Eva Charlotte Dahlgren (; born 9 June 1960) is a
Swedish
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pop musician and singer-songwriter.
Career
Dahlgren was discovered by musician/producer Bruno Glenmark in 1978 after appearing on the TV show ''Sveriges magasin'' and her debut album ''Finns det nån som bryr sej om'' was released the same year. In 1979 she placed third in
Melodifestivalen (the tryout competition for the
Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden).
She toured Sweden in 1987 with Swedish pop duo
Roxette, a tour that was attended by more than 100,000 people. Dahlgren's career grew steadily with several album releases during the 1980s but her definite breakthrough in Sweden came in 1991 with ''
En blekt blondins hjärta'', her most successful album, which sold over half a million copies and won her five
Grammis
The Grammis are music awards presented annually to musicians and songwriters in Sweden. The oldest Swedish music awards, they were instituted as a local equivalent of the Grammy Awards given in the United States. The awards ceremony is generall ...
awards.
[
Dahlgren composed the score for the film '' Ingrid Bergman: In My Own Words'' (2015).]
Personal life
In 1996 Dahlgren made headlines in the Swedish press when she came out
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Framed and debated as a privacy issue, coming out of ...
as a lesbian through her civil union
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with jewellery designer Efva Attling
Efva Katarina Attling, (born on 18 February 1952) is a Swedish silversmith and jewellery designer.
Early career
In the early 1980s she played in the band "X Models" and released the hit single ''Två av oss'' ("Two of us").
She worked as a p ...
, whom she met when she moved to Stockholm in the early 1980s. In connection with the civil union, Dahlgren changed her surname to Dahlgren-Attling. In 2009 they went through a marriage ceremony, after Sweden passed its gender neutral marriage law.
Discography
(In parentheses, peak positions in Swedish Albums Chart)
*1978: ''Finns det nån som bryr sig om'' (#23)
*1980: ''Eva Dahlgren'' (#25)
*1981: ''För väntan'' (#2)
*1982: ''Tvillingskäl'' (#8)
*1984: ''Ett fönster mot gatan'' (#2)
*1984: ''Känn mig''
*1987: ''Ung och stolt'' (#2)
*1989: ''Fria Världen 1.989'' (#3)
*1991: ''En blekt blondins hjärta'' (#1)
**1992: ''Eva Dahlgren'' (English language version of ''En blekt blondins hjärta'')
*1992: ''För minnenas skull'' (double CD) (1978–1992) (#10)
*1995: ''Jag vill se min älskade komma från det vilda'' (#2)
*1999: ''Lai Lai'' (#1)
*1999: ''LaLaLive'' (#5)
*2005: ''Snö'' (#2)
*2007: ''En blekt blondins ballader'' (1980–2005) (#1)
*2007: ''Petroleum och tång'' (#3)
*2016: ''Jag sjunger ljuset'' (#4)
*2020: '
;Compilation albums
*2012: ''Tid – Urval av sånger 1980 till nu''
*2012: ''Original Album Classics''
Singles
(In parentheses, peak positions in Swedish Singles Chart)Tro på varann
"Tro på varann" is a song written by Uno Svenningsson and recorded by him as a duet together with Eva Dahlgren on his debut studio album as a solo artist, '' Uno'', released in 1994. The song was also released as a single the same year.
The song ...
" (Uno Svenningsson and Eva Dahlgren (#22)
*1999: "Underbara människa" (#41)
*2005: "När jag längtar" (#17)
*2006: "Äventyr" (EP) (#58)
*2008: "Himlen är inget tak" (Eva Dahlgren and Peter Jöback) (#36)
References
External links
Eva Dahlgren Online
Official web site
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1960 births
Lesbian musicians
Lesbian writers
LGBT singers from Sweden
LGBT songwriters
LGBT rights activists from Sweden
Living people
Melodifestivalen contestants
People from Umeå
Swedish women children's writers
Swedish pop singers
Swedish songwriters
20th-century Swedish women singers
20th-century LGBT people
21st-century LGBT people
21st-century Swedish women singers