John Lundvik (; born 27 January 1983) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and former sprinter. He was part of the athletic team for IFK Växjö. Lundvik also has a singing and songwriter career having composed songs for films and the

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in 2010. In 2018, he competed in

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with his song " My Turn", finishing in 3rd place. He represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with " Too Late for Love" finishing fifth. In the same contest he represented the United Kingdom as one of the songwriters for the song " Bigger Than Us" performed by Michael Rice, which finished last in the grand final.

Early life

Lundvik was born in

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, and was adopted by Swedish expatriates in the UK when he was one week old. He lived in London until the age of six when his family returned to Sweden, settling in

Växjö Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...

. He has never met his biological parents.

Athletics

Lundvik was an avid sportsman. He won many medals including gold at youth and junior level and participated in the Youth Finns Campaign 2001. In 2005, Lundvik was a member of the

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team for IFK Växjö, which earned a bronze medal at the 2005 Swedish Championships.

Personal bests

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: 6.99 seconds (

, 3 February 2002) *

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: 10.84 seconds (

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, 12 June 2006) *

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: 22.42 seconds (

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, 17 August 2003)

Musical career

2010–2018: Songwriting and Melodifestivalen 2018

Lundvik started his musical career in 2010, composing the song "

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" for the

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. Lundvik went on to compose music for musicians such as

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, and

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, in addition to composing music for the film ''

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''. He has also composed music for the American TV series ''

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''. In 2016, Lundvik wrote and performed "All About the Games", the Swedish song for the

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. In 2016, he also took part in ''

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'', performing a duet with

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. In 2018, Lundvik took part in

with the song " My Turn", in a bid to represent Sweden in

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. He qualified from the first semi-final directly to the finals, and finished third overall.

2019–present: Eurovision Song Contest

He participated in

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with the song " Too Late for Love", where he advanced directly to the final. The song reached number one on the

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singles chart in March 2019. It eventually won Melodifestivalen, represented

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at the

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, Israel in the second semi-final. The song qualified for the final and finished fifth overall with 334 points. Concurrently, he composed " Bigger Than Us", the winning song in the UK selection, and the version sung by Michael Rice was selected to represent the United Kingdom in Eurovision 2019. It finished last in the final. On 16 February 2020, it was announced that Lundvik was one of the songwriters that composed " Mon alliée (The Best in Me)", the French entry for the

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. He participated in

Melodifestivalen 2022 2022 was the 62nd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 5 February and 12 March 2022. The winner of the competition was Cornelia Jakobs with the so ...

with the song " Änglavakt". He performed on 12 February 2022 in the first round and finished second, qualifying directly to the final. He performed at the final on 12 March 2022 and finished in eighth place with 60 points.

Other appearances

In 2020, Lundvik participated as a celebrity dancer in the fifteenth season of the Swedish dancing show '' Let's Dance'' and won the competition, beating Sussie Eriksson in the final.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Compositions

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lundvik, John 1983 births British emigrants to Sweden Living people Swedish male sprinters Swedish pop singers Swedish songwriters Swedish soul singers Musicians from London People from Växjö 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers Swedish adoptees Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2019 Swedish people of African descent English-language singers from Sweden Melodifestivalen contestants of 2022 Melodifestivalen contestants of 2019 Melodifestivalen contestants of 2018