Ann-Christine Nyström
{{short description|Finnish singer (1944–2022)}}
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| name = Ann-Christine Nyström
| image =Ann-Christine-1962.jpg
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| birth_name = Ann-Christine Nyström
| alias = Ann-Christine
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1944|07|26}}
| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|05|1944|07|26|df=y}}
| death_place = Järfälla, Sweden
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| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1962–1973
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Ann-Christine Nyström-Silén ({{nee|Nyström}}; 26 July 1944 – 5 October 2022),{{cite web |last1=Laari |first1=Susanna |last2=Körkkö |first2=Hilla |title= 1960-luvun suosikkilaulaja Ann-Christine on kuollut |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000009122290.html |website=Helsingin Sanomat |access-date=9 October 2022 |language=fi |date=9 October 2022}} also known by her stage name Ann-Christine, was a Finnish singer who performed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Finland with the song "Playboy".[http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=22 Eurovision: Finland], accessed 2010-08-17{{r|helsingin}}
Career
Nyström with the Ulla Ja Tiina recorded the Jack Jordan and Barbara Ruskin composition, "Hail Love!" which was released in Finland as "Vie vaan!" on Sonet T 6538 in 1969.Easy Song - [https://www.easysong.com/search/songs/song-copyright-holder-information.aspx?s=1307817 Hail Love By Jack Jordan and Barbara Ruskin]45Cat - [https://www.45cat.com/artist/ann-christine-ulla-ja-tiina Ann Christine, Ulla ja Tiina - Discography]
Nyström chose to end her musical career in 1973 after 11 years in show business, and moved to Stockholm, Sweden, in 1976, where she lived until her death.
Nyström died in Stockholm on 5 October 2022, at the age of 78.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tanssiin.fi/60-luvun-iskelma-ja-viisutahti-ann-christine-on-menehtynyt/|title=60-luvun iskelmä- ja viisutähti Ann-Christine on menehtynyt | Tanssiin.fi|date=8 October 2022}}
References
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{{cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/ihmiset/art-2000002748642.html |title=Suosikkiartisti Ann-Christine lauloi Euroviisuissa Playboysta, mutta pian sen jälkeen hän lopetti |last=Kallionpää |first=Katri |date=26 July 2014 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi |access-date=3 September 2021}}
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with Aurinko laskee länteen
| title=Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
| years=1966
| after=Fredi
with Varjoon – suojaan
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Category:20th-century Finnish women singers
Category:Finnish expatriates in Sweden
Category:Singers from Helsinki
Category:Swedish-speaking Finns
Category:Sonet Records artists
Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants
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