Cecilia Vennersten
Encyclopedia
Cecilia Vennersten, born Birgitta Cecilia Vennersten-Ingemanson in 1970 is a Swedish
pop
singer.
Her career started with a second place in the Swedish qualifier for the Eurovision Song Contest
with the song Det vackraste
. Her first album named Cecilia Vennersten
released the same year was a great success in Sweden
and Norway
. In 1997 her 2nd album, Till varje leende, en tår
, was released. She participated in Melodifestivalen 2005 with the ballad Var mig nära, but it didn't quality for the final. In 2006 her 3rd album, Under stjärnornas parasoll
, was released.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer.
Her career started with a second place in the Swedish qualifier for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
with the song Det vackraste
Det vackraste
"Det vackraste" is a Swedish love song. It was originally sung by Swedish pop singer Cecilia Vennersten and finished second in the Melodifestivalen 1995, the Swedish selections for Eurovision Song Contest...
. Her first album named Cecilia Vennersten
Cecilia Vennersten (album)
Cecilia Vennersten was released in 1995 and is the debut album from Swedish pop singer Cecilia Vennersten. At the album charts, it peaked #9 in Sweden and #2 in Norway, selling platinum in both countries. The album contains songs such as the Melodifestivalen 1995 hit "Det vackraste" and "Sjunde...
released the same year was a great success in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. In 1997 her 2nd album, Till varje leende, en tår
Till varje leende, en tår
Till varje leende, en tår is an album from Swedish pop singer Cecilia Vennersten, released in 1997. Many songs on the album are in the singer/songwriter genre, compared to her first album; Vennersten wrote much of the music herself.-Track listing:...
, was released. She participated in Melodifestivalen 2005 with the ballad Var mig nära, but it didn't quality for the final. In 2006 her 3rd album, Under stjärnornas parasoll
Under stjärnornas parasoll
Under stjärnornas parasoll is an album from Swedish pop singer Cecilia Vennersten, released on 25 October 2006. She has worked with songwriters as Emma Holland, Johan Sahlén, Simen M. Eriksrud and Stein Austrud to write the songs...
, was released.