Monica Dominique
Encyclopedia
Monica Dominique was born on July 20, 1940 in Västerås
, Västmanland County
, Sweden
.
She started her career as an actress in 1969, playing the character Lotten in the TV movie Spader, Madame.
In the early 1970s, she was a musician in the group Bäska Droppar, which later changed their name to Solar Plexus.
She and her husband Carl-Axel Dominique composed the song "You're Summer
" for the Swedish group Nova
to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest
in Luxembourg in 1973.
She continued her acting career well into the late 1990s, and today continues to play music with her husband, Carl-Axel.
Västerås
Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...
, Västmanland County
Västmanland County
Västmanland County is a county or län in central Sweden. It borders to the counties of Södermanland, Örebro, Gävleborg, Dalarna and Uppsala...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
She started her career as an actress in 1969, playing the character Lotten in the TV movie Spader, Madame.
In the early 1970s, she was a musician in the group Bäska Droppar, which later changed their name to Solar Plexus.
She and her husband Carl-Axel Dominique composed the song "You're Summer
You're Summer
"You're Summer" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in English by Claes af Geijerstam and Göran Fristorp as Nova....
" for the Swedish group Nova
Malta (band)
Malta was a Swedish band. It was a duo consisting of Claes af Geijerstam and Göran Fristorp. In 1973, they had to change their band name to Nova in order to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 to perform the song "You're Summer" in Luxembourg, which would put them in 5th place....
to perform at 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...
in Luxembourg in 1973.
She continued her acting career well into the late 1990s, and today continues to play music with her husband, Carl-Axel.