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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Instruments | Vocals |
Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors (born 12 May 1940) is a Finnish-Swedish singer[1] who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s.
Career[]
She was born in Helsinki, Finland, and 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.
- Eurovision Song Contest
Lindfors's performance of "Nygammal Vals" ("New, yet familiar waltz") with Svante Thuresson took second place in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest.
She was a presenter at 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. According to author John Kennedy O'Connor's book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, the EBU was not pleased with this stunt.[2] 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.
- Others
She has starred in several Swedish TV shows which have won awards in Montreux.
In 1998, she became Sweden's Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF.
Personal life[]
Lindfors lives in Stockholm, Sweden. She married director Peter Wester in 1969 and had a daughter Petronella. They were divorced in 1973.
Discography[]
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Albums[]
- 1964: Adam och Eva (with Owe Thörnqvist)
- 1967: Påsen (with Anders Linder)
- 1967: Du är den ende
- 1968: Kom i min värld
- 1970: Albin & Greta (with Svante Thuresson)
- 1970: Vi har varann
- 1970: Mellan dröm och verklighet
- 1971: Sång
- 1973: Kom igen!
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 |
Singles[]
(Selective)
- 1966: "Du är den ende" ("Romance")
- 1967: "En sån karl" ("Just Like a Man")
- 1967: "Hör min samba"
- 1968: "En man i byrån" ("If You Can Put That in a Bottle")
- 1968: "Teresa"
- 1969: "Mellan dröm och verklighet"
- 1970: "Axel Öhman" (duet with Svante Thuresson)
- 1973: "Månskugga"
- 1973: "Sången han sjöng var min egen" ("Killing Me Softly with His Song")
- 1978: "Om du nånsin kommer fram till Samarkand"
- 1978: "Tillsammans är ett sätt att finnas till"
- 1984: "Marias första dans"
See also[]
- List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
References[]
- ^ "Lill Lindfors". Discogs. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
- ^ "Lill Lindfors discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1966
- Finnish emigrants to Sweden
- Finnish female singers
- Melodifestivalen contestants
- Melodifestivalen winners
- Singers from Helsinki
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden
- Swedish female singers
- Swedish-language singers
- Swedish-speaking Finns