Möt mig i Gamla stan

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"Möt mig i Gamla stan"
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Single by Magnus Carlsson
Released 1 March 2015 (2015-03-01)
Format Digital download
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Length3:03
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Songwriter(s)
Magnus Carlsson singles chronology
"Tillsammans"
(2014)
"Möt mig i Gamla stan"
(2015)

"Tillsammans"
(2014)
"Möt mig i Gamla stan"
(2015)

"Möt mig i Gamla stan" (English: Meet me in Gamla stan ) is a song written by Thomas G:son and Lina Eriksson, and performed by Magnus Carlsson at Melodifestivalen 2015, where the song ended up 9th in the final. [1]

Gamla stan urban district in Stockholm, Sweden

Gamla stan, until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna, is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla stan includes the surrounding islets Riddarholmen, Helgeandsholmen, and Strömsborg.

Thomas G:son Swedish composer

Thomas Gustafsson is a Swedish composer and musician from Skövde, Västergötland, Sweden, north-east of Gothenburg. However, he is much more known nationally and internationally simply as Thomas G:son, his artistic name. Since 1998, Thomas has worked full-time as a songwriter for the company G:songs. In addition to writing and composing songs in many different musical genres for a living, he plays the guitar in the hard rock band, Masquerade. Thomas G:son is best known for the ninety songs he has written for national finals of twelve different countries for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC): fifty-two for Sweden, eleven for Spain, six for Norway, five for Denmark and Finland, three for Georgia, two for Poland & Malta, and one each for Cyprus, Latvia, Romania and Belgium. He has also reached the Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times, three times each for Sweden, Spain, and Georgia, twice for Cyprus and once each for Norway, Denmark and Malta. In 2012, G:son achieved his first victory as a winning composer at the Eurovision Song Contest with the entry "Euphoria".

Magnus Carlsson Swedish musician

Lars Magnus Carlsson is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados as well as a solo performer.

Chart positions

Chart (2015)Peak position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [2] 34

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References

  1. Emma Petersson (14 March 2015). "Måns Zelmerlöw är vinnaren i Melodifestivalen 2015" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. "Swedishcharts.com – Magnus Carlsson – Möt mig i Gamla stan". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 16 Feb 2016.