Linda Caroline Sundblad (born 5 July 1981, in

Lidköping Lidköping () is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had about 40,000 inhabitants in 2021. It is situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidkö ...

) is a Swedish singer, actress and model.

Career

Lambretta

Dropping out of school at the age of 15 to join the

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band

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, she experienced much success at a young age. After releasing three albums with Lambretta, she decided in Autumn 2005 to go solo.

Solo

Her first solo single, "Oh Father", was released in September 2006 and her debut album, ''Oh My God!'', a couple of months later. "Oh Father" was nominated for a

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award. Musicwise it remained silent around Sundblad until the second part of 2009 when the new single "2 All My Girls" was released and a second album announced for 24 March 2010.

Other projects

She is also featured on the '' Reflections'' album by

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, for which she sings the vocals to " Faraway Vol. 2". Sundblad works currently with

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artist

Rasmus Faber Rasmus Peter Faber (born 16 May 1979) is a Swedish pianist, DJ, remixer, composer, record producer, sound engineer, and founder of the record label Farplane Records. He is notable in the electronic dance music genre, and performs solo as a DJ and ...

; she sang for him on the single "Everything Is Alright", which was released on 22 November 2008 and on his second single "Always", which was released on 6 April 2009. Sundblad also features on Rasmus Faber's debut album ''Where We Belong''.

Melodifestivalen 2011

Linda Sundblad participated in

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, the Swedish selection for the

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. She competed in the third semi-final on 19 February 2011 in Cloetta Center,

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, with the song "Lucky You", which finished 6th and did not qualify for the final.

Model career

Sundblad has worked since 2005 as a model, presenting

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and Munthe plus Simonsen.

Radio career

Since 8 November 2006 Sunblad has worked as a radio announcer at

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, where she moderated the programme ''P3 Star''.

Discography

Singles * "Oh Father" (2006, SE #1) * "Lose You" (2006, SE #2) * "Back in Time" (2007) * "Who (Q Boy)" (2007) * "Cheat" (2007) * "2 All My Girls" (2009, SE #50) * "Let's Dance" (2010, SE #7) * "Perfect Nobody" (2010) * "Lucky You" (2011) Albums * '' Oh My God!'' (2006, SE #11) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Öppna ditt hjärta så ska du få'' EP (2012)

Lambretta

Albums * ''Breakfast'' (July 1999) * ''Lambretta'' (June 2002) * ''The Fight'' (March 2005) Singles * "Blow Up All My Fuses" (1999) * "Absolutely Nothing" (1999) * "And All The Roses" (1999) * "Bimbo" (April 2002) * "Creep" (August 2002) * "Perfect Tonight" (2002) * "Chemical" (2004) * "Anything" (2004) * "Kill Me" (2004)

Guest appearances

Singles ; with

* " Faraway Vol. 2" (2003) ; with

* "Everything Is Alright" (2008) * "Always" (2009) ; with

Kleerup Andreas Kleerup (born 1979), professionally known as Kleerup, is a Swedish electropop musician. Career Kleerup began his music career as a songwriter, going on to tour with Teddybears and Robyn. In 2007, Kleerup released his debut single "With ...

* "History" (2009)

TV appearances

* "Sommarkrysset" (2007) * "FörKväll" (2006–2007) * "

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" (2006–2007) * "Bingolotto" (2006) * "Studio Virtanen" (2006) * "Vi i femman" (2005) * "Körslaget" (2010) * "Allsång på Skansen" (2010)

References

External links

Official site

Official MySpace
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sundblad, Linda 1981 births Living people Swedish pop singers Swedish women pop singers Swedish women singer-songwriters Swedish singer-songwriters Swedish female models Swedish actresses People from Lidköping Actresses from Västra Götaland County Musicians from Västra Götaland County English-language singers from Sweden 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers