Inger Berggren (23 February 1934 – 19 July 2019) was a
Swedish
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singer. Her biggest hits were "Sol och vår" and "Elisabeth serenad", both in 1962.
Berggren was born in
Stockholm. She began her vocal career with
Thore Swanerud
Thore Swanerud (18 June 1919 – 8 December 1988) was a Swedish jazz pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was born in Stockholm and died in the same city.
He is best remembered for an eight-bar improvised solo he made duri ...
's orchestra, and later sang with
Thore Ehrling,
Simon Brehm
Simon Brehm (31 December 1921 – 11 February 1967) was a Swedish double-bass player and, later in life, a record producer and owner of Karusell Records. He was the manager of the singer Lill-Babs and was the leader of the orchestra that play ...
, and
Göte Wilhelmsson. Berggren represented Sweden in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1962
The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Nous les amoureux" by Jean-Claude Pascal. The contes ...
in Luxembourg with the song "
Sol och vår
Sweden was represented by Inger Berggren, singing " Sol och vår", in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962. Berggren was selected by a national final called ''Eurovisionsschlagern, svensk final''. Another singer, Lily Berglund, also sung the song t ...
" which was placed seventh.
She was the mother of the actress
Gunilla Röör.
She died on 19 July 2019 at the age of 85.
Filmography
*1973 – ''
Andersson's Kalle on Top Form''
*1984 – ''Sömnen''
References
Further reading
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External links
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1934 births
2019 deaths
Singers from Stockholm
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1962
20th-century Swedish women singers