Wiktoria Vendela Johansson (born 8 November 1996), known professionally as simply Wiktoria, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She first achieved public attention during

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, where she placed fourth.

Life and career

Johansson was born on 8 November 1996 in

Brämhult Brämhult is a locality in Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Västra Götaland, Sweden. Brämhult was originally an agrarian village formed around a medieval wooden church, the oldest parts of which have been dated to the mid-15th ce ...

, a suburb of

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. In 2011, she participated in

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and placed fourth with the self-penned song "Jag behöver dig". On 30 November 2015, Johansson was announced as one of the 28 participants in

with the song " Save Me". She performed last in the second semi-final held on 13 February 2016, and qualified directly to the final. In the final, Johansson placed fourth with the juries, second with the Swedish public, and fourth overall. Johansson also voices Moana in the Swedish dub of the 2016 film '' Moana''. She competed in

Melodifestivalen 2017 Melodifestivalen 2017 was the 57th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a s ...

with the song " As I Lay Me Down", qualifying once again directly to the final, where she finished sixth overall; eight with the juries, and second with the public. She was the Swedish spokesperson in the

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, and toured with the ''Diggiloo Tour'' (in Swedish: ''Diggilooturnén''), during the summer. She participated in Stjärnornas stjärna broadcast on

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in 2018, where she finished in fifth place out of eight contestants. She participated in

Melodifestivalen 2019 Melodifestivalen 2019 was the 59th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen and was held between 2 February 2019 and 9 March 2019. Presenters were Sarah Dawn Finer, Kodjo Akolor, Marika Carlsson and Eric Saade. Edward af Sillé ...

with the song "Not with Me", qualifying directly to the final for the third time, where she finished sixth overall; sixth with the juries and eighth with the public. On 30 April 2021, Wiktoria released "Need You to Know" and announced the forthcoming released of her debut album, which was released in June 2021.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Notes

Filmography

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Wiktoria Living people Swedish women singers Swedish pop singers 1996 births Melodifestivalen contestants People from Borås Swedish songwriters Swedish voice actresses Swedish country singers 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers