Christer Samuel Björkman (; born 25 August 1957) is a Swedish singer and television producer. He represented Sweden in the

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with the song "

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". From 2002 to 2021, he served as a producer of

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, and remained an important figure in Melodifestivalen and the

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. He stepped down from this position after

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, and is currently working at Voxovation, a

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-based company that focuses on expanding the Eurovision Song Contest brand into other markets.

Biography

Björkman was born in

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them th ...

as the son of gaming entrepreneur Ulla Björkman (b. 1939). He never met his father while he was alive. He began working as a hairdresser, and soon had his own hair salon in

. In 1985, Björkman started his entertainment career by recording a song called "Våga och vinn", which was produced by Bruno Glenmark. Björkman won

Melodifestivalen 1992 After Carola Häggkvist's win in the 1991 contest, Sweden was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö. Sveriges Television, the Swedish broadcaster, continued to use the Melodifestivalen format to select their entry. Chr ...

with "

", and represented Sweden at the

. He finished second last, Sweden's worst result at the contest since 1977. He entered Melodifestivalen a second and third time in 1993 with "Välkommen till livet" and 1999 with a song called "Välkommen hem" which finished last among the ten participants. From 2002 to 2021, Björkman held the position of contest producer of

. Björkman was the show producer of the

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in Malmö, Sweden, after

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's victory the year prior. He has acted as a juror at the national selections of other countries, and served as contest producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm following

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's victory the year prior. In 2016, he was chosen to be one of three expert jurors at the

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, Malta. In 2018, he was invited as an international juror for Sweden at ''Destination Eurovision 2018''.

Personal life

Björkman is openly gay, and is married to Martin Kagemark.

References

External links

* 1957 births Living people People from Borås Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1992 Melodifestivalen contestants Melodifestivalen winners LGBT singers from Sweden 20th-century Swedish male singers Gay musicians 20th-century LGBT people 21st-century LGBT people {{sweden-singer-stub