Hanna Kristina Hedlund (born 24 January 1975,

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, Sweden) is a

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singer. Her sister

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is also a singer. She has a son and a daughter with

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Career

Hedlund competed in

Melodifestivalen 2000 Sweden was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 thanks to Charlotte Nilsson's victory the previous year. Sveriges Television chose to hold the contest in Sweden's capital, Stockholm. They were represented by Roger Pontare with the song ...

with the song " Anropar försvunnen" and finished in eighth place. She also competed with her sister Lina in

Melodifestivalen 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final ...

with the song "Big Time Party" and finished in ninth place. Hedlund was a judge of the

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show ''

Talang 2007 ''Talang 2007'' was the first season of the show ''Talang (Swedish TV series), Talang'', the Swedish version of ''Got Talent''. Talang 2007 had its premiere on 13 April 2007 and ended on 1 June 2007. The winner of the show was Zillah & Totte. Th ...

'', the Swedish version of ''

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'', with

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and

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. Hedlund currently hosts the singing competition '' Singing Bee'' on

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in Sweden. In 2009, she participated in the Swedish version of ''

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'' with a choir from her hometown

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, and won the final against

Erik Segerstedt Mats Erik Segerstedt (born 20 April 1983) is a Swedish singer. Segerstedt was born in Uddevalla. As a student he attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He was the runner-up to Markus Fagervall on the third season of Swedish ver ...

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Hanna Hedlund
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hedlund, Hanna 1975 births Living people People from Bollnäs Municipality Melodifestivalen contestants 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers