Cyndee Peters is a well known gospel singer and author in Sweden. She was born in 1946 in Granite Falls, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

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In addition to featuring in TV shows and concerts, she has also written two books:

• Timme för Timme, dag för dag (1988); 2nd edition 2005
• Vidare (1994)

In 1987 she came third in the Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen 1987

Melodifestivalen 1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio...

, the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

, with the song När morgonstjärnan brinner.

Over the years she has worked with many artists, including Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli....

 and Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole

Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...

. She lived in the Swedish town of Sollentuna for many years until moving back to USA in 2011. In 2004 she became an honorary member of Sweden's prestigious Order of Vasa

Order of Vasa

The Royal Order of Vasa was a Swedish Royal order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce. It was instituted on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III of Sweden...

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External links

• Cyndee Peters Official Website. Retrieved April 22, 2008.