Anna Sofia Helena Källgren, known as Sofia Källgren (born 17 August 1970,

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, Sweden), is a

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singer. She sings in two other languages, English and Mandarin Chinese, in addition to in

. In 1982 she debuted on the TV-program '' Gomorron Sverige'' on

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. In 1986 she performed the song " I Know Him So Well" from '' Chess'' in ''De okändas revy'' leading to participation in a televised talent show ''Folkparkernas talangjakt''. In 1987 she was awarded the

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-scholarship. Källgren performed a song, "Världen är vacker", entered to Melodifestivalen 1989. The song was not selected, but Källgren was offered to perform the song " Världen är vår" with ''Visitors''. In

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she entered again and performed " Handen på hjärtat" solo backed up by three dancers wearing partial fursuits. She has performed as Belle in the Swedish version of '' Beauty and the Beast'', as Odette in '' The Swan Princess'', and as Rainbow Twilight Brite, Rare Twilight Brite, Happy Twilight Brite, Pink Twilight Brite, Purple Twilight Brite, Unicorn Twilight Brite, Pegasus Twilight Brite, Cinderella, Alice, Princess Aurora, and Belle in ''

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''. She was awarded

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(The Golden Mask) for her 1998 performance in the musical '' Miss Saigon'' at

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in Stockholm. Källgren has performed in several church concerts and festivals. In 2000 she toured with Rhapsody in Rock, replacing Carola Häggkvist, and that Christmas she toured with

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and

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. Together with Robert Wells she participated in

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, but failed to reach the final. Källgren lives in

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with her husband and their son and daughter.

Selected discography

Albums

*''Handen på hjärtat'' (1990) *''

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'' (1990) *''Min älskade'' (1992) *''Skönheten och odjuret'' (soundtrack) (1992) *''Mina sånger'' (1994) *''My Love'' (2003) *''東方西方 (Eastward Westward) vol. 1'' (2005) *''東方西方 (Eastward Westward) vol. 2'' (2006) *''Cinema Paradiso'' (2008)

Singles

*" Längtans vind" / "Världen är vacker" (1989) *"Phantom of the Opera" / "Wherever You Go" (duet with Uffe Persson) (1989) *"Världen är vår" / "The World in Our Hands" (with Visitors) (1989) *"This Time" / "Jag kan se en ängel" (1990) *"Kärleken är en hemlighet" / "Regnbågen" (1991) *"

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" / "Luften jag andas (kärlekens mjuka röst)" (1992) *"Skönheten och odjuret" (duet with Tommy Körberg) / "Till marknaden" / "Kampen på torget" (1992) *"För längre än för alltid" (duet with Roger Pontare) (1995) *"Fri" / "En vinterdag" (from the film '' Sprängaren'') (2001) *"My Love" (with Robert Wells) (2003) *"Eastward Westward" (2005) The song " Handen på hjärtat" also charted on Svensktoppen

External links

Official webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kallgren, Sofia English-language singers from Sweden Musicians from Gothenburg 1970 births Living people 20th-century Swedish women singers 21st-century Swedish women singers Melodifestivalen contestants of 2003 Melodifestivalen contestants of 1990 Melodifestivalen contestants of 1989