"Månsken i augusti", written by

Torgny Söderberg Sten Torgny Söderberg (26 November 1944 – 5 August 2022) was a Swedish songwriter. He was mainly known for working with Lena Philipsson and wrote schlager songs such as " 100%", "Kärleken är evig" and " Diggi-loo diggi-ley".

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, is a song recorded by Lena Philipsson for her 1995 eponymous album.

Single

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was released in mid-1994, peaking at 38th position at the Swedish singles chart, and becoming a radio hit. The song was also tested for

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, where it stayed for 10 weeks during the period 6 August-8 October 1994, peaking at 5th position. The song was also tested for Tracks listan, where it stayed for one week, on 6 August 1994.

Other recordings

With lyrics in

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by Torgny Söderberg,

Christer Sjögren Hans Christer Sjögren (; born 6 April 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the dansband group Vikingarna (band), Vikingarna. Early life Hans Christer Sjögren was born in Hagfors, Swed ...

recorded the song on his 1996 album '' Varför är solen så röd'' as "Crying in the Moonlight". Arto Nuotio recorded the song in 1998 with lyrics in Finnish, as "Kuutamoisin illoin". In

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Paula Koivuniemi Paula Kristiina Koivuniemi (born 19 June 1947) is a Finnish singer who started her singing career in the 1960s. Koivuniemi released her first hit single "Perhonen" (''Butterfly'') in 1966. In the 1970s her career was in decline, but during the 198 ...

recorded the song with other lyrics in Finnish, as "Itken kuutamoon".Coverversionen - ''Cover-Versionen und Musikzitate-Datenbank''
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recorded the song in Italian, as "Giovedi D'agosto".

Charts

References

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