Kikki Danielsson
Encyclopedia
Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952 in Osby
, Sweden
) 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 the late 1990s. She also gained popularity at the US
country stage during the 1980s. In 1986, she had the "Kikki i Nashville" TV show.
and one time at the Norwegian
Melodi Grand Prix
. She has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest
twice, in 1982
(as a part of the Swedish pop and country group Chips
with the song "Dag efter dag
", finishing 8th) and in the 1985
(solo) with the song "Bra vibrationer
", finishing 3rd.
Kikki Danielsson was born in Osby, but was adopted
and lived on a farm
in Älmhult
, Småland
from the age of five. There, she became the only child in the family while her younger sister was adopted to another place. As a five-year-old girl
, Kikki Danielsson made her first singing performance, which occurred at the local Sunday school's
Lucia party in her Småland home church, singing the Christmas song När Jesusbarnet låg en gång. As a child, she sang in the local church choir.
As a 17-year old girl, Kikki Danielsson begun as a singer in dansband Nickies and in 1973 she switched to another dansband
, Wizex
, with which she participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978
. She left Wizex in 1982, but as a member of the pop and country group Chips
, she participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980
, 1981
and 1982
. She has also been a popular Svensktoppen
artist, with hits as the Melodifestivalen songs, but also other songs, like "Papaya Coconut
" in 1987. She willingly sings country and has contributed in radio
and TV
shows in the U.S.
in the 1980s.
During the second half of 1984, she married Swedish musician Kjell Roos
, who led the "dansband" Roosarna
, with which she sang between 1990 and 1999. In 1985 she gave birth to their first child. In late 1987 she released the Christmas
album "Min barndoms jular
". Together with Roosarna, she had many Svensktoppen
hits during the 1990s. In 1994, the "dansband of the year" prize at the Grammis
was awarded to Kikki Danielsson & Roosarna. In 1999 she separated from Kjell Roos. However, the musical co-operation re-started in 2003.
Kikki Danielsson has also sang at the 2001 Stockholm Pride
. Together with Lotta Engberg
and Elisabeth Andreassen
she participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2002
and together they called themselves Kikki, Bettan & Lotta
and had an own dinner show during the second half of 2002 and participated at the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in 2003.
Kikki Danielsson participated at Melodifestivalen 2006
with the song "I dag & i morgon
", written by Thomas G:son
and Calle Kindbom, which reached the final in the Stockholm Globe Arena
, where it finished at the 10th and last place. Totally, she has participated nine times at the Swedish Melodifestivalen and one time at Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix.
From November 28-December 17, 2006, she toured Sweden with a band on the "Julstämning med Kikki" Christmas
concert tour.
Her periods of problems with alcohol
have been a popular topic of the Scandinavian press
(Danielsson first started drinking heavily to self-medicate as a result of her rheumatoid arthritis
), as has her weight problem
, in which she has become borderline obese. Because of her weight problem, she appeared in Du är vad du äter, the Swedish version of "You are what you eat", in 2006 where she made great progress and lost several pounds.
In January
2010
, it was announced that Kikki Danielsson together with Sören "Sulo" Karlsson and The Diamond Dogs
would record the single Maybe I'll Do, and on 13 July 2010
she appeared at Allsång på Skansen
. On 13 April 2011 she released the album Första dagen på resten av mitt liv, where she worked together with Sören "Sulo" Karlsson.
Osby Municipality
Osby Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on January 1, 1974, when the former market town Osby was merged with three adjacent rural...
, 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 country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, dansband
Dansband
Dansband is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik . Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock...
and 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. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling
Yodeling
Yodeling is a form of singing that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal or chest register to the falsetto/head register; making a high-low-high-low sound.The English word yodel is derived from a German word jodeln meaning "to...
in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
from the late 1970s until the late 1990s. She also gained popularity at the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
country stage during the 1980s. In 1986, she had the "Kikki i Nashville" TV show.
Life and work
Totally, she has participated nine times at the Swedish MelodifestivalenMelodifestivalen
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...
and one time at the Norwegian
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...
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960.The festival has produced three Eurovision winners and...
. She has participated in 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...
twice, in 1982
Eurovision Song Contest 1982
The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 24 April 1982 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The presenter was Jan Leeming. The opening of the contest showed a map of Europe, with the translation "Where is Harrogate?" popping up on-screen from...
(as a part of the Swedish pop and country group Chips
Chips (band)
Chips was a Swedish country and pop group, formed in 1979 by Kikki Danielsson and Lasse Holm, and split in 1983.Chips finished 4th in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song "Mycke' mycke' mer", with Lars Westman, Lisa Magnusson, Mats Rådberg and Monica Silverstrand as background singers...
with the song "Dag efter dag
Dag Efter Dag
"Dag efter dag" is a song in Swedish, with melody by Lasse Holm and text by Monica Forsberg. The pop and country group Chips won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1982 with the song, which was sung by Kikki Danielsson and Elisabeth Andreasson. Chips finished eighth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982...
", finishing 8th) and in the 1985
Eurovision Song Contest 1985
The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Norwegian duo Bobbysocks! was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge"....
(solo) with the song "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:...
", finishing 3rd.
Kikki Danielsson was born in Osby, but was adopted
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...
and lived on a farm
Farm
A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...
in Älmhult
Älmhult
Älmhult is a locality and the seat of Älmhult Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden with 8,518 inhabitants in 2005.It was in Älmhult that the first IKEA store was built, and IKEA still has a large corporate presence here....
, Småland
Småland
' is a historical province in southern Sweden.Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small Lands. . The latinized form Smolandia has been used in other languages...
from the age of five. There, she became the only child in the family while her younger sister was adopted to another place. As a five-year-old girl
Girl
A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.-Etymology:...
, Kikki Danielsson made her first singing performance, which occurred at the local Sunday school's
Sunday school
Sunday school is the generic name for many different types of religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations.-England:The first Sunday school may have been opened in 1751 in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. Another early start was made by Hannah Ball, a native of High Wycombe in...
Lucia party in her Småland home church, singing the Christmas song När Jesusbarnet låg en gång. As a child, she sang in the local church choir.
As a 17-year old girl, Kikki Danielsson begun as a singer in dansband Nickies and in 1973 she switched to another dansband
Dansband
Dansband is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik . Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock...
, Wizex
Wizex
Wizex is a Swedish "dansband", formed in Osby, Sweden in 1973, with Kikki Danielsson as singer. The band has since had several front singers.Wizex finished 2nd in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978....
, with which she participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978
Melodifestivalen 1978
Melodifestivalen 1978 was the selection for the 18th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 17th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 58 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio...
. She left Wizex in 1982, but as a member of the pop and country group Chips
Chips (band)
Chips was a Swedish country and pop group, formed in 1979 by Kikki Danielsson and Lasse Holm, and split in 1983.Chips finished 4th in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song "Mycke' mycke' mer", with Lars Westman, Lisa Magnusson, Mats Rådberg and Monica Silverstrand as background singers...
, she participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980
Melodifestivalen 1980
Melodifestivalen 1980 was the selection for the 20th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 19th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 120 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
, 1981
Melodifestivalen 1981
Melodifestivalen 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...
and 1982
Melodifestivalen 1982
Melodifestivalen 1982 was the selection for the 22nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 21st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
. She has also been a popular Svensktoppen
Svensktoppen
Svensktoppen is a record chart at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. Svensktoppen airs once a week...
artist, with hits as the Melodifestivalen songs, but also other songs, like "Papaya Coconut
Papaya Coconut (song)
"Papaya Coconut" is a song, written by Ingela Forsman and Lasse Holm. It was recorded with lyrics in Swedish by Kikki Danielsson on her 1986 album Papaya Coconut, and is one of her most famous recordings. The lyrics are about travelling from the Earth's colder places to its hotter places...
" in 1987. She willingly sings country and has contributed in radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
shows in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in the 1980s.
During the second half of 1984, she married Swedish musician Kjell Roos
Kjell Roos
Kjell Roos, born 1956, is a Swedish guitarist and singer, who leads the Swedish dansband Kjell Roos Band, earlier known as Roosarna. In 1984 he married the Swedish singer Kikki Danielsson. They have two children but separated in 1999. They have done duets in songs as I juletid , Kvällens sista...
, who led the "dansband" Roosarna
Kjell Roos band
Kjell Roos Band is a dansband in Vallsta, Sweden. The band was formed in 1969 by the brothers Kjell, Anders and Sven-Åke as Bröderna Roos . In the mid 1970s they changed their name to Roosarna. Since 1975, it is a full-time playing band...
, with which she sang between 1990 and 1999. In 1985 she gave birth to their first child. In late 1987 she released the Christmas
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
album "Min barndoms jular
Min barndoms jular
Min barndoms jular is a Christmas album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. It was released in late 1987, and peaked at #19 the Swedish album chart...
". Together with Roosarna, she had many Svensktoppen
Svensktoppen
Svensktoppen is a record chart at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. Svensktoppen airs once a week...
hits during the 1990s. In 1994, the "dansband of the year" prize at the Grammis
Grammis
The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....
was awarded to Kikki Danielsson & Roosarna. In 1999 she separated from Kjell Roos. However, the musical co-operation re-started in 2003.
Kikki Danielsson has also sang at the 2001 Stockholm Pride
Stockholm Pride
Stockholm Pride is an annual gay pride festival held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Since the start in 1998, Stockholm Pride has grown....
. Together with Lotta Engberg
Lotta Engberg
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and Elisabeth Andreassen
Elisabeth Andreassen
Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen - also known as just "Bettan" - is a Swedish-Norwegian singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest....
she participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2002
Melodifestivalen 2002
Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st 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 Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a...
and together they called themselves Kikki, Bettan & Lotta
Kikki, Bettan & Lotta
Kikki, Bettan & Lotta was a Swedish-Norwegian super trio, active 2001-2004 and consisting Kikki Danielsson, Elisabeth "Bettan" Andreassen and Lotta Engberg.-Carrier together:...
and had an own dinner show during the second half of 2002 and participated at the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in 2003.
Kikki Danielsson participated at Melodifestivalen 2006
Melodifestivalen 2006
Melodifestivalen 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...
with the song "I dag & i morgon
I dag & i morgon (song)
"I dag & i morgon" is a pop song written by Thomas G:son and Calle Kindbom. Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson sang it when it finished 10th at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006....
", written by Thomas G:son
Thomas G:son
Thomas Gustafsson is a Swedish composer and musician from Skövde, Västergötland, Sweden, north-east of Göteborg. However, he is much more known nationally and internationally simply as Thomas G:son, his artistic name. Since 1998, Thomas has worked full time as a songwriter for the company G:songs...
and Calle Kindbom, which reached the final in the Stockholm Globe Arena
Stockholm Globe Arena
The Ericsson Globe is the national indoor arena of Sweden, located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm . The Ericsson Globe is currently the largest hemispherical building in the world and took two and a half years to build...
, where it finished at the 10th and last place. Totally, she has participated nine times at the Swedish Melodifestivalen and one time at Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix.
From November 28-December 17, 2006, she toured Sweden with a band on the "Julstämning med Kikki" Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
concert tour.
Her periods of problems with alcohol
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
have been a popular topic of the Scandinavian press
News media
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(Danielsson first started drinking heavily to self-medicate as a result of her rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks synovial joints. The process produces an inflammatory response of the synovium secondary to hyperplasia of synovial cells, excess synovial fluid, and the development...
), as has her weight problem
Overweight
Overweight is generally defined as having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is a common condition, especially where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary...
, in which she has become borderline obese. Because of her weight problem, she appeared in Du är vad du äter, the Swedish version of "You are what you eat", in 2006 where she made great progress and lost several pounds.
In January
January
January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day...
2010
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, it was announced that Kikki Danielsson together with Sören "Sulo" Karlsson and The Diamond Dogs
The Diamond Dogs
The Diamond Dogs is a Swedish rock band founded in Katrineholm during the early nineties by vocalist Sören 'Sulo' Karlsson and guitarist Anders 'Boba' Lindström.-History:...
would record the single Maybe I'll Do, and on 13 July 2010
2010 in music
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she appeared at Allsång på Skansen
Allsång på Skansen
Allsång på Skansen is a Swedish show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is supposed to sing along with musical guests, to well-known Swedish songs. The show started in 1935 on a small scale - about fifty people in the audience...
. On 13 April 2011 she released the album Första dagen på resten av mitt liv, where she worked together with Sören "Sulo" Karlsson.
Melodifestivalen, Melodi Grand Prix and Eurovision entries
- Melodifestivalen 1978Melodifestivalen 1978Melodifestivalen 1978 was the selection for the 18th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 17th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 58 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio...
: Miss DecibelMiss Decibel (song)Miss Decibel, written by Lasse Holm and Gert Lengstrand, is a song in Swedish, which finished 2nd at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978. It was performed by the Swedish "dansband" Wizex, back then including Kikki Danielsson as lead vocal singer, together with Lasse Holm.Björn Skifs won that year's...
(with WizexWizexWizex is a Swedish "dansband", formed in Osby, Sweden in 1973, with Kikki Danielsson as singer. The band has since had several front singers.Wizex finished 2nd in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978....
) - 2nd place - Melodifestivalen 1980Melodifestivalen 1980Melodifestivalen 1980 was the selection for the 20th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 19th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 120 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
: Mycke' mycke' merMycke' mycke' merMycke' mycke' mer, written by Lasse Holm and Torgny Söderberg, is a pop song in Swedish, which was performed by Swedish pop and country group Chips at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980, where it finished 4. it is a love song about being together, and was sung in a duet by Lasse Holm and Kikki...
(with ChipsChips (band)Chips was a Swedish country and pop group, formed in 1979 by Kikki Danielsson and Lasse Holm, and split in 1983.Chips finished 4th in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song "Mycke' mycke' mer", with Lars Westman, Lisa Magnusson, Mats Rådberg and Monica Silverstrand as background singers...
) - 4th place - Melodifestivalen 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...
: God morgonGod morgon (Chips song)"God morgon" is a pop song in Swedish, performed by the pop and country group Chips, just then named "Sweets 'n Chips", at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1981, where it finished 2nd. Its lyrics are about morning. "God morgon" was written by Lasse Holm and Torgny Söderberg. With this song, Elisabeth...
(with Sweets 'n ChipsChips (band)Chips was a Swedish country and pop group, formed in 1979 by Kikki Danielsson and Lasse Holm, and split in 1983.Chips finished 4th in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song "Mycke' mycke' mer", with Lars Westman, Lisa Magnusson, Mats Rådberg and Monica Silverstrand as background singers...
) - 2nd place - Melodifestivalen 1982Melodifestivalen 1982Melodifestivalen 1982 was the selection for the 22nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 21st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
: Dag efter dagDag Efter Dag"Dag efter dag" is a song in Swedish, with melody by Lasse Holm and text by Monica Forsberg. The pop and country group Chips won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1982 with the song, which was sung by Kikki Danielsson and Elisabeth Andreasson. Chips finished eighth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982...
(with ChipsChips (band)Chips was a Swedish country and pop group, formed in 1979 by Kikki Danielsson and Lasse Holm, and split in 1983.Chips finished 4th in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song "Mycke' mycke' mer", with Lars Westman, Lisa Magnusson, Mats Rådberg and Monica Silverstrand as background singers...
) - winner
- 8th place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982Eurovision Song Contest 1982The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 24 April 1982 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The presenter was Jan Leeming. The opening of the contest showed a map of Europe, with the translation "Where is Harrogate?" popping up on-screen from...
- Melodifestivalen 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...
: Varför är kärleken röd?Varför är kärleken röd? (song)Varför är kärleken röd? is a song in Swedish with text and music by Torgny Söderberg. It was sung by Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson when it finished 2nd in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1983...
- 2nd place - Melodifestivalen 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
- Melodifestivalen 1983
- 3rd place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985Eurovision Song Contest 1985The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Norwegian duo Bobbysocks! was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge"....
- Melodifestivalen 1992Melodifestivalen 1992Melodifestivalen 1992 was the selection for the 32nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 31st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1544 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on Kanal 1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network...
: En enda gång - 4th place - Melodifestivalen 2002Melodifestivalen 2002Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st 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 Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a...
: Vem é dé du vill haVem é dé du vill haVem é dé du vill ha is a pop song in Swedish, written by Thomas G:son and Calle Kindbom. With the song, Kikki, Bettan & Lotta competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2002, where the song finished 3rd...
(Kikki, Bettan & LottaKikki, Bettan & LottaKikki, Bettan & Lotta was a Swedish-Norwegian super trio, active 2001-2004 and consisting Kikki Danielsson, Elisabeth "Bettan" Andreassen and Lotta Engberg.-Carrier together:...
) - 3rd place - Melodi Grand Prix 2003: Din hand i min hand (Kikki, Bettan & LottaKikki, Bettan & LottaKikki, Bettan & Lotta was a Swedish-Norwegian super trio, active 2001-2004 and consisting Kikki Danielsson, Elisabeth "Bettan" Andreassen and Lotta Engberg.-Carrier together:...
) - 4th place - Melodifestivalen 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...
: I dag & i morgonI dag & i morgon (song)"I dag & i morgon" is a pop song written by Thomas G:son and Calle Kindbom. Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson sang it when it finished 10th at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006....
- 10th place
- Melodifestivalen 1992
Solo albums
- Rock'n YodelRock'n YodelRock'n Yodel is a studio album from Swedish pop- and country singer Kikki Danielsson. It was released during the first half of 1979, and was her debut album as a solo artist...
(1979) - Just Like a WomanJust Like a Woman (Kikki Danielsson album)Just Like a Woman is a 1981 studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. The last track, God morgon, was performed by the pop group Sweets n' Chips as their Swedish Melodifestivalen 1981 entry, a group where Kikki Danielsson was a member.At the Swedish album chart, the album...
(1981) - KikkiKikki (album)Kikki is an eponymous studio album by Swedish pop- and country singer Kikki Danielsson, released in 1982. The album peaked at #19 at the Swedish album chart, on 21 December 1982.In July 2009 the album was digitally released to iTunes.-Side A:-Side B:...
(1982) - Varför är kärleken röd?Varför är kärleken röd?Varför är kärleken röd? is a compilation album from Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson, released on July 21 1983. The album reached #29 at the Swedish album chart. The album also contained a new song, the title track "Varför är kärleken röd?"...
(1983) - Singles BarSingles BarSingles Bar is a 1983 studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. On the album charts, "Singles Bar" as best finished 13th in Norway and 35th in Sweden.In July 2009 the album was digitally released to iTunes.-Side A:-Side B:...
(1983) - Midnight SunshineMidnight SunshineMidnight Sunshine is a 1984 studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. She went to Nashville, Tennessee in the United States to record "Midnight Sunshine" in the Star Gem Studio. The album was re-released to CD in 1995...
(1984) - Kikkis 15 bästa låtarKikkis 15 bästa låtarKikkis 15 bästa låtar is a 1984 compilation album from Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson. On the record, she has chosen out 15 songs she had sang until then . One of the songs, "Gubben i lådan", written by Lasse Holm and Torgny Söderberg, was new and became a hit...
(1984) - Bra vibrationerBra vibrationerBra vibrationer is a 1985 studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. The album reached #12 at the Swedish album chart.-Side A:-Side B:...
(1985) - Papaya CoconutPapaya CoconutPapaya Coconut is a 1986 studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. All the songs were written and composed by Lasse Holm and Ingela "Pling" Forsman. The song Nashville, Tennessee is from the 1986 TV show Kikki i Nashville...
(1986) - Min barndoms jularMin barndoms jularMin barndoms jular is a Christmas album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. It was released in late 1987, and peaked at #19 the Swedish album chart...
(1987) (Christmas albumChristmas musicChristmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
) - Canzone d'AmoreCanzone d'AmoreCanzone d'Amore is a studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson, released in mid 1989. The album reached #48 place at the Swedish album chart.-Side A:-Side B:-Contributing musicians:*Kikki Danielsson, vocals...
(1989) - På begäranPå begäran (Kikki Danielsson album)På begäran is a 1990 compilation album from Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson.-Track listing:#Let Them Walk in the Sunshine#En dröm jag vill ha kvar#Amazing Grace#Ge mig sol, ge mig hav#När vi rör varann#John & Jill#Det finns en sol...
(1990) - Vägen hem till dejVägen hem till dejVägen hem till dej is a 1991 studio album from Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson.-Track listing:-Contributing musicians:*Kikki Danielsson, vocals*Peter Ljung, keyboard*Lasse Wellander, guitar*Klas Anderhell, drums*Rutger Gunnarsson, bass...
(1991) - In CountryIn Country (album)In Country is a 1992 compilation album from Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson.-Track listing:#"Listen to a Country Song"#"Talking in Your Sleep"#"Walk on By"#"Stand by Your Man"#"Sweet Little You"#Nine to Five #"U.S...
(1992) - Jag ska aldrig lämna digJag ska aldrig lämna digJag ska aldrig lämna dig is a 1993 studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. The songwriters Mikael Wendt and Christer Lundh had travelled to India to get inspirations.-Track listing:-Contributing musicians:...
(1993) - På begäran 2 (1994)
- Långt bortom bergenLångt bortom bergenLångt bortom bergen is a 1997 compilation album from Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson.-Track listing:#Långt bortom bergen - 3.06#Det finns ingen annan än du - 3.13#Jag skall aldrig lämna dig - 2.59...
(1997) - I mitt hjärtaI mitt hjärtaI mitt hjärta is a compilation album from Kikki Danielsson, released in Norway in 1999 and in Sweden in 2002. 12 of the songs were recorded with Roosarna between 1994-1997...
(1999) - 100% Kikki (2001)
- Fri - En samlingFri - En samlingFri - En samling is a compilation album from Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson, released on October 29, 2001. The album contains songs who Kikki Danielsson recorded, self or together with other, between the years 1977-2001. Four of the songs were new back in 2001: "Fri", "Lämna mig...
(2001) - Nu är det adventMin barndoms jularMin barndoms jular is a Christmas album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. It was released in late 1987, and peaked at #19 the Swedish album chart...
(2001) (Christmas albumChristmas musicChristmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
) - I dag & i morgonI dag & i morgonI dag & i morgon was released on April 12, 2006, and is a compilation album from Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson. The album also contains four new-released recordings: "Yesterday Once More", "Looking for Freedom", "Blue Virgin Isles" and The Eagles' classic "New Kid in Town", which...
(2006) - Kikkis bästaKikkis bästaKikkis bästa was released on February 27, 2008, and is a double compilation album by Kikki Danielsson. It peaked at #15 at the Swedish album chart....
(2008) - Första dagen på resten av mitt liv (2011)