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Lill Lindfors | |
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Born | Maj Lillemor Lindfors 12 May 1940 Helsinki, Finland |
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Years active | 1960–present |
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Partner | Brasse Brännström (1974–1984) |
Children | 1 |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors (born 12 May 1940) is a Swedish singer [1] who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s.
Lindfors was born into a Swedish-speaking Finnish family in Helsinki, Finland, and she moved to Sweden with her family when she was eight years old. [2] She made her debut as a revue actress in Uddevalla in 1960. The following year she made her first recording. In the most recent decades, Lindfors has been known in Scandinavia for her "one-woman shows" in which she mixes music with a lot of comedy. She was one of the first artists who sang samba in Sweden, and she was also one of the first Swedish performers who did stand-up comedy in her shows.
Lindfors's performance of "Nygammal Vals" ("New, yet familiar waltz") with Svante Thuresson took second place in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest.
She was the presenter of the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was most famous for having a wardrobe malfunction live, during the contest, after passing through a part of the elaborate set. She later admitted it was a gag, but that it had not been rehearsed beforehand. The EBU was reportedly not pleased with the stunt. [3] It remains one of the most iconic moments in the contest's history. She also performed "Musik ska byggas utav glädje" ("My Joy Is Building Bricks of Music") as the contest's major opener.
She has starred in several Swedish TV shows which have won awards in Montreux.
In 1998, she became Sweden's Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF.
Lindfors lives in Stockholm, Sweden. She married director Peter Wester in 1969 and they had a daughter Petronella. They were divorced in 1974. She was then in relationship with the actor Brasse Brännström from 1974 to 1984. Since 1991 she has been married to the director Anders Byström.
Year | Album | Peak positions |
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1975 | "Fritt Fram" | 16 |
1976 | En sång att ta hem | 16 |
1978 | Du är det varmaste jag har | 2 |
1980 | Och människor ser igen | 34 |
1984 | Jag vill nå dig | 19 |
1986 | Om du var här | 27 |
1990 | Glädjor | 43 |
1997 | Utan gränser | 42 |
2002 | Ingen är så go' som du | 15 |
2004 | Lills bästa | 20 |
2006 | Här är den sköna sommaren | 12 |
2013 | Det bästa med Lill | 17 |
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