Lill Lindfors

Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors (born 12 May 1940) is a Finnish-Swedish singer[1] who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s.

Lill Lindfors
Lindfors in 2015.
Background information
Birth nameMaj Lillemor Lindfors
Born (1940-05-12) 12 May 1940
Helsinki, Finland
GenresJazz, Schlager, Folk
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1960-present
Websitewww.lill-lindfors.nu

Career

She was born in Helsinki, Finland, and 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 a presenter at 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. According to author John Kennedy O'Connor's book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, the EBU was not pleased with this stunt.[2] 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 had a daughter Petronella. They were divorced in 1973.

Discography
Lill Lindfors showing her gold record alongside Bo Setterling, Marcus Österdahl, Curt Pettersson & 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!
Year Album Peak positions
SWE
[3]
1975 "Fritt Fram" 16
1976 En sång att ta hem 16
1978 Du är det varmaste jag har 2
1980 Och människor ser igen 34
1984 Jag vill nå dig 19
1986 Om du var här 27
1990 Glädjor 43
1997 Utan gränser 42
2002 Ingen är så go' som du 15
2004 Lills bästa 20
2006 Här är den sköna sommaren 12
2013 Det bästa med Lill 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"
  • 1978: "Om du nånsin kommer fram till Samarkand"
  • 1978: "Tillsammans är ett sätt att finnas till"
  • 1984: "Marias första dans"

See also

References
  1. "Lill Lindfors". Discogs. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
  3. "Lill Lindfors discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
Preceded by
Désirée Nosbusch		 Eurovision Song Contest presenter
1985		 Succeeded by
Åse Kleveland
Preceded by
Ingvar Wixell
with "Absent Friend"		 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
(with Svante Thuresson)
1966		 Succeeded by
Östen Warnerbring
with "Som en dröm"
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