Lill Lindfors

Lill Lindfors
Lindfors in 2015.
Background information
Birth name	Maj Lillemor Lindfors
Born	12 May 1940 Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Jazz, Schlager, Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1960-present
Website	www.lill-lindfors.nu

Lill Lindfors as UNICEF Good Will Ambssador (2012)

Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors, born 12 May 1940 in Helsinki, Finland is a Swedish singer.^[1] She has been performing in Scandinavia with minor and major success since the 1960s.

Career

She debuted as a revue actress in Uddevalla in 1960 and the following year as a recording artist. 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 been awarded in Montreaux.

In 1998, she became Sweden's Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF.

Personal life

She was married in 1969 to director Peter Wester, with whom she has one child, a daughter named Petronella Wester (born September 7, 1969). The couple divorced in 1973. She lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Discography

Lill Lindfors showing her gold record alongside other Swedish artists (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

• List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters

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.

External links

• Eurovision 1966 Information
• Eurovision 1985 Information
• Ms. Lindfors's official website
• Ms. Lindfors presenting the votes at the Eurovision Grand Prix on YouTube
• Ms. Lindfors' wardrobe malfunction on YouTube