- Lasse Berghagen
Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born
May 13 1945 inEnskede ) is a Swedishsinger ,songwriter ,composer andactor .A well known singer-songwriter in Sweden with a great number of songs. He released his first record 1965, when he was only 19 years old. Four years later, 1969, he released the single "
Teddybjörnen Fredriksson " ("The Teddybear Fredriksson"), which has become a song classic. Other hits include "Sträck ut din hand", "En kväll i juni" and "Stockholm i mitt hjärta".Berghagen won the Swedish
Melodifestivalen 1975 with song "Jennie Jennie". He also participated inMelodifestivalen 1974 with song "Min kärlekssång till dig" ("My Lovesong For You") and was the 2nd runner up - afterABBA ...!He hosted the popular summer TV show "
Allsång på Skansen " ("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 to be considered an impressive rating (Sweden has approximately 9,000,000 inhabitants).He has been married to singer Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson (1965-1968), he is the father of actress and TV-personality
Malin Berghagen and the father in law ofTommy Nilsson .
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