Linda Caroline Sundblad (born 5 July 1981, in

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) is a Swedish singer, actress and model.

Career

Lambretta

Dropping out of school at the age of 15 to join the pop-rock music band

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, she experienced much success at a young age. After releasing three albums with Lambretta, she decided in Autumn 2005 to go solo.

Solo

Her first solo single, "Oh Father", was released in September 2006 and her debut album, ''Oh My God!'', a couple of months later. "Oh Father" was nominated for a

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award. Musicwise it remained silent around Sundblad until the second part of 2009 when the new single "2 All My Girls" was released and a second album announced for 24 March 2010.

Other projects

She is also featured on the '' Reflections'' album by

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, for which she sings the vocals to " Faraway Vol.2". Sundblad works currently with

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artist

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; she sang for him on the single "Everything Is Alright", which was released on 22 November 2008 and on his second single "Always", which was released on 6 April 2009. Sundblad also features on Rasmus Faber's debut album ''Where We Belong''.

Melodifestivalen 2011

Linda Sundblad participated in Melodifestivalen 2011, the Swedish selection for the

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. She competed in the third semi-final on 19 February 2011 in

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with the song "Lucky You" which finished 6th and did not qualify for the final.

Model career

Sundblad has worked since 2005 as a model, presenting

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and Munthe plus Simonsen.

Radio career

Since 8 November 2006 Sunblad has worked as a radio announcer at

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where she moderated the programme ''P3 Star''.

Discography

Singles * "Oh Father" (2006, SE #1) * "Lose You" (2006, SE #2) * "Back in Time" (2007) * "Who (Q Boy)" (2007) * "Cheat" (2007) * "2 All My Girls" (2009, SE #50) * "Let's Dance" (2010, SE #7) * "Perfect Nobody" (2010) * "Lucky You" (2011) Albums * '' Oh My God!'' (2006, SE #11) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Öppna ditt hjärta så ska du få'' EP (2012)

Lambretta

Albums * ''Breakfast'' (July 1999) * ''Lambretta'' (June 2002) * ''The Fight'' (March 2005) Singles * "Blow Up All My Fuses" (1999) * "Absolutely Nothing" (1999) * "And All The Roses" (1999) * "Bimbo" (April 2002) * "Creep" (August 2002) * "Perfect Tonight" (2002) * "Chemical" (2004) * "Anything" (2004) * "Kill Me" (2004)

Guest appearances

Singles ; with

* " Faraway Vol.2" (2003) ; with

* "Everything Is Alright" (2008) * "Always" (2009) ; with

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* "History" (2009)

TV appearances

* "Sommarkrysset" (2007) * "FörKväll" (2006–2007) * "

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" (2006–2007) * "Bingolotto" (2006) * "Studio Virtanen" (2006) * "Vi i femman" (2005) * "Körslaget" (2010) * "Allsång på Skansen" (2010)

References

External links

Official site

Official MySpace
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sundblad, Linda 1981 births Living people Swedish pop singers Swedish singer-songwriters Swedish female models Swedish actresses People from Lidköping Municipality English-language singers from Sweden 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers Melodifestivalen contestants of 2011