Vicki Benckert, born 17 October 1960, is a Swedish

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....

 pop singer

Pop music

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Vicki Benckert broke through in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1984

Melodifestivalen 1984

Melodifestivalen 1984 was the selection for the 24th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 23rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio...

, where she had written three of the songs "Kärleksmagi", "Sankta Cecilia" and "Livet är som ett träd". She sang "Livet är som ett träd". Of the 90 songs selected to participate in Melodifestivalen 1984

Melodifestivalen 1984

Melodifestivalen 1984 was the selection for the 24th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 23rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio...

, she wrote, or sang in, seven.

She also performed in the Schlagerfestival in Sopot

Sopot

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, Poland

Poland

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, where she won three prizes out of four for singing. She then performed in Moscow

Moscow

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 to an audience of 80,000. She was also one of many famous backing vocalists for Tommy Nilsson

Tommy Nilsson

Erik Tommy Nilsson is a Swedish rock singer and composer. Swedish critics state that he has one of the best voices of Sweden....

, for his song, En Dag

En dag

"En dag" is a ballad, which was the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1989 winning song and entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, where it finished 4th...

, which represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989

The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 6 May 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Switzerland gained the hosting rights after Celine Dion's victory in Dublin the previous year. The presenters were Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux. Riva was the winner of...

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She has also sung in the choir for Army of Lovers

Army Of Lovers

Army of Lovers are a Swedish dance music group formed in 1987.The name of the band alludes to a documentary Armee der Liebenden oder Revolte der Perversen about the German gay rights activist Rosa von Praunheim, the title of which in turn alludes to the Theban Band.-History:The founding members,...

, Tomas Ledin

Tomas Ledin

Tomas Folke Jonas Ledin is a Swedish singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken.Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when his first single, Då ska jag spela, was a big hit...

, Niklas Strömstedt

Niklas Strömstedt

Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt, born on 25 July 1958 in Lund, Sweden, is a pop singer and songwriter.- Early years :Son of Bo Strömstedt, a former editor in chief at Expressen, and Margareta Strömstedt, author, journalist and translator.- Career :...

, Christer Sandelin, Tommy Körberg

Tommy Körberg

Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg is a Swedish singer, actor, and musician. In 1969, he won Swedish Recording Industry Award Grammis in a category Best Debut Performance. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role in the Benny Andersson–Björn Ulvaeus–Tim Rice musical Chess...

 and Carola Häggkvist

Carola Häggkvist

Carola Maria Häggkvist , better known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music...

. She has toured the world together with Roxette

Roxette

Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...

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Vicki still performs in the Stockholm Pride

Stockholm Pride

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event, on keyboard, guitar, and as a vocalist.

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