Christer Samuel Björkman (; born 25 August 1957) is a Swedish singer and television producer. He
represented Sweden in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "
I morgon är en annan dag". From 2002 to 2021, he served as a producer of
Melodifestivalen, and remained an important figure in Melodifestivalen and the
Eurovision Song Contest. He stepped down from this position after
Melodifestivalen 2021, and is currently working at Voxovation, a
Los Angeles
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-based company that focuses on expanding the Eurovision Song Contest brand into other markets.
Biography
Björkman was born in
Borås as the son of gaming entrepreneur Ulla Björkman (b. 1939). He never met his father while he was alive. He began working as a hairdresser, and soon had his own hair salon in
Borås.
In 1985, Björkman started his entertainment career by recording a song called "Våga och vinn", which was produced by Bruno Glenmark.
Björkman won
Melodifestivalen 1992 with "
I morgon är en annan dag", and represented Sweden at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1992. He finished second last, Sweden's worst result at the contest since 1977. He entered Melodifestivalen a second and third time in
1993
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with "Välkommen till livet" and
1999
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with a song called "Välkommen hem" which finished last among the ten participants.
From 2002 to 2021, Björkman held the position of contest producer of
Melodifestivalen.
Björkman was the show producer of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
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in Malmö, Sweden, after
Loreen's victory the year prior. He has acted as a juror at the national selections of other countries, and served as contest producer of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
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in Stockholm following
Måns Zelmerlöw's victory the year prior.
In 2016, he was chosen to be one of three expert jurors at the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in
Valletta
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, Malta. In 2018, he was invited as an international juror for Sweden at
''Destination Eurovision 2018''.
Personal life
Björkman is openly gay, and is married to Martin Kagemark.
References
External links
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1957 births
Living people
People from Borås
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1992
Melodifestivalen contestants
Melodifestivalen winners
LGBT singers from Sweden
20th-century Swedish male singers
Gay musicians
20th-century LGBT people
21st-century LGBT people
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