Lill Lindfors
Encyclopedia
Helsinki
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) is a Finland-Swedish/Swedish
Sweden
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singer. Born in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
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she has been performing in Scandinavia
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with minor and major success since the 1960s. She debuted as a revue
Revue
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...
actress in Uddevalla
Uddevalla
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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
Comedy
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. She was one of the first artists who sang samba
Samba
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in Sweden, and she was also one of the first Swedish performers who did stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...
in her shows.
She was married in 1969 to director Peter Wester, with whom she has one child. The couple divorced in 1973. She lives in Stockholm
Stockholm
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, Sweden.
Eurovision Song Contest
Lindfors's performance of "Nygammal Vals (Hip Man Svinaherde)" ("New-Old Waltz (Hip Pig Breeder)") with Svante ThuressonSvante Thuresson
Svante Thuresson is a Swedish jazz music musician and singer. He started his career as a drummer, before joining the band Gals and Pals in 1963...
took second place in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest.
She was a presenter at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
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, Sweden, and was most famous for suffering a wardrobe malfunction
Wardrobe malfunction
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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
John Kennedy O'Connor
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's book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, the EBU
European Broadcasting Union
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was not pleased with this stunt. It remains one of the most iconic moments in the contest's history. She also performed "Musik skall byggas utav glädje" ("My Joy Is Building Bricks of Music") as the contest's major opener.
She has starred in several Swedish TV-shows which have been awarded in Montreaux.
In 1998, she became Sweden's Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF.
Lindfors released a new single in 2006, "Ditt Vackra Leende".
Selected chart rankings
- 1966 - "Du Är Den Ende" - 4#
- 1969 - "En Man I Byrån" - 1#
- 1973 - Kom Igen (album) - 2#