Ingela Forsman
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Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman (born 26 August 1950 in Essinge
, Sweden
) is a Swedish lyricist in popular music
. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen
, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer
(1985), Se på mej
(1995) and Kärleken är
(1998). She has also written the text to psalm number 862 in the Swedish hymn book, Blomningstid, and two children's books.
Her older sister first called her 'Pling', and she is now commonly referred to as 'Pling Forsman'.
Her first public performance was on the Swedish children's radio show Barnens Brevlåda in 1954. http://www.stim.se/stim/prod/stimv4eng.nsf/AllDocuments/009143ED2B98D065C125716D00693904
Essinge
Essinge may refer to:*Stora Essingen, Stockholm, Sweden*Lilla Essingen, Stockholm, Sweden...
, 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....
) is a Swedish lyricist in popular music
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer
Bra vibrationer (song)
"Bra vibrationer" , written by Ingela Forsman and composed by Lasse Holm, was the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by Kikki Danielsson.-History:...
(1985), Se på mej
Se På Mej
"Se på mig" is a song by Swedish singer Jan Johansen. It represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 in Dublin, Ireland....
(1995) and Kärleken är
Kärleken är
"Kärleken är" is a ballad in Swedish about love. It was written by Ingela Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist. The song was sung by Swedish pop and country singer Jill Johnson in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1998, where it won and competed for Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. It...
(1998). She has also written the text to psalm number 862 in the Swedish hymn book, Blomningstid, and two children's books.
Her older sister first called her 'Pling', and she is now commonly referred to as 'Pling Forsman'.
Her first public performance was on the Swedish children's radio show Barnens Brevlåda in 1954. http://www.stim.se/stim/prod/stimv4eng.nsf/AllDocuments/009143ED2B98D065C125716D00693904
Songs in Melodifestivalen written by Ingela Forsman
- 1981Melodifestivalen 1981Melodifestivalen 1981 was the selection for the 21st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 20th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio...
- Men natten är vår - placed 5th - 1983Melodifestivalen 1983Melodifestivalen 1983 was the selection for the 23rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 22nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not...
- Bara en enda gång - placed 5th - 1984Melodifestivalen 1984Melodifestivalen 1984 was the selection for the 24th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 23rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio...
- Kall som is - placed 4th
- Tjuvarnas natt - shared 5th place
- 1985Melodifestivalen 1985Melodifestivalen 1985 was the selection for the 25th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 24th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The...
- Bra vibrationerBra vibrationer (song)"Bra vibrationer" , written by Ingela Forsman and composed by Lasse Holm, was the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by Kikki Danielsson.-History:...
- winner for Kikki DanielssonKikki DanielssonAnn-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until... - 1 + 1 = 2 - eliminated in first voting round
- Jag vet hur det känns - placed 5th
- Bra vibrationer
- 1986Melodifestivalen 1986Melodifestivalen 1986 was the selection for the 26th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 25th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 and was not broadcast on radio. No...
- ABCD - eliminated - 1987Melodifestivalen 1987Melodifestivalen 1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio...
- När morgonstjärnan brinner - placed 3rd
- Det finns en morgondag - eliminated
- 1988Melodifestivalen 1988Melodifestivalen 1988 was the selection for the 28th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 27th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1100 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
- Nästa weekend - eliminated
- Om igenOm igen"Om igen", written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman och Bobby Ljunggren, is a ballad in Swedish, performed by Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1988. "Om igen" finished second.The single peaked at #10 at the Swedish singles chart...
- placed 2nd
- 1989Melodifestivalen 1989Melodifestivalen 1989 was the selection for the 29th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 28th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1223 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The hostess, Yvonne Ryding, was the 1984 Miss Universe...
- Du (öppnar min värld)Lisa NilssonLisa Nilsson is a Swedish singer. She was discovered by the legendary producer William Butt and she is perhaps best known in Sweden for her 1992 hit, Himlen runt hörnet, witten by Mauro Scocco and Johan Ekelund. It was released in English in 1995, titled Ticket to Heaven...
- placed 4th - Nattens drottning - shared 5th place
- Du (öppnar min värld)
- 1993Melodifestivalen 1993Melodifestivalen 1993 was the selection for the 33rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 32nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1569 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
- Närmare dig - unplaced - 1995Melodifestivalen 1995Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
- Se på mejSe På Mej"Se på mig" is a song by Swedish singer Jan Johansen. It represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 in Dublin, Ireland....
- winner - 1998Melodifestivalen 1998Melodifestivalen 1998 was the selection for the 38th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 37th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1141 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
- Kärleken ärKärleken är"Kärleken är" is a ballad in Swedish about love. It was written by Ingela Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist. The song was sung by Swedish pop and country singer Jill Johnson in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1998, where it won and competed for Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. It...
- winner - 2000Melodifestivalen 2000Melodifestivalen 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1394 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network...
- När jag tänker på imorgon - shared 2nd place - 2001Melodifestivalen 2001Melodifestivalen 2001 was the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1567 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
- Ingemansland - placed 4th - 2004Melodifestivalen 2004Melodifestivalen 2004 was the selection for the 44th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 43rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Karlstad, Gothenburg, Umeå, Malmö and a...
- Min kärlekMin kärlek"Min kärlek" is the greatest hit and fourth official single from the Swedish pop singer Shirley Clamp. The song, composed by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Henrik Wikström, was one of the entries at the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, Melodifestivalen 2004,...
- placed 2nd - EfharistoBossonBosson is a Swedish singer-songwriter. He first gained nationwide fame in Sweden when he imitated Michael Jackson in the first season of Sikta mot stjärnorna, performing Black or White and winning his semi-final...
- eliminated in second chance round
- Min kärlek
- 2005Melodifestivalen 2005Melodifestivalen 2005 was the selection for the 45th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 44th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Gothenburg, Linköping, Skellefteå, Växjö and...
- Håll om mig - placed 2nd - 2006Melodifestivalen 2006Melodifestivalen 2006 was the selection for the 46th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 45th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Leksand, Karlstad, Karlskrona, Gothenburg...
- Etymon - eliminated in semifinal
- En droppe regn - eliminated in the second chance round
- Jag ljuger så braJag ljuger så bra"Jag ljuger så bra" is the third single from Swedish pop singer Linda Bengtzing, who released from her debut album Ingenting att förlora during the first quarter of 2006...
- placed 7th
- 2007Melodifestivalen 2007Melodifestivalen 2007 was the selection for the 47th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 46th time that this system of picking a song has been used. Five semifinals took place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and a...
- Jag måste kyssa digJag måste kyssa digJag måste kyssa dig is the fourth studio album by Swedish singer/songwriter Nanne Grönvall, released in March 2007.-Track listing:...
- eliminated in the second chance round - 2008:
- I Love Europe - placed 9th
- Den första svalan - eliminated in the semifinals
- Jag saknar dig ibland - eliminated in the semifinals
- 2009Melodifestivalen 2009Melodifestivalen 2009 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2009. It was the selection for the 49th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 48th edition of Melodifestivalen...
:- Så vill stjärnorna - finalist
- Med hjärtat fyllt av ljus - eliminated in the semifinals
- Jag tror på oss - eliminated in the semifinals
- Du är älskad där du går - eliminated in the semifinals