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" in the early 1980s and early 1990s, and the group had hit songs like "Vindarna" and "Det gör mig så lycklig". Since 1994, Svenningsson has been a solo artist. His first four solo albums sold approximately 300,000 copies. In 2002,

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launched a series of TV commercials for Pripps Blå, with Uno Svenningsson's song "Vågorna" as background music. In 2007, Uno Svenningsson joined

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to participate in the Swedish

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, and compete for the chance to represent Sweden in the

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. They participated in the semi-finals in

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with the song " God morgon". They qualified for the second chance round of Melodifestivalen. On 3 March 2007, they lost in the first voting of "second chance" against

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and were eliminated from the contest. In 2016, he joined fellow singers Patrik Isaksson and

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to sing at

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with the song "Håll mitt hjärta hårt", but the trio identified as Patrik, Tommy & Uno failed to make it to "second chance" or the finals and was eliminated from the contest. In 2017, he participated in season 8 of ''

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''.

Discography

Albums

*'' Uno'' (1994) *'' …due!'' (1996) *'' Möss & människor'' (1998) *'' I det osynliga'' (2001) *'' Uno & Freda – Samling 2002 (compilation album, 2002) *'' Ett andetag från dig'' (2004) *''

Sånger för december ''Sånger för december'' was released on 22 November 2006, and is a Christmas album by Uno Svenningsson and Irma Schultz Keller, with guests. The Christmas songs were newly-written and newly-translated original songs, but no traditional Christma ...

'' (2006) feat.

*'' Jag sjunger för dig'' (2008) *''

December - En svensk jul ''December: En svensk jul'' is a Christmas album by Uno Svenningsson and Irma Schultz Keller, released in 2011. Track listing #Viskar en bön (Peter Hallström, Mauro Scocco) # Stilla natt (Stille Nacht, Heilige nacht) (Peter Hallström, Mauro ...

'' (2011) (with Irma Schultz Keller) *'' 7'' (2013) *'' Andras sånger'' (2018) *''

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'' (2020)

Singles

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1959 births Melodifestivalen contestants Living people Swedish male singers Swedish-language singers {{Sweden-singer-stub