Markus Eino Fagervall (born 5 October 1982 in Kiruna, Norrbotten County) won

Idol 2006 The third season of '' Idol'' premiered in Sweden on August 29, 2006, and continued until its grand finale on December 1, when 24-year-old Markus Fagervall from Övertorneå was crowned winner. The series gained a record-breaking 1.1 million view ...

, the third season of the

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version of

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. Fagervall beat

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 v ...

on 1 December 2006 to take the title. His first single "Everything Changes" peaked at number one on the Swedish Singles Chart. His debut album, ''Echo Heart'', was released on 18 December the same year and has to date been certified

double platinum Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

. Prior to winning Idol, Markus was the vocalist in the progressive rock band, Liquid Scarlet. In 2008, Fagervall was a contestant in the Swedish version of Dancing on Ice, hosted by Carolina Gynning and Carina Berg.

Early life

Fagervall was born in Kiruna to a Tornedalian father and a

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mother. He is fluent in both

and

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Discography

The following is a complete discography of every album and single released by Swedish Pop/Rock music artist Markus Fagervall.

Albums

Singles

Other Charted Songs

References

External links

Official website
1982 births Living people People from Kiruna Municipality Idol (Swedish TV series) winners Swedish people of Finnish descent 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers {{Sweden-singer-stub