Lars Gunnar Wiklund (17 August 1935 – 29 September 1989) was a Swedish singer. He scored several

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 cha ...

hits, and participated in

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song C ...

four times.

Early life

Lars Gunnar Wiklund was born on 17 August 1935 in

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of L ...

, Sweden, as the first child of Ellen and Sven Wiklund.

Discography

* ''Gunnar Wiklund'' (1960) * ''32´29 minuter med Gunnar Wiklund'' (1966) * ''Gunnar Wiklund sjunger Jim Reeves'' (1970) * ''Minnenas melodier'' (1979)

Famous Gunnar Wiklund songs

*''Minns du den sommar'' ''(Greenfields)'' *'' Regntunga skyar'' *'' Vi ska gå hand i hand'' (''Dunja, du'') *''Han måste gå'' (1960, previously recorded by Cacka Israelsson in 1959, a Swedish cover of Jim Reeves' ''

He'll Have to Go "He'll Have to Go" is an American country and pop hit recorded on October 15, 1959, by Jim Reeves. The song, released in the fall of 1959, went on to become a hit in both genres early in 1960. Background The song is about a man who's talking by ...

'', 1959) *''Mest av allt'' *''Kan jag hjälpa att jag älskar dig ännu'' *''Man ska visa lite ömhet mot varandra'' *''Snart så kommer åter ljusa tider'' *''Akta dig för indianerna'' *''Nu tändas åter ljusen i min lilla stad'' *''Glöm din dröm'' *''I en röd liten stuga'' *''Ensam'' – ''

Georgia on my mind "Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that same year by Hoagy Carmichael. However, the song has been most often associated with soul singer Ray Charles, who was a native of the U. ...

'' *''Känn dig lite happy'' *''En gång i vårt sommarland'' ''(Greensleeves)''

Citations

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiklund, Gunnar 1935 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Swedish male singers People from Luleå Melodifestivalen contestants