Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born 13 May 1945 in Enskede

Enskede

Enskede may refer to*The districts of Gamla Enskede in Enskede-Årsta-Vantör borough, Stockholm*Enskededalen, a district of Stockholm's Skarpnäck borough*Enskede gård in Söderort, Stockholm...

) is a Swedish

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....

 singer, songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 and actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

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Berghagen is a well known singer-songwriter in Sweden. He released his first record in 1965, aged just 19. Four years later, in 1969, he released the single Teddybjörnen Fredriksson ("The Teddybear Fredriksson"), which has become a classic. Other hits include Sträck ut din hand, En kväll i juni and Stockholm i mitt hjärta

Stockholm i mitt hjärta

Stockholm i mitt hjärta is a Swedish vispop song from 1992 written by Lasse Berghagen. Berghagen wrote it when Ulf Adelsohn wanted a new song about Stockholm when he became Governor of Stockholm County in 1992....

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Berghagen won the Swedish 1975 Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen 1975

Melodifestivalen 1975 was the selection for the 16th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 15th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 10 songwriters were selected by SVT for the competition...

 with the song Jennie, Jennie

Jennie, Jennie

"Jennie, Jennie" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in English by Lasse Berghagen.The song was performed eighteenth on the night, following Spain's Sergio y Estíbaliz with "Tú volverás" and preceding Italy's Wess and Dori Ghezzi with "Era". At the close of voting,...

. He also participated in the 1974 Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen 1974

Melodifestivalen 1974 was the selection for the 15th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 14th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 10 songwriters were selected by SR for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio...

 with the song Min kärlekssång till dig ("My Lovesong For You"), taking second place (after ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

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He hosted the popular summer TV show 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...

(Singalong at Skansen) from 1994 to 2003. During his time as host the show increased its ratings from 600,000 to 2,000,000 viewers, which by Swedish standards is considered an impressive rating (Sweden has approximately 9,000,000 inhabitants).

He was married to singer Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson from 1965 to 1968. He is the father of actress and TV personality Malin Berghagen, and the father-in-law of Tommy Nilsson

Tommy Nilsson

Erik Tommy Nilsson is a Swedish rock singer and composer. Swedish critics state that he has one of the best voices of Sweden....

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Berghagen also holds the official world record for hitting a golf ball the longest distance, from one country, through another and into a third. This was done at Treriksröset

Treriksröset

Treriksröset , Treriksrøysa , Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki is the point at which the borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet....

, when he hit a golf ball from Norway, through Sweden, and into Finland.

Discography

• 1969 Lars Berghagen
• 1972 Min värld i toner
• 1973 Ding Dong
• 1975 Jennie, Jennie
• 1975 Hålligång på krogen
• 1976 Jag ville bli någon
• 1977 Tacka vet jag logdans
• 1978 Det är jul
• 1980 Tillsammans igen
• 1983 Dagboksblad
• 1988 Nära naturen
• 1991 På begäran
• 1995 Sträck ut din hand
• 1997 Inte bara drömmar
• 1999 Till sommaren och dig
• 2001 Som en blänkande silvertråd
• 2001 Det bästa med Lasse Berghagen (4-disc box)
• 2002 Stockholm mina drömmars stad
• 2003 Lasses favoriter from "Allsång på Skansen" (3-disc box)
• 2004 Lars Berghagen 20 klassiker
• 2004 Jul i vårt hus
• 2009 Lasse Berghagen och Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester
• 2011 Bara lite längtan

Filmografi

• 1972: Firmafesten
• 1978: Dante akta're för Hajen
• 1995: Bert - den siste oskulden