Monica Yvonne Forsberg (born 14 September 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. She was a member in the group Ritz, which competed in

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

in 1983 (which finished number 4 with the song "Marionett") and 1985 (with the song "Nu har det hänt igen", which finished unplaced). Forsberg was born in

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. Following her Melodifestivalen appearance, from the late 1980s until the early 2000s, she dubbed

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movies and cartoons, including ''

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''.

Awards

As a lyrics writer, she won

twice, with these songs: *1982: "

Dag efter dag "Dag efter dag" (; "Day after day") is a song in Swedish, with melody by Lasse Holm and text by Monica Forsberg. The pop and country group Chips (Kikki Danielsson and Elisabeth Andreassen) won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1982 with it. Chips, as ...

" with

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*1983: " Främling" with

Carola Häggkvist Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco ...

Other songs she has competed with in Melodifestivalen as lyrics writer: *1983: "Marionett" with Ritz, 4th *1984: "Nu är jag tillbaks igen" with Janne Önnerud, unplaced, "Schack och matt" with Rosa Körberg, unplaced *1985: "Eld och lågor" with Göran Folkestad, 3rd, "Nu har det hänt igen" with Ritz, unplaced *1986: "Fem i tolv" with Fredrik Willstrand, unplaced *1988: " 100%" with

Lotta Engberg Anna Charlotte "Lotta" Engberg (born Pedersen; 5 March 1963) is a Swedish singer. She represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with " Boogaloo" after winning Melodifestivalen 1987. She also tried many times in Melodifestivalen in 1984 ...

Triple & Touch Triple & Touch is a Swedish pop duo formed in Gothenburg in 1983. Earlier, Lasse Kronér (born 1962 in Gothenburg) was also a member until 1999, when he succeeded Leif Olsson for the leadership for the TV gameshow ''Bingolotto''. History ...

, 3rd, "Bang, en explosion" with Haakon Pedersen, 4th, "Kärlek är" with Sten Nilsson & Nilssonettes, unplaced *1996: "

Juliette & Jonathan "Juliette & Jonathan" is a 1996 Swedish language pop song that Lotta Engberg sang when she competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1996, and finished 3rd. The song was written by Monica Forsberg and Torgny Söderberg. Even Lena Philipsson has r ...

" with

, 3rd

References

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