Lill Lindfors

Lill Lindfors

Lindfors in 2015.
Background information
Birth name Maj Lillemor Lindfors
Born (1940-05-12) 12 May 1940
Helsinki, Finland
Genres Jazz, Schlager, Folk
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1960-present
Website www.lill-lindfors.nu
Lill Lindfors as UNICEF Good Will Ambssador (2012)

Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors, born 12 May 1940 in Helsinki, Finland is a Swedish singer.[1] She has been performing in Scandinavia with minor and major success since the 1960s.

Career

She debuted as a revue actress in Uddevalla in 1960 and the following year as a recording artist. 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 been awarded in Montreaux.

In 1998, she became Sweden's Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF.

Personal life

She was married in 1969 to director Peter Wester, with whom she has one child, a daughter named Petronella Wester (born September 7, 1969). The couple divorced in 1973. She lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Discography

Lill Lindfors showing her gold record alongside other Swedish artists (3 May 1968)

Albums

Year Album Peak positions
SWE
[3]
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)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lill Lindfors". Discogs. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ↑ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
  3. ↑ "Lill Lindfors discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lill Lindfors.
Preceded by
Luxembourg Désirée Nosbusch		 Eurovision Song Contest presenter
1985 		Succeeded by
Norway 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"
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.