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Sweden In The Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Following Herreys' victory in the previous year, Sweden were the hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985. The venue chosen for the show was the country's second city, Gothenburg. In order to save money for the staging of the Eurovision Song Contest itself, the competition to select Sweden's national entry, Melodifestivalen, was a low-budget version in 1985. Of the ten entries, five went through to a second round, which was won by the song "Bra vibrationer", written by Lasse Holm and Ingela "Pling" Forsman and sung by Kikki Danielsson. Kikki had already represented Sweden three years earlier, as part of the pop group Chips. The other half, Elisabeth Andreassen, went to win for Norway, alongside the group Bobbysocks. Before Eurovision Melodifestivalen 1985 Melodifestivalen 1985 was the selection for the 25th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 24th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikki Danielsson
Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952) is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She has gained notice for yodeling in some songs. Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until the late 1990s. She also gained popularity at the US country stage during the 1980s. In 1986, she had the "Kikki i Nashville" TV show. Life and work Danielsson was born in Osby, Sweden, and resides in Gävleborg. In total, she has participated nine times at the Swedish Melodifestivalen and one time at the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. She has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1982 (as a part of the Swedish pop and country group Chips with the song "Dag efter dag", finishing 8th) and in the 1985 (solo) with the song "Bra vibrationer", finishing 3rd. Kikki Danielsson was born in Osby, but was adopted and lived on a farm in Älmhult, Småland from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Andersson-Dubin
Eva Birgitta Andersson-Dubin (born 1961) is a Swedish physician. She is also the founder of the Dubin Breast Center at the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She is married to hedge fund billionaire Glenn Dubin. She worked as a model and won the Miss Sweden contest in 1980. Education and medical career Born in Sweden, she earned a high school diploma from Östraboskolan (Östrabo school) where she graduated first in her class, concentrating in mathematics and physics. After graduating, she pursued a career in modeling and in 1980 was named Miss Sweden and placed fourth runner up in the Miss Universe contest. She attended Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm for three and a half years and then transferred to UCLA's School of Medicine where she earned her MD in 1989. She then completed her residency in internal medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York in 1990. The Dubins donated approximately $19 million and were involved in raising an additional $ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per-Erik Hallin
Per Erik Hallin (born 7 January 1950) is a Swedish keyboard player, singer and songwriter. He has worked as a musician in many different contexts and in different parts of the world. His music is heavily influenced by the African American music tradition such as soul, jazz, blues and gospel. Hallin played and sang with Elvis Presley in 1974. Hallin took part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 1984 and 1985. He has sung and played with musicians and artists including: Carola Häggkvist, Ted Gärdestad, Alex Acuña, Bill Maxwell, Per Lindvall, Hadley Hockensmith, Ingemar Olsson, Frank Ådahl and Nathan East. He has also provided the Swedish voice for Donald Duck () in dubbings into Swedish. Awards In 2006, he won the Artur Erikson-stipend. Discography Hallin has worked on numerous productions. This is not a complete list. Own releases Album * 1982 '' Better Late Than Never (LP) * 1985 '' Morgonluft'' (LP) * 1987 '' Per Erik'' (MC) * 1987 '' Live i Rättviks ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Göran Folkestad
Göran Folkestad (born 1952) is a Swedish songwriter and singer. He is professor of music pedagogy at Malmö Academy of Music. , Lund University. Retrieved 30 May 2010 He has competed three times in Melodifestivalen during the 1980s, with the songs: *1984: " Sankta Cecilia" 2nd (duet with 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 als ...
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Monica Forsberg
Monica Yvonne Forsberg (born 14 September 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. She was a member in the group Ritz, which competed in Melodifestivalen in 1983 (which finished number 4 with the song "Marionett") and 1985 (with the song "Nu har det hänt igen", which finished unplaced). Forsberg was born in Karlskoga. Following her Melodifestivalen appearance, from the late 1980s until the early 2000s, she dubbed Disney movies and cartoons, including ''DuckTales''. Awards As a lyrics writer, she won Melodifestivalen twice, with these songs: *1982: "Dag efter dag" with Chips *1983: " Främling" with Carola Häggkvist Other songs she has competed with in Melodifestivalen as lyrics writer: *1983: "Marionett" with Ritz, 4th *1984: "Nu är jag tillbaks igen" with Janne Önnerud, unplaced, "Schack och matt" with Rosa Körberg, unplaced *1985: "Eld och lågor" with Göran Folkestad, 3rd, "Nu har det hänt igen" with Ritz, unplaced *1986: "Fem i tolv" with Fredrik Wills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariann Grammofon AB
Mariann Grammofon or Mariann Records, formed in 1972 was a record company run by Bert Karlsson in Skara, Sweden. Since May 2006 the label is owned by Warner Music Group which still, as of 2016, releases music using the label. The label was sold following changes in music industry during the previous years. Signed artists and groups * Afro-Dite * Alf Robertson * Anders Johansson * Andrés Esteche * Barbados * Carola Häggkvist * Casanovas * Christina Lindberg * Curt Haagers * Date * Drängarna * Eddie Meduza * Emil Sigfridsson * Fame * Flamingokvintetten * Grönwalls * Herreys * Janne Lucas Persson * Jigs * Jimmy Jansson * Johan Stengård * Joyride * Karl Martindahl * Kellys * Kikki Danielsson * Lena Philipsson (until 1989) * Linda Bengtzing * Lotta Engberg * Maja Gullstrand * Martin Nilsson * Martinez * Mathias Holmgren * Mats Bergmans * Mats Rådberg & Rankarna * Matz Bladhs * Matz Stefanz med Lailaz * Merit Hemmingsson * Michael Michailoff * Noice * Peter Glyt * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Karlsson
Bert Willis Karlsson (born 21 June 1945) is a Swedish record company manager, entrepreneur, and former politician (Member of Parliament 1991-1994) and front figure of the New Democracy (''Ny Demokrati'') party. As the owner and manager of the record company Mariann Grammofon AB, Karlsson became a familiar face to the Swedish public as the man behind Carola Häggkvist. In 1984 he started Skara Sommarland, a theme park. In 1991, Karlsson and count Ian Wachtmeister started the populist political party ''New Democracy''. Attracting major media attention, and with a patriotic platform, the party received 6.7 percent of the vote in the parliamentary election in September. With no previous political experience, Karlsson suddenly found himself elected to the Riksdag as a Member of Parliament. When ''New Democracy'' imploded due to internal struggles and failed in the 1994 general election Karlsson went back to being a full-time businessman. He has started the popular Swedish reality t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signature Song
A signature (; from la, signare, "to sign") is a Handwriting, handwritten (and often Stylization, stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple "X" or other mark that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent. The writer of a signature is a signatory or signer. Similar to a handwritten signature, a signature work describes the work as readily identifying its creator. A signature may be confused with an autograph, which is chiefly an artistic signature. This can lead to confusion when people have both an autograph and signature and as such some people in the public eye keep their signatures private whilst fully publishing their autograph. Function and types The traditional function of a signature is to permanently affix to a document a person's uniquely personal, undeniable self-identification as physical evidence of that person's personal witness and certification of the content of all, or a specified part, of the document. For examp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expressen
''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue". Overview The first edition of ''Expressen'' was published on 16 November 1944. A main feature that day was an interview with the crew members of a British bomber who were successful in sinking the German ship ''Tirpitz''. A project of Albert Bonnier Jr., Carl-Adam Nycop, and Ivar Harrie – who was to become the first editor-in-chief – Expressen was created in part to push back against "national socialism and related violent ideologies." The paper is owned by the Bonnier Group. As of 2005, the paper had a liberal stance, but it declared its independent leaning in 1995. Through mergers, the Gothenburg edition of ''Expressen'' is titled '' GT'' (originally ''Göteborgs-Tidningen'') and the Malmö edition is titled ''Kvällsposten'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Anrell
Lasse is a common masculine given name in Nordic countries. It is also often a nickname for people named Lars or Lauri. People Notable people named Lasse include: * Lasse Aasland (1926–2001), Norwegian politician *Lasse Åberg (born 1940), Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist *Lasse Gjertsen (born 1984), Norwegian animator * Lasse Granqvist (born 1967), Swedish sports commentator *Lasse Hallström (born 1946), Swedish film director *Lasse Holm (born 1943), Swedish composer, lyricist and singer *Lasse Jensen, professor of theoretical chemistry *Lasse Karjalainen (born 1974), Finnish retired footballer *Lasse Kjus (born 1971), Norwegian former alpine skier *Lasse Kukkonen (born 1981), Finnish hockey defenceman *Lasse Mårtenson (1934–2016), Finnish singer and composer *Lasse Nielsen (other) * Lasse Nieminen (born 1966), Finnish ice hockey player *Lasse Pirjetä (born 1974), Finnish hockey forward *Lasse Pöysti (1927–2019), Finnish actor *Lasse Qvist (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piccadilly Circus (song)
"Piccadilly Circus" is a song written by Lars Andersson and Bruno Glenmark, and performed by Pernilla Wahlgren at Melodifestivalen 1985, where the song ended up fourth behind "Bra vibrationer", performed by Kikki Danielsson. The single peaked at second place at the Swedish singles chart. On 9 March 1985 the song entered Trackslistan. The song lyrics describe a love meeting at Piccadilly Circus. Wahlgren entered stage with the brothers Vito and Emilio Ingrosso as dancers. Wahlgren was later criticised for wearing an Iron Cross-like item on stage, which was referred to as Nazi propaganda. A Framåt fredag parody version was called "Inga djur på cirkus", describing Miljöpartiet in 2005 asking for stop using animals at circus shows in Sweden. Charts References Informationat 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pernilla Wahlgren
Pernilla Nina Elisabeth Wahlgren (born 24 December 1967) is a Swedish singer and actress. She has sung in Melodifestivalen several times; her 1985 entry titled " Piccadilly Circus" became popular and successful. She has acted in several plays and films, playing roles including Esmeralda in the Academy Award-winning ''Fanny and Alexander''. She has twice received the Guldmasken award for her work in theater. Career Acting Wahlgren's first acting job, at the age of four, was alongside her mother in the television play ''Den längsta dagen'' (). She attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School and was also part of the Saltsjöbaden theater. After playing a small role in ''Lilla prinsen'' () at Saltsjöbaden's theater, and in the face of stiff competition, Wahlgren got the title role in the musical ''Annie'' at Folkan, Stockholm. She then played Esmeralda in Ingmar Bergman's film ''Fanny and Alexander''. In 1982, she joined the cast of the Swedish production of ''The Sound of Music'', in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
