Eva Dahlgren
Eva Dahlgren | |
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 Eva Dahlgren in March 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 9 June 1960 Umeå, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
Eva Charlotte Dahlgren (born 9 June 1960) is a Swedish pop musician and singer-songwriter.
Career
[edit]Dahlgren was discovered by musician/producer Bruno Glenmark in 1978 after appearing on the TV show Sveriges magasin, and her debut album Finns det nån som bryr sej om was released the same year. In 1979, she placed third in Melodifestivalen (the tryout competition for the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden). She toured Sweden in 1987 with Swedish pop duo Roxette, a tour that more than 100,000 people attended. Dahlgren's career grew steadily with several album releases during the 1980s, but her definite breakthrough in Sweden came in 1991 with En blekt blondins hjärta, her most successful album, which sold over half a million copies and won her five Grammis awards.[1]
Dahlgren composed the score for the film Ingrid Bergman: In My Own Words (2015).[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]In 1996, Dahlgren made headlines in the Swedish press when she came out as a lesbian through her civil union with jewellery designer Efva Attling, whom she met when she moved to Stockholm in the early 1980s. In connection with the civil union, Dahlgren changed her surname to Dahlgren-Attling. In 2009, they went through a marriage ceremony after Sweden passed its gender-neutral marriage law.[2]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| SWE [3] |
FIN | NOR | ||
| Finns det nån som bryr sig om |
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23 | — | — |
| Eva Dahlgren |
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25 | — | — |
| För väntan |
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2 | — | — |
| Tvillingskäl |
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8 | — | — |
| Ett fönster mot gatan |
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2 | — | — |
| Ung och stolt |
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2 | — | — |
| Fria Världen 1.989 |
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3 | — | — |
| En blekt blondins hjärta |
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1 | — | — |
| Jag vill se min älskade komma från det vilda |
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2 | 4 | 25 |
| Lai Lai |
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1 | 7 | 20 |
| Snö |
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2 | 3 | — |
| Petroleum och tång |
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3 | 17 | — |
| Himlen Är Inget Tak (with Peter Jöback) |
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— | — | — |
| Jag sjunger ljuset |
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3 | 5 | — |
| Evalution |
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15 | — | — |
Live albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| SWE [3] | ||
| LaLaLive |
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5 |
Charting compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [3] |
FIN | ||
| För minnenas skull 1978-1992 |
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10 | — |
| En blekt blondins ballader 1980-2005 |
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1 | 19 |
| Tid - Urval av Sånger 1980 till nu |
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9 | 5 |
Extended plays
[edit]| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE [3] | ||
| Äventyr |
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58 |
Charting singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [3] | |||
| "Ängeln i rummet" | 1989 | 4 | Fria Världen 1.989 |
| "Gunga mig" | 1991 | 40 | En Blekt Blondins Hjärta |
| "Vem tänder stjärnorna" | 4 | ||
| "Kom och håll om mej" | 27 | ||
| "Tro på varann" (with Uno Svenningsson) |
1994 | 22 | Uno |
| "Underbara människa" | 1999 | 41 | Lai Lai |
| "När jag längtar" | 2005 | 17 | Snö |
| "Himlen är inget tak " (with Peter Jöback) |
2008 | 36 | Himlen Är Inget Tak |
References
[edit]- ^ "Grammis-Vinnare Genom Åren 1969-2014" (PDF). ifpi sverige. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Love Portfolio: Eva Dahlgren & Efva Attling". Out. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Swedish charts archive – albums". Retrieved 6 January 2012.
External links
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- Eva Dahlgren Online Archived 1 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Official web site (in Swedish)
| International | |
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| Other | |
- 1960 births
- Lesbian singers
- Lesbian songwriters
- Swedish LGBTQ singers
- Swedish LGBTQ songwriters
- Swedish lesbian musicians
- Swedish LGBTQ rights activists
- Living people
- Melodifestivalen contestants
- People from Umeå
- Swedish women children's writers
- Swedish pop singers
- Swedish women pop singers
- Swedish women songwriters
- Swedish guitarists
- Swedish women guitarists
- Swedish singers
- 20th-century Swedish women singers
- 20th-century Swedish LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Swedish LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Swedish women singers