Anders Engbergs was a

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, reestablished in 1994 when

Lotta & Anders Engbergs orkester Anna Charlotte "Lotta" Engberg (born Pedersen; 5 March 1963) is a Swedish singer. She represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with "Boogaloo (song), Boogaloo" after winning Melodifestivalen 1987. She also tried many times in Melodif ...

divided into two bands, ''Anders Engbergs'' and Lotta Engbergs, three years after the

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of husband Anders Engberg and wife

Lotta Engberg Anna Charlotte "Lotta" Engberg (born Pedersen; 5 March 1963) is a Swedish singer. She represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with "Boogaloo (song), Boogaloo" after winning Melodifestivalen 1987. She also tried many times in Melodif ...

. ''Anders Engbergs'' had also been the name of the pre-split band prior to Lotta Engberg joining it in 1989. One of the more famous singers in its lineup up to 1988 was Stefan Borsch. Björn Hedström, who was one of Anders Engbergs' singers, participated in the Swedish

Melodifestivalen 1995 Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "", composed by Håkan Almqvist and Bobby Ljunggren, with lyrics by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and performed by Jan Johansen. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), ...

with the song ''" Du är drömmen jag drömt"''. Anders Engbergs had some

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hits, but never achieved the same level of successes as Lotta Engbergs.

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(then known as Charlotte Nilsson) had her breakthrough while in this band, laying the foundation for her later successes in

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as a solo artist. Another member was Martin Rydnemalm, who later played the

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and

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in Kim & Hallo. In 1998 the band won the contest ''"Dansbandslåten"'' with the song ''"När kärleken slår till"''.

Discography

Albums

*Glöm inte bort - 1995 *Lova mig - 1996 *När Kärleken Slår Till - 1999

Svensktoppen songs

*Glöm inte bort - 1994 *Du är drömmen jag drömt - 1995 *Ge dej tid - 1995 *Glöm inte bort - 1994 *Av hela mitt hjärta - 1996 *Kärleken i dina ögon - 1998 *När kärleken slår till - 1999 *Tusen år - 2000

Songs failing to enter the chart

*En blå sommardag - 1997 *Minnenas värld - 1997 *Är du min nu - 1999 *Det är sommaren som vaknat - 1999

References

Musical groups established in 1994 Dansbands 1994 establishments in Sweden Musical groups from Västra Götaland County Skara {{Sweden-band-stub