Anna Charlotte "Lotta" Engberg (born Pedersen; 5 March 1963) is a Swedish singer. She represented Sweden in

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with "

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" after winning

Melodifestivalen 1987 Sweden selected an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 by holding a preselection show named ''Melodifestivalen 1987''. Out of 1,502 submitted songs and 12 songs in the final, the entry "Fyra Bugg och en Coca-Cola" was chosen. It was perfo ...

. She also tried many times in

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song C ...

in 1984, 1988, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2012. She was also a singer in a number of formations including " Trioala" early on, and in

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s Lotta & Anders Engbergs orkester from 1989 to 1994, and after her divorce from Anders Engberg, in dansband Lotta Engbergs from 1994 until 2002. She continues now as a solo artist. On 2 October 1999, Sweden issued a

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with her portrait. She also has a great number of collaborations including joint albums with Jarl Carlsson in 1987,

Christer Sjögren Hans Christer Sjögren (born 6 April 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the dansband Vikingarna. Early life Hans Christer Sjögren was born in Hagfors, Sweden, on 6 April 1950, as the ...

and

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, both in 2012.

Career

Under her maiden name, Lotta Pedersen, she made her debut in the

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program " Nygammalt" in 1980 when she was 17. She was also a member of the Trioala, an

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choir. Later, she received a permanent place in the TV program's choir.

Marriage

She married Anders Engberg and took his surname in her recordings recording. She also became main vocalist for the dansband Lotta $ Anders Engbergs orkester that continued until 1994 when the couple divorced.

In Melodifestivalen and Eurovision

She represented Sweden in

after winning the Melodifestivalen of that year with " Fyra bugg & en Coca Cola". The song was renamed "

" for the Eurovision competition. She also tried in Melodifestivalen many other times but did not win to go on to the Eurovision finals. *In

Melodifestivalen 1984 Sweden held a national preselction named ''Melodifestivalen 1984'' to choose the entry for the Eurovision Song Contest the same year. The winner was the three brothers Herrey, consisting of Richard, Louis and Per. Their song was called "Diggi-L ...

, she sang " Sankta Cecilia" in partnership with

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, coming second behind the later Eurovision winners, The

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*In

Melodifestivalen 1988 In order to choose an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, Sweden held a national selection, namely Melodifestivalen 1988. The runaway winner was the ballad "Stad i ljus" sung by Tommy Körberg, who also had represented Sweden at the 1969 ...

, she sang " 100%" in partnership with

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, coming third. *In

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, she returned as a solo act singing " En gång till", coming eighth. *In

Melodifestivalen 1996 Sweden was represented by One More Time with the song "Den vilda" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996. At the contest, held in Oslo, Norway, One More Time performed last of 23, following Slovakia. At the close of the voting it had received ...

, she took part with "

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", coming third. *In

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, she took part as the super group Kikki, Bettan & Lotta singing " Vem é dé du vill ha", finishing third *In

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, she took part with

singing " Don't Let Me Down", finishing third in her semi final, also finishing third in the second chance round and narrowly missing out on a place in the Melodifestivalen 2012 final. The annual contest was in place won by

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of whom was the later Eurovision winner in

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Lotta & Anders Engbergs orkester

(This section is about the dansband and covers the period 1989 to 1994) Lotta & Anders Engbergs orkester was a

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which was active during the years 1989-1994, with Lotta Engberg as singer. She formed the band in 1989 with her former husband Anders Engberg, who already had a band in his own name. In 1993, the band was awarded a

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in 1993 for their album '' Kärlek gör mig tokig''. It peaked at #33 at the Swedish album chart. Lotta Engberg left the band around

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1993-1994, and started an own dansband, Lotta Engbergs orkester, following the couple's

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. The remaining part of the band formed

Anders Engbergs Anders Engbergs was a dansband in Skara, Sweden, reestablished in 1994 when Lotta & Anders Engbergs orkester divided into two bands, ''Anders Engbergs'' and Lotta Engbergs, three years after the divorce of husband Anders Engberg and wife Lot ...

. ;Members *Lotta Engberg - vocals *Anders Engberg - bass, saxophone, choir * Patrik Ehlersson - guitar * Peter Åhs - keyboards, sometimes also vocals * Pedro Johansson - keyboards * Jörgen Horneij - drums ;Awards In early 1994, because of the success of the album '' Kärlek gör mig tokig'', the band was awarded a

award for as "Best Dansband of 1993".

Lotta Engbergs

(This section is about the dansband and covers the period 1994 to 2002) Lotta Engbergs was a

. The band was formed in 1994, when Lotta Engberg left Lotta & Anders Engbergs orkester. The band was, in its early days, known as Lotta Engbergs orkester, which later was shortened to just ''Lotta Engbergs''. Lotta Engbergs was disbanded in 2002. ;Members *Lotta Engberg - vocals * Peter Åhs - guitar, keyboards, sometimes also vocals * Pedro Johansson - musical keyboards * Bengt Andersson - drums * Per Strandberg - bass, guitar, choirs, sometimes also vocals * Patrik Ehlersson - guitar, bass

Kikki, Bettan & Lotta

Kikki, Bettan & Lotta was a

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super trio, active 2001-2004 and consisting

Kikki Danielsson Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952) is a Swedish 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. Danielsson gained ...

, Elisabeth "Bettan" Andreassen and Lotta Engberg.

Television career

Lotta Engberg has also developed a prosperous television career. *She hosts the Swedish

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show ''

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''. *From 2008 to 2011, she also hosted the Swedish game show '' Bingolotto''Dalarnas Tidningar 6 January 2011 - ''Lotta Engberg lämnar Bingolotto''
In 2014, Lotta Engberg competed as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance.

Personal life

Born in Överkalix, she was raised in

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. She was married to Anders Engberg, but they divorced in 1994. She now lives in

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with her new husband.

Discography

* '' Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola'' (1987) * '' 100%'' (1988)

Citations

External links

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