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lyrics. Uggla was born in Stockholm. He was the lead singer of the

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band JUSO (later renamed Alexander Lucas) before going solo in the early 1970s. Their influences were

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, The Groundhogs and

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, among others. Uggla's first two glam- and

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-inspired albums '' Om Bobbo Viking'' and '' Livets teater''ˈ did not sell well, the first only about 500 copies in Sweden and ''Livets teater'' even less. But his departure from glam rock with the

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and

inspired '' Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt'' gained him much popularity and the album sold about 150,000 copies. In the 1970s, several music magazines gave Magnus the name "The Swedish Ian Hunter". In 1979, he was one of the members in Magnus Uggla Band. Povel Ramel awarded him the Karamelodiktstipendiet in 1991. Uggla's solo influences includes Karl Gerhard,

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and Mott the Hoople. In an interview with

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, Uggla said that the Clash "was a really good band" and also created the song "Du ska va' glad" after he saw them perform at Gröna Lund.

Personal life

Uggla married Louise Uggla in 1990, with whom he has one son and one daughter. He also has a daughter from an earlier relationship. Uggla is diagnosed with

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(ADHD). He decided to do a psychiatric assessment for ADHD as an adult after one of his children had been diagnosed.

In popular culture

*Uggla participated in the fourth semi-final of

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2007 with the song " För kung och fosterland", competing for the opportunity to represent Sweden in the

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in Helsinki, Finland. On February 24, 2007, Uggla performed his song, and advanced to the Second Chance round the following Saturday, where he lost to

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in the last round of voting. Earlier that week, he had received complaints about the lyrics of the song which contain a line that could be interpreted as degrading to Polish people, but the Swedish

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decided not to try this as a violation of the

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act. * Plastic Bertrand has recorded a French version of Uggla's song "Vittring". It's called "Rock'n'Roll je te hais" and is found on Bertrand's LP ''L'Album''.

Discography

;Studio albums *1975: '' Om Bobbo Viking'' *1976: '' Livets teater'' *1977: '' Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt'' *1978: '' Vittring'' *1980: '' Den ljusnande framtid är vår'' *1983: '' Välkommen till folkhemmet'' *1986: '' Den döende dandyn'' *1987: '' Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre'' *1989: '' 35-åringen'' *1993: '' Alla får påsar'' *1997: ''

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'' *2000: '' Där jag är e're alltid bäst'' *2004: '' Den tatuerade generationen'' *2006: '' Ett bedårande barn av sin tid'' ( Karl Gerhard covers) *2007: '' Pärlor åt svinen'' *2010: '' Karl Gerhard passerar i revy'' *2011: '' Innan filmen tagit slut'' ;Collections *1985: '' Retrospektivt collage'' *1986: '' Collection'' (only released in

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) *1994: '' 100% Uggla'' *2002: '' Klassiska mästerverk'' *2008: '' Magnus Uggla 1975-2008'' ;Live albums *1981: '' Godkänd pirat'' – Live *2013: '' Magnus den store'' – Live ;Maxi EP *1979: '' Magnus Uggla band sjunger schlagers''

International singles

Singles released in France, Spain, United Kingdom and Germany. *1979: Everything You Do/Concrete Kid *1981: Ain't About To Go Back/Scandal Beauties *1981: Body Love/The Other Side (also released in Sweden)

International covers

Magnus Uggla has recorded several covers. These are the international ones, for which Uggla wrote new Swedish lyrics: *

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' " Star Star" became Uggla's "Stjärn…r" (or actually "Stjärnluder") * The Crystals' " Then He Kissed Me" became Uggla's "Å, han kysste mej" *

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's "Metro Jets" became Uggla's "Centrumhets" *

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's "Blue Blue (Victoria)" became Uggla's "IQ" *

's "Worlds Collide" became Uggla's "Herr servitör" Recorded with original lyrics: *

's " Rebel Rebel" * Steppenwolf's " Born to Be Wild" *

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' " Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"

Swedish covers

Uggla has covered the following Swedish songs by other artists on officially released studio records (the artists mentioned are those who first recorded the songs, not the songwriters/composers): *"Jazzgossen" by Karl Gerhard *"Leva livet" by

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(originally "

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" by

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) *"Ring ring" (Swedish version) by

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*"Mälarö kyrka" by

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*"Livet är en fest" by Nationalteatern *"Påtalåten" by

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* 1946 births 2020 deaths ...

*"Vem kan man lita på?" by Hoola Bandoola Band *"Häng med på party" by Ulf Neidemar *"I natt är jag din" by Tomas Ledin *"Hög standard" by Peps Persson *"Vi måste höja våra röster" by Margareta Garpe, Suzanne Osten and Gunnar Edander (since nobody seems to know exactly who recorded it first, these are the composers and songwriters) *"Tusen systrar" by Jösses Flickor *"In kommer Gösta" by Philemon Arthur & the Dung *"Speedy Gonzales" by Nationalteatern *"Hog farm" by Pugh Rogefeldt *"Ska vi gå hem till dig" by Lasse Tennander ;Others *" Jag och min far" (from EP ''Så mycket bättre (Säsong 3 – Olles dag – Program 2)'') *"Har hört om en tjej (I Heard of a Girl)" (from EP ''Säsong 3 – Miss Lis dag – Program 3'')

Bibliography

* Jag hade en gång en blogg (2008) with Jonathex Dan * Enda sättet att genomlida en konsert är att själv stå på scenen (2019)

References

External links

Official Magnus Uggla website
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