Lill Lindfors
{{short description|Finnish-Swedish singer (born 1940)}}
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{{Expand Swedish|topic=bio|date=January 2013}}
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| birth_name = Maj Lillemor Lindfors
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| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland
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| years_active = 1960–present
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| partner = Brasse Brännström (1974–1984)
| children = 1
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| instrument = Vocals
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Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors (born 12 May 1940) is a Swedish singer{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/312156-Lill-Lindfors|title=Lill Lindfors|publisher=Discogs|access-date=22 December 2014|archive-date=13 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213145716/https://www.discogs.com/artist/312156-Lill-Lindfors|url-status=live}} who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s. She and Svante Thuresson performed the song "Nygammal Vals" ("New, yet familiar waltz") as the Swedish entrants in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest.
Career
Lindfors was born into a Swedish-speaking Finnish family in Helsinki, Finland, and she moved to Sweden with her family when she was eight years old.{{Cite web |url=https://areena.yle.fi/podcastit/1-1439919 |title=Muistojen bulevardi: San Antonio Rose |date=18 April 2015 |publisher=Yle |language=fi |access-date=17 February 2023 |quote=syntyi Helsingissä suomenruotsalaiseen perheeseen, mutta muutti jo kahdeksanvuotiaana perheineen Ruotsiin}} She made her debut as a revue actress in Uddevalla in 1960. The following year she made her first recording. 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. She was one of the first artists who sang samba in Sweden, and she was also one of the first Swedish performers who did stand-up comedy in her shows.
;Eurovision Song Contest
Lindfors's performance of "Nygammal Vals" ("New, yet familiar waltz") with Svante Thuresson took second place in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest.
She was the presenter of the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was most famous for having a wardrobe malfunction 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. The EBU was reportedly not pleased with the stunt.O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-84442-994-3}} It remains one of the most iconic moments in the contest's history. She also performed "Musik ska byggas utav glädje" ("My Joy Is Building Bricks of Music") as the contest's major opener.
;Others
She has starred in several Swedish TV shows which have won awards in Montreux.
In 1998, she became Sweden's Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF.
Personal life
Lindfors lives in Stockholm, Sweden. She married director Peter Wester in 1969 and they had a daughter Petronella. They were divorced in 1974. She was then in relationship with the actor Brasse Brännström from 1974 to 1984. Since 1991 she has been married to the director Anders Byström.
Discography
Image:Lill Lindfors 8 maj 1968.jpg, Curt Peterson & Ivan Nordström (3 May 1968)]]
=Albums=
- 1964: Adam och Eva (with Owe Thörnqvist)
- 1967: Påsen (with Anders Linder)
- 1967: Du är den ende
- 1968: Kom i min värld
- 1970: Albin & Greta (with Svante Thuresson)
- 1970: Vi har varann
- 1970: Mellan dröm och verklighet
- 1971: Sång
- 1973: Kom igen!
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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="150"|Album !align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE {{cite web | url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lill+Lindfors | title=Lill Lindfors discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=swedishcharts.com | access-date=3 January 2013 | archive-date=14 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214033149/http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lill+Lindfors | url-status=live }} |
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| style="text-align:center;"|1975
|"Fritt Fram" | style="text-align:center;"|16 |
| style="text-align:center;"|1976
|En sång att ta hem | style="text-align:center;"|16 |
| style="text-align:center;"|1978
|Du är det varmaste jag har | style="text-align:center;"|2 |
| style="text-align:center;"|1980
|Och människor ser igen | style="text-align:center;"|34 |
| style="text-align:center;"|1984
|Jag vill nå dig | style="text-align:center;"|19 |
| style="text-align:center;"|1986
|Om du var här | style="text-align:center;"|27 |
| style="text-align:center;"|1990
|Glädjor | style="text-align:center;"|43 |
| style="text-align:center;"|1997
|Utan gränser | style="text-align:center;"|42 |
| style="text-align:center;"|2002
|Ingen är så go' som du | style="text-align:center;"|15 |
| style="text-align:center;"|2004
|Lills bästa | style="text-align:center;"|20 |
| style="text-align:center;"|2006
|Här är den sköna sommaren | style="text-align:center;"|12 |
| style="text-align:center;"|2013
|Det bästa med Lill | style="text-align:center;"|17 |
=Singles=
(Selective)
- 1966: "Du är den ende" ("Romance")
- 1967: "En sån karl" ("Just Like a Man")
- 1967: "Hör min samba"
- 1968: "En man i byrån" ("If You Can Put That in a Bottle")
- 1968: "Teresa"
- 1969: "Mellan dröm och verklighet"
- 1970: "Axel Öhman" (duet with Svante Thuresson)
- 1973: "Månskugga"
- 1973: "Sången han sjöng var min egen" ("Killing Me Softly with His Song")
- 1978: "Om du nånsin kommer fram till Samarkand"
- 1978: "Tillsammans är ett sätt att finnas till"
- 1984: "Marias första dans"
See also
References
External links
{{Commons category|Lill Lindfors}}
- [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1966 Eurovision 1966 Information]
- [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1985 Eurovision 1985 Information]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061004073212/http://lill-lindfors.nu/ Ms. Lindfors's official website]
- {{YouTube|dfBFtFQYqU0|Ms. Lindfors presenting the votes at the Eurovision Grand Prix}}{{Dead link|date=February 2016}}
- {{YouTube|QZJlFIdG8R8|Ms. Lindfors' wardrobe malfunction}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025}}
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{{succession box |
before={{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Désirée Nosbusch |
title=Eurovision Song Contest presenter |
years=1985 |
after={{flagicon|Norway}} Åse Kleveland
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before=Ingvar Wixell
with "Absent Friend" |
title=Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest |
years=(with Svante Thuresson)
1966 |
after=Östen Warnerbring
with "Som en dröm"
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{{Eurovision Song Contest 1966|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Finnish emigrants to Sweden
Category:20th-century Finnish women singers
Category:Melodifestivalen winners
Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants
Category:Singers from Helsinki
Category:20th-century Swedish women singers