Sonja Annika Maria Aldén (born 20 December 1977) is a

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singer mostly famous for her 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2020

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 ...

entries, and for working together with

Shirley Clamp Shirley Natasja Clamp (born 17 February 1973) is a British-Swedish pop singer.Shirley Clamp
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and

Sanna Nielsen Sanna Viktoria Nielsen (born 27 November 1984) is a Swedish singer and television presenter. On her seventh attempt, she won Melodifestivalen in 2014 with the song " Undo" and so represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenha ...

, as well as her songwriting for other artists. For example, the

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/ heavy metal band

The Poodles The Poodles were a glam metal/ heavy metal band from Sweden, formed by singer Jakob Samuel (a.k.a. Jake Samuels), bassist Pontus Egberg, guitarist Pontus Norgren and drummer Christian Lundqvist. Their songs include "Metal Will Stand Tall" and " ...

, who also participated in the Swedish

Melodifestivalen 2006 Melodifestivalen 2006 was the selection for the 46th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 45th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, ...

with the song "

Night of Passion Night of Passion is a song written by Robert Olausson, Maiti Alfonzetti, Sonja Aldén and Johan Lyander, and performed by The Poodles at Melodifestivalen 2006, ending up fourth. Single record The single was released on 13 March 2006 as the firs ...

". As a student she attended the

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Sonja Aldén at Melodifestivalen

*In the Swedish

, Sonja Aldén, presented as Sonya participated with "

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" but did not qualify for the final. *In the

Melodifestivalen 2007 Melodifestivalen 2007 was the selection for the 47th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 46th time that this system of picking a song has been used. Five heats took place to select the ten songs for the final, in J ...

, Sonja Aldén, participated with the

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" För att du finns", which reached "Andra Chansen" ("Second chance") when it finished 4th in the semifinal in

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on 17 February 2007. *She returned to the

Melodifestivalen 2012 Melodifestivalen 2012 is a Swedish song contest that was held between 4 February and 10 March 2012. It selected the fifty-second Swedish entry to be internationally represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 (ESC 2012). As in the editions be ...

after five years of absence with her song "

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" (In Your Heaven), but did not qualify for the final.

Break from Melodifestivalen

During the spring of 2017, she toured Sweden with the album "

Meningen med livet Meningen med livet was released on 24 March 2017, and is a studio album by Sonja Aldén Sonja Annika Maria Aldén (born 20 December 1977) is a Swedish singer mostly famous for her 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2020 Melodifestivalen entries, and for work ...

Return to Melodifestivalen

On 26 November 2019, SVT and Eurovision announced that Aldén would be among the 28 competing acts for Melodifestivalen 2020. She performed in the first semifinal with the song "Sluta aldrig gå", failing to qualify and ending in fifth place.

Discography

Albums

Joint albums

Singles

As Sanna, Shirley, Sonja Notes

References

External links

Official Website
(In Swedish)
Sonja Aldén UK Fan Club
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alden, Sonja 1977 births Living people People from St Albans Swedish-language singers Swedish pop singers Melodifestivalen contestants Schlager musicians 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers