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Peter Grönvall
One More Time is a Swedish pop group, formed in 1991. Its members are Peter Grönvall, his wife Nanne Grönvall and Maria Rådsten. A fourth member, Thérèse Löf, left the group shortly after the first album was released. Career In 1992, they began their international career with the release of the single "Highland", which peaked at No. 1 in Belgium, No. 2 in Sweden, and the top 80 in several countries in Europe, such as the Netherlands, UK and Germany. The ''Highland'' album, on which the single was featured, went gold in South Africa. Their second self-titled album, which followed in 1994, was not as successful as the previous album. But the third album, their first in Swedish, was a successful reentry to the Swedish charts in 1996. They also released an English version of the album. The group toured frequently in Europe for several years, but in 1998, they decided not to tour abroad anymore, since they wanted to be present at home for their, by that time, small kids. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Johansen (singer)
Jan Christian Johansen (born 9 January 1966) is a Sweden, Swedish singer, best known for Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Se på mig". Life and career Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Johansen is the son of Norwegian parents Egil Johansen (musician), Egil Johansen, a jazz musician, and Ellen Böbak, a jazz singer. He began his musical career as a drummer, but later chose to become a singer. Johansen won Melodifestivalen 1995, ''Melodifestivalen'' 1995 with the song "Se på mig", and Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995. During the final in Dublin, he finished in third place, scoring a total of 100 points. The song peaked at no. 1 on the Swedish ''Sverigetopplistan'' charts for a total of fifteen weeks. On 23 February 2001, Johansen competed in the final of Melodifestivalen 2001, ''Melodifestivalen'' 2001. He placed 4th with his song "Ingenman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blond (band)
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "", written by Stephan Berg, and performed by Blond. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1997. Before Eurovision 1997 1997 was the selection for the 37th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 36th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,229 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Gothenburg on 8 March 1997, presented by Jan Jingryd and was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. The show was watched by 2,965,000 people. The winner was chosen by 11 regional juries, being "Bara hon älskar mig" performed by Blond. It was written and composed by Stephan Berg. At Eurovision Blond performed 16th on the night of the contest and received 36 points, placing 14th. Voting References External linksMelodifestivalen 1997on {{Eurovision Song Contest 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden In The Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times since making its debut in , missing only three contests since then (, , and ). The current Swedish participating broadcaster in the contest is (SVT), which select its entrant through the national competition Melodifestivalen. Sweden has hosted the contest seven times: three times in Stockholm (, , ), three times in Malmö (, , ) and one time in Gothenburg (). At the , Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden, along with , is the most successful country in the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of seven victories. Sweden also has the most top-five results of the 21st century, with 13; in total, Sweden has achieved 27 top-five results in the contest. After finishing second with "" performed by Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in , Sweden went on to achieve its seven victories with " Waterloo" by ABBA (), " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys (), "" by Carola (), " Take Me to You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of One More Time
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living In A Dream (One More Time Album)
''Den vilda'' is a studio album released by the Swedish pop group One More Time in 1996. The album peaked at number 29 on the Swedish Albums Chart. One year later it was released again with the songs translated into English. The title of the new album was ''Living in a Dream'' and the cover art was different. The English version also included a new English version of the song ''Det vackraste'', written by the band members and performed by Cecilia Vennersten at Melodifestivalen 1995. Track listing # ''Den vilda Den vilda (meaning "The wild one") is a winter-related song by Swedish band One More Time, written by . It won the Melodifestivalen 1996 and hence became the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, held in Oslo, Norway. The song was perfor ...'' # ''Kvarnen'' # ''Skuggan bakom dig'' # ''De oskattbara'' # ''Labyrinten'' # ''Vintergatan'' # ''Råttfångarn'' # ''Hela täcket för mig själv'' # ''Huset'' # ''Vägskälet'' # ''Den vilda - forsen om våren'' English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More Time (One More Time Album)
''One More Time'' is the second album by the Swedish pop group One More Time and was released in 1994. The album did not continue the international success of the group's first album, and ''One More Time'' did not enter the Swedish Albums Chart. Three songs were released as singles; "Song of Fête", "Get Out" and "The Dolphin". The first song was the only one that entered the Swedish Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 36. ''Dazzle Light'' was a re-recording of a song included on one of Sound of Music's album (both Peter Grönvall and Nanne Grönvall Marianne Elisabeth Grönvall (, née ''Nordqvist''; born 18 May 1962), known by her stage name Nanne (), is a Swedish singer-songwriter. Biography Grönvall's musical career started in the 1980s group Sound of Music. The trio participated twice ... were members of Sound of Music and One More Time). Track listing #''Symphony of Doom'' #''Get Out'' #''The Dolphin'' #''Anguish Kept in Secrecy'' #''Song of Fête'' #''Time'' # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland (album)
''Highland'' is the debut studio album by Swedish group One More Time (band), One More Time, released in 1992. In 1992, they began their international career with the release of the single "Highland", which peaked at number two in Sverigetopplistan, Sweden. Track listing Charts References One More Time (band) albums 1992 albums 1992 debut albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age, the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around the year 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1996
The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 May 1996 at the in Oslo, Norway. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (NRK) and presented by Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket, the contest was held in Norway following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Secret Garden (duo), Secret Garden. Thirty countries submitted entries to the contest, with a non-public, audio-only qualifying round held two months before the final to reduce the number of participants from 30 to 23. The entries from , , , , , , and were subsequently eliminated, which resulted in Germany being absent from the contest for the first – and as of 2025 - only time. The winner was with the song "The Voice (Eimear Quinn song), The Voice", written by Brendan Graham and performed by Eimear Quinn. This gave the nation a record-extending seventh contest win, their fourth win in five years, with Graham also recording his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Den Vilda
Den vilda (meaning "The wild one") is a winter-related song by Swedish band One More Time, written by . It won the Melodifestivalen 1996 and hence became the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, held in Oslo, Norway. The song was performed as the 23rd and last entry in the contest. At the close of the voting it had received 100 points and placed 3rd out of 23 entries. It also peaked at #7 on the Swedish Singles Chart. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Recordings in other languages * "The Wilderness Mistress" is the English version of "Den vilda", released by One More Time in 1996. * "Dansaðu vindur" is an Icelandic cover released by Eivør Pálsdóttir Eivor, Eivør or Øyvor is a female given name in the Nordic countries. In Sweden, 4,922 people bear the name. The average age is 78. The name perhaps originated from either the Proto-Norse word ''auja'', which is thought to mean "good luck", o ... in the 2008 album ''Frostrósir – Heyr Himnasmiður''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
