Thorleifs was a Swedish
dansband
(; "dance band"), or in Norwegian and Danish, is a Swedish language, Swedish term for a band that plays (; "dance band music"). ' is often danced to in partner dance, pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. T ...
, formed in 1962 in
Norrhult,
Kronoberg County
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, Sweden and led by
Thorleif Torstensson. The band sings in Swedish and many other languages, and released some albums in
German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
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. It also took part in
Melodifestivalen 2009
2009 was the 49th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 7 February and 14 March 2009. The winner of the competition was Malena Ernman with the song "La Voix (song), ...
with the song "
Sweet Kissin' in the Moonlight" but did not proceed into the finals.
Members
; Guitar, lead vocals and saxophone
* Thorleif Torstensson (1962–2012)
; Guitar and vocals
* Magnus Bergdahl (1968–2008)
* Bosse Thyren (2011–2012)
; Drums and vocals
* Åke Eriksson (1962–1970)
* Jörgen Löfstedt (1970–2012)
; Bass
* Bo Ehrenmo (1962–1969)
* Kim Lindahl (1969–2012)
; Keyboards and accordion
* Johan Möller (1962–1991)
* Bert Månson (1991–1993)
* Johan Bergerfalk (1993–2004)
* Magnus Franzén (2004–2011)
* Magnus Håkansson (2011–2012)
; Keyboards, guitar and saxophone
* Hans Magnusson (1962–2012)
; Trumpet and vocals
* Anders Kjell (1962–1969)
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Kommer hem till dig'' (1973)
* ''En dag i juni'' (1974)
* ''Gråt inga tårar'' (1975)
* ''Skänk mig dina tankar'' (1976)
* ''Alltid tillsammans'' (1976)
* ''72 till 75'' (1977)
* ''Du bara du'' (1977)
* ''Kurragömma'' (1978)
* ''Sköt om dej'' (1979)
* ''12 Golden Hits'' (1979)
* ''När dina ögon ler'' (1980)
* ''
Johnny Blue'' (1981)
* ''Aurora'' (1982)
* ''
Till Folkets park'' (1987)
; Saxgodingar series
* ''Saxgodingar instrumentalt'' (1981) (LP)
* ''Saxgodingar 2'' (1983) (LP)
* ''Saxgodingar 3'' (1987) (CD)
* ''Historien Thorleifs saxgodingar'' (1996) (CD)
* ''Saxgodingar 4'' (1998)
; CDs
* ''Stadens ende speleman'' (1988)
* ''Halva mitt hjärta'' (1989)
* ''Tillsammans'' (1991)
* ''Med dej vill jag leva'' (1992)
* ''
Och du tände stjärnorna'' (1994)
* ''Historien Thorleifs'' (1995)
* ''På opfordring'' (1995)
* ''En liten ängel'' (1997)
* ''En lille engel'' (1997)
* ''En liten ängel – Live i Lillehammer'' (1997)
* ''
Thorleifs jul'' (1998)
* ''Thorleifs karaoke'' (1998)
* ''På opfordring 2'' (1999)
* ''Ingen är som du'' (2000)
* ''Mit dir will ich leben'' (2002)
* ''
Thorleifs Hit Collection'' (2002)
* ''
Våra bästa år
Våra bästa år is a 2007 Thorleifs double album, double compilation album. Seven of the songs were new back then. Outside Sweden, special versions of the album were released in Denmark, Finland and Norway. On the album charts, it peaked at 24th ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Förälskade
''Förälskade'' is a studio album by Thorleifs, released 1 October 2008. On the album charts, it topped in Sweden, reached 17th position in Denmark and 34th position in Norway. A Danish language-version of the album, ''Forelskede'', was also reco ...
'' (2008)
* ''
Sweet Kissin' in the Moonlight: Den första kyssen'' (2009)
* ''Thorleifs största hits'' (2010)
* ''Golden Sax Love Songs'' (2011)
* ''
Tack & farväl'' (2012)
* ''Golden Sax Swing – Vi möts igen'' (2014)
References
External links
Official website*
*
Dansbands
Musical groups established in 1962
Musical groups disestablished in 2012
1962 establishments in Sweden
2012 disestablishments in Sweden
Musical groups from Kronoberg County
20th-century establishments in Kronoberg County
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