Lasse Berghagen

Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born May 15, 1945 in Enskede) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, composer and actor. A well known singer-songwriter in Sweden with a great number of songs. He released his first record 1965, when he was only 19 years old. Four years later, 1969, he released the single Teddybjörnen Fredriksson ("The Teddybear Fredriksson"), which has become a song classic. Other hits include Sträck ut din hand, En kväll i juni and Stockholm i mitt hjärta. He hosted the TV-show Allsång på Skansen (Singalong at Skansen) from 1994 to 2003. During his time as host the show increased its ratings from 600 000 to 2 000 000 viewers, which by Swedish standards is to be considered an impressive rating. Berghagen won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1975 with song Jennie Jennie. He also participated in Melodifestivalen 1974 with song Min kärlekssång till dig ("My Lovesong For You") and was the 2nd runner up - after ABBA...! He hosted the popular summer TV show Allsång på Skansen (Singalong at Skansen) from 1994 to 2003. During his time as host the show increased its ratings from 600,000 to 2,000,000 viewers, which by Swedish standards is to be considered an impressive rating (Sweden has approximately 9,000,000 inhabitants). He has been married to singer Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson (1965-1968), he is the father of actress and TV-personality Malin Berghagen and through her the father in law of Tommy Nilsson . Eurovision Song Contest 1975 - Stockholm Entry for Sweden Performer: Lars Berghagen and the Dolls Song title: Jennie, Jennie Song writer(s): Song composer(s): Lars Berghagen Sang in Position: 18 Final Position: 8 Total Points: 72 Sweden and its capital Stockholm were the frame for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, and yet again, another voting system was implemented which is still in use today. Juries in every country would give 1 - 12 points to their 10 favourite songs, starting with 12 points to their top favourite, then 10 to the second favourite, 8 to their third favourite, 7 to their fourth favorite and ending with 1 point for their tenth favourite. The votes were cast in the order the songs were performed.A record of 19 participating countries took part in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest. After its debut in the preceding year, Greece withdrew from the contest again. On the other hand, Turkey sent its first entry to the song contest and France and Malta returned. Ellen Nikolaysen from Norway performed for the third consecutive year on the Eurovision Song Contest stage which was only preceded in the 1950s by Lys Assia and Corry Brokken and in the 1960s by Udo Jürgens, but was never repeated afterwards. Portugal's entry was a highly political one. Singer Duarte Mendes dedicated his song to the country's peaceful revolution the previous year. 1975 saw a disappointing result for the German entry Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein, which was performed by Joy Fleming. The song ended up 17th with just 15 points altogether, but is nowadays seen as a highlight in Eurovision Song Contest history. The first entry of the night was the one of the Netherlands. The Dutch performers gave a magnificent perfomance and ended up with the trophy singing Ding-A-Dong. It was the fourth time that the Netherlands won the event. The host of the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, Karin Falck, charmingly presented the show but got confused during the voting at one point, when she exclaimed "How much is 7 in French?".