Mona Wessman, born 24 March 1948 in

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in Sweden, is a Swedish singer. Her breakthrough came together with Nina Lizell and

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in the '' Minishow'' TV show, which aired on Pentecost Saturday 1967. Her definitive breakthrough as a recording artist was '' Gå och göm dej, Åke Tråk'', participating at

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, ending up third, and becoming a

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hit peaking at third position. The same year, she toured the

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s of Sweden together with Nina and Claes-Göran. Sven Lindahl wrote another of her more successful songs, '' Hambostinta i kortkort''. During the autumn of 1968, she toured with Lenne Broberg, Claes-Göran Hederström and Hipp Happy Band, consisting of Mats Westman, Lasse Sandborg, Stefan Möller och Bertil Bodahl. Scoring several Svensktoppen hits by the late 1960s, she also appeared in the 1968 film ''

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''. She also participated at

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where the song she performed, '' Helledudane en sån karl'', ended up last.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wessman, Mona 1948 births Living people Swedish women singers