Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman (born 26 August 1950 in ,

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) is a Swedish lyricist in

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. As a student Forsman attended the

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in Stockholm. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish

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, three of them winners: '' Bra vibrationer'' (1985), '' Se på mej'' (1995) and '' Kärleken är'' (1998). She has also written the text to

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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.
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Songs in Melodifestivalen written by Ingela Forsman

* Melodifestivalen 1981, 1981 - ''Men natten är vår'' - placed 5th *

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

- ''Bara en enda gång'' - placed 5th *

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

**''Kall som is'' - placed 4th **''Tjuvarnas natt'' - shared 5th place *

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

**'' Bra vibrationer'' - winner for

Kikki Danielsson Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952) is a Swedish country music, country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She has gained notice for yodeling in some songs. Danie ...

**''1 + 1 = 2'' - eliminated in first voting round **''Jag vet hur det känns'' - placed 5th *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

- ''ABCD'' - eliminated *

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

**''När morgonstjärnan brinner'' - placed 3rd **''Det finns en morgondag'' - eliminated * 1988 **''Nästa weekend'' - eliminated **'' Om igen'' - placed 2nd *

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

**'' Du (öppnar min värld)'' - placed 4th **''Nattens drottning'' - shared 5th place *

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

- ''Närmare dig'' - unplaced *

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

- '' Se på mej'' - winner *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

- '' Kärleken är'' - winner *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

- ''När jag tänker på imorgon'' - shared 2nd place *

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

- ''Ingemansland'' - placed 4th *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

**'' Min kärlek'' - placed 2nd **'' Efharisto'' - eliminated in second chance round *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

- '' Håll om mig'' - placed 2nd *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

**''Etymon'' - eliminated in semifinal **''En droppe regn'' - eliminated in the second chance round **'' Jag ljuger så bra'' - placed 7th *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

- '' Jag måste kyssa dig'' - eliminated in the second chance round *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: **''I Love Europe'' - placed 9th **''Den första svalan'' - eliminated in the semifinals **''Jag saknar dig ibland'' - eliminated in the semifinals *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: **''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 *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

**'' Make me no 1'' - eliminated in the semifinals *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

**''Casanova'' - eliminated in the semifinals *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

**''Den du är'' - eliminated in the semifinals

References

1950 births Living people Musicians from Stockholm Swedish women songwriters Swedish women composers {{Sweden-composer-stub