish-American writer and TV present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinateatern
Chinateatern or commonly known as ''"China"'' (in English: ''The China Theatre'') is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, located at Berzelii Park in Stockholm city. Originally built 1928 as a movie theatre but has over the years simultaneously been used as a theatre stage for revues, comedies and musical shows. It was very popular in the 1980s and the stage has during various periods been used by different established Swedish theatres, one being Dramaten The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the .... Chinateatern is situated next to the Stockholm restaurant Berns Salonger. External links Chinateatern.se(official site) Theatres in Stockholm {{Stockholm-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrik Isaksson (singer)
Patrik Christian Isaksson (born 3 August 1972) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He competed in Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006 with the song " Faller du så faller jag" and again in 2008, with the song " Under mitt tunna skinn". In 2012, he competed in the Danish Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 with the song "Venter", a duet with Christian Brøns Christian Brøns Petersen (born 1977) is a Danish singer. In 2001, Christian took part in the first season of TV Danmark's reality television series '' Big Brother'', but withdrew in protest. Shortly after he signed with Spin Music releasing .... As of July 2020, Isaksson has released six studio albums. Discography Albums Singles References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Isaksson, Patrik 1972 births Living people Singers from Stockholm Swedish rock singers Swedish male singer-songwriters Swedish singer-songwriters Swedish-language singers Melodifestivalen contestants 21st-century Swedish singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Jöback
Peter Arne Jöback (born 4 June 1971 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, actor and musical artist. Biography Early life and education Peter Jöback was born on 4 June 1971 in Stockholm. He spent his childhood in Värmland and Östergötland. As a student Jöback attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. 1995–2000 Peter Jöback got his big break through his collaboration with ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. In their musical '' Kristina från Duvemåla'' (''The Emigrants'') at Malmö Opera and Music Theatre, Jöback created the role of Robert, whose theme song ("Guldet blev till sand") broke every record in the Swedish charts. The musical was seen by over one million Swedes, and the original cast CD-box became a triple-platinum album and received several Swedish Grammy awards. Jöback received his first Golden Mask for his role as Robert. In 1997, Jöback released the album "Personliga Val", which reached number two on the Swedish album char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
