Lill Lindfors

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Lill Lindfors
Lindfors in 2012
Born	Maj Lillemor Lindfors (1940-05-12) 12 May 1940 (age 81) Helsinki, Finland
Occupation	Singer songwriter musician
Years active	1960–present
Musical career
Genres	Jazz schlager folk
Instruments	Vocals
Musical artist

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[]

Lill Lindfors showing her gold record alongside Bo Setterling, Marcus Österdahl, Curt Pettersson & Ivan Nordström (3 May 1968)

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!

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[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lill Lindfors.

• Eurovision 1966 Information
• Eurovision 1985 Information
• Ms. Lindfors's official website
• Ms. Lindfors presenting the votes at the Eurovision Grand Prix on YouTube^{[dead link]}
• Ms. Lindfors' wardrobe malfunction on YouTube

Preceded by Désirée Nosbusch	Eurovision Song Contest presenter 1985	Succeeded by Åse Kleveland
Preceded by Ingvar Wixell with "Absent Friend"	Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest (with Svante Thuresson) 1966	Succeeded by Östen Warnerbring with "Som en dröm"