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Johanna Maria Jansson (born 10 June 1987), better known by her stage name Dotter, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is best known for her participations in
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: placing second (one point behind the winner
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) with "
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" at
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, fourth with " Little Tot" at
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, and twelfth with " It's Not Easy to Write a Love Song" at
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.


Career

Dotter was born on 10 June 1987 in
Arvika Arvika is a locality and the seat of Arvika Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 14,244 inhabitants in 2010. Geography The town of Arvika is situated at Kyrkviken, a bay of Glafsfjorden, Sweden's only inland fjord, a remnant of the tim ...
. She later moved to
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and studied at the Kulturama music school. She chose the stage name "Dotter" (English: ''daughter'') because she considers herself a "daughter of Mother Earth" due to her
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lifestyle. She cites her major musical influences as
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,
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,
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, and
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. Her debut single "My Flower" was released in 2014, and she later performed at ''
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'' which was broadcast on SVT. Dotter co-wrote the song " A Million Years" by
Mariette Hansson Mariette Hansson (born 23 January 1983), sometimes credited as MaryJet or simply Mariette, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Hansson participated in '' Sikta mot stjärnorna'' (Swedish pre-selection for '' European Soundmix Show'') in 1999 imit ...
for
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. It went on to place fourth in the final. The following year, Dotter competed as a soloist in
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with the song "
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". Despite being a favourite to win the competition, she placed sixth in her semi-final and was eliminated. She co-wrote the song "
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" performed by
Lina Hedlund Lina Maria Hedlund (born 28 March 1978) is a Swedish singer and member of the pop group Alcazar. She also has a solo career. Career Hedlund was born in Bollnäs. She has participated in Melodifestivalen a number of times, in Melodifestival ...
in
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. It went on to place eleventh in the final. In the same festival Dotter performed the duet " Walk with Me" along with
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as an interval act during the Second Chance round. She returned as a performer one year later, competing in
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with the song "
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"; Dotter competed in the second semi-final on 8 February, where she qualified directly for the final. She finished in second place, scoring a total of 136 points, one point behind the winning song. She took part again in
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, with the song " Little Tot". She qualified directly for the final from the second semi-final, alongside
Anton Ewald Anton Kim Ewald (born 7 August 1993) is a Swedish singer and dancer. He has participated in Melodifestivalen several times as both a background dancer and singer. Career Ewald began his career as a background dancer at Melodifestivalen. In Melo ...
. Despite being an early favourite to win the contest, she placed fourth in the final. She is credited as a backing vocalist on the studio version of the at the
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, " I Am What I Am", a song co-written by her fiancée Dino Medanhodžić and sung by
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. She also announced the points on behalf of the Swedish jury at the contest. She competed in
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with " It's Not Easy to Write a Love Song"; she came second in her heat on 24 February 2024, qualifying for the final. She ultimately finished last in the final on March 9.


Personal life

Dotter is
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and an
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activist. She speaks four languages:
Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
,
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,
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, and Bosnian. She is engaged to Bosnian-Swedish musician Dino Medanhodžić and gave birth to a daughter on 12 October 2022. Her pregnancy was publicly revealed during her appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 as the Swedish spokesperson to announce the 12-point score from the Swedish jury.


Discography


Singles


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dotter 1987 births 21st-century Swedish women singers 21st-century Swedish singers Living people People from Arvika Municipality Swedish women singer-songwriters Swedish singer-songwriters Swedish pop singers Warner Music Group artists English-language singers from Sweden