Christer Lindarw
{{Short description|Swedish entertainer}}
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| image = Christer Lindarw 2015.jpg
| caption = Lindarw in Stockholm in March 2015
| birth_name = Bert Christer Lindarv{{cite book |title=Sveriges befolkning 1980 |year=2004 |publisher=Sveriges släktforskarförb. |location=Stockholm |type=CD |language=sv |isbn=91-87676-37-0 |id={{LIBRIS|9632925}}}}
| alias = (1976) Zsa Zsa Shakespeer
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|03|03|df=y}}
| origin = Sweden
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| genre = Entertainer
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File:Christer Lindarw & Roger Jönsson "Fever" Wild Side Story 1976.jpg in 1976]]
Christer Lindarw (born 3 March 1953) is a Swedish clothes designer, actor, drag queen entertainer, and the leader of drag group After Dark.
File:Emil Eikner, Christer Lindarw & Wild Side Story cast 2013.jpg in Stockholm's Old Town in 2013]]
Career
Lindarw was born in Eskilstuna, Södermanland County.{{cite web|url=https://www.ekuriren.se/kultur-noje/after-dark-i-eskilstuna-nastan-slutsalt/|title="This is it" snart slutsåld i Eskilstuna|date=13 September 2017|publisher=Eskilstuna-Kuriren|accessdate=7 March 2018|url-access=subscription}} He was educated at Beckmans designhögskola in Stockholm. His 1976 stage debut was as Zsa Zsa Shakespeer for director Lars Jacob{{cite book |last=Westerling |first=Kalle |title=La dolce vita: trettio år med drag |year=2006 |publisher=Normal |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=91-85505-15-3 |id={{LIBRIS|10142147}} |page=22}}{{cite book |last1=Lindarw |first1=Christer |last2=Kellberg |first2=Christina |title="This is my life" |year=2016 |publisher=Bonnier fakta |location=[Stockholm] |language=sv |isbn=978-91-7424-533-2 |id={{LIBRIS|19413819}} |page=83}} in Wild Side Story at Alexandra Charles's club,Månads Journalen, Stockholm, Feb. issue 1996, cover & p. 34-41{{cite book |last1=Lindarw |first1=Christer |last2=Kellberg |first2=Christina |title="This is my life" |year=2016 |publisher=Bonnier fakta |location=[Stockholm] |language=sv |isbn=978-91-7424-533-2 |id={{LIBRIS|19413819}} |pages=75–76 & 122}} "Lars Jacob, en kille som jobbat i USA, skulle tillsammans med Alexandra Charles sätta upp en parodi på West Side Story på hennes nattklubb." (p. 75) & "Genom den uppsättningen föste Lars Jacob in oss och mig i dragshowfållan." (p. 122) & "TACK Lars Jacob, Alexandra Charles och Sergio Campogiani - ni förändrade mitt liv när ni i starten trodde på mig ..." (p. 264)... " and he staged his first major production at Hamburger Börs in 1980 together with Roger Jönsson and Lars Flinckman, Lindarw's future co-star of many years from stage shows with their group After Dark. After Dark participated in Melodifestivalen with the song La dolce vita and placed third in the final in Globen.{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/lasse-flinckman-levde-la-dolce-vita/|title=Lasse Flinckman levde la dolce vita|date=27 April 2016 |publisher=|accessdate=7 March 2018}}
Lindarws interest in drag showing started after an masquerade where the theme was reversed gender roles.{{cite web|url=https://www.ekuriren.se/kulturnoje/hektisk-host-i-hogklackat-vantar-lindarw/|title=Hektisk höst i högklackat väntar Lindarw|date=10 September 2016|publisher=Eskilstuna-Kuriren|accessdate=7 March 2018|url-access=subscription}} On Jönsson's recommendation he had started to appear in drag in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.allas.se/christer-lindarw-det-kanns-tomt-att-jag-inte-kan-ringa-lasse/|title=Christer Lindarw: Det känns tomt att jag inte kan ringa Lasse|date=17 October 2016|publisher=|accessdate=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308105254/https://www.allas.se/christer-lindarw-det-kanns-tomt-att-jag-inte-kan-ringa-lasse/|archive-date=8 March 2018|url-status=dead}}
Lindarw hosted shows at the nightclub Shazam for a few months and then started the drag show group After Dark and opened his own nightclub with the same name at David Bagares gata in Stockholm.{{cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article22245569.ab|title=After Dark går i pension - gör sista showen i höst|date=12 February 2016 |publisher=Aftonbladet|accessdate=7 March 2018}} The group had its big breakthrough called Förför Sverige i tiden at Hamburger Börs.{{cite web|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-09-12/this-is-it-for-after-dark|title=This is it för After Dark|date=12 September 2017 |publisher=Sydsvenskan|accessdate=7 March 2018}}
Christer Lindarw also started designing dresses for his friend Lill Lindfors, one being the dress that accidentally "fell off" her during her introduction at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/lill-lindforstappade-kjolen |title=Lill Lindfors tappade kjolen |first=Harry |last=Amster |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |date=31 October 2013 |language=Swedish |access-date=June 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208162158/https://www.svd.se/lill-lindforstappade-kjolen |archive-date=December 8, 2015}}
In 2017, Lindarw performed the surprise finale number, imitating Queen Silvia of Sweden, during the annual televised show in Öland for Crown Princess Victoria's 40th birthday.Sveriges Television Channel 1 2017-07-14 10 pm local time In the fall of 2016 Bonniers had published a lauded book about his life.{{cite web |url=http://www.bonnierforlagen.se/nyhetsrum/nyheter/2017/10/26/publishingpriset-till-bonnier-faktas-hemkunskap-och-life/ |title=Publishingpriset till Bonnier Faktas Hemkunskap och This is my life |last=Fakta |first=Bonnier |date=October 26, 2017 |language=Swedish |website=Bonniers |access-date=June 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206073530/http://www.bonnierforlagen.se/nyhetsrum/nyheter/2017/10/26/publishingpriset-till-bonnier-faktas-hemkunskap-och-life/ |archive-date=February 6, 2018}} Simultaneously, Lindarw began another media-praised show tour around Sweden, with him alone leading his cast; all sold out, it wrapped up a year later at Oscarsteatern in Stockholm, also ending the four decades of successful performances of After Dark.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/nar-nazister-marscherar-behover-vi-synas-mer-an-nagonsin |title=När nazister marscherar behöver vi synas mer än någonsin |first=Lars |last=Ring |website=Svenska Dagbladet |date=29 September 2017 |language=Swedish |access-date=June 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929090911/https://www.svd.se/nar-nazister-marscherar-behover-vi-synas-mer-an-nagonsin |archive-date=September 29, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://tidningenkulturvinden.blogspot.se/2017/11/after-dark-this-is-it-nypremiar-pa.html |title=After Dark - This is it - Nypremiär på Oscarsteatern! - Ett glittrande vackert Memento Mori |date=November 1, 2017 |website=Kulturvinden |language=Swedish |access-date=June 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206002644/http://tidningenkulturvinden.blogspot.se/2017/11/after-dark-this-is-it-nypremiar-pa.html |archive-date=February 6, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/after-dark-tar-adjo-med-rivig-familjefest-vwmk |title=This is it! After Dark |website=Svenska Dagbladet |date=15 September 2017 |language=Swedish |access-date=June 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915094708/https://www.svd.se/after-dark-tar-adjo-med-rivig-familjefest-vwmk |archive-date=September 15, 2017 |last1=Granath |first1=Sara }}
Outside Sweden Christer Lindarw is known mainly for performances in California and Spain and for clothes he has designed for international celebrities such as Diana Ross.{{cite book |last1=Lindarw |first1=Christer |last2=Kellberg |first2=Christina |title="This is my life" |year=2016 |publisher=Bonnier fakta |location=[Stockholm] |language=sv |isbn=978-91-7424-533-2 |id={{LIBRIS|19413819}} |page=20f}}
In 2023, Lindarw was a guest celebrity judge in the episode Drag-a'-mera! of the Swedish language reality television series Drag Race Sverige broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play.{{Cite web |date=March 19, 2023 |title=Drag Race Sverige: Vanity Win, riviga Robert & en lam lipsync |url=https://www.qx.se/noje/244747/drag-race-sverige-vanity-win-imponerande-imaa-vassa-fredrik/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=www.qx.se |language=Swedish}}
Family
His father was the international speedway rider Bert Lindarw.{{cite web |url=https://www.hant.se/noje/christer-lindarws-sorg--fina-orden-till-bortgangne-pappan-bert-lindarw/7088571|title=Christer Lindarw's grief - nice words to the deceased father|website=Hant|date=19 November 2020|access-date=7 August 2021}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Lindarw |first1=Christer |last2=Kellberg |first2=Christina |title="This is my life" |year=2016 |publisher=Bonnier fakta |location=[Stockholm] |language=sv |isbn=978-91-7424-533-2 |id={{LIBRIS|19413819}}}}
References
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041018113131/http://www.lindarw.net/ Christer Lindarw i After Dark]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130753/http://www.afterdark.se/ After Dark - La dolce vita]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041206174737/http://www.afterdark.nu/ www.afterdark.nu - After Dark's history]
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