Lasse Berghagen

Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born 13 May 1945 in Enskede, Stockholm) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actor.

Berghagen is a well known singer-songwriter in Sweden. He released his first record in 1965, aged just 19. Four years later, in 1969, he released the single Teddybjörnen Fredriksson ("The Teddybear Fredriksson"), which has become a classic. Other hits include Sträck ut din hand, En kväll i juni and Stockholm i mitt hjärta.

Berghagen won the Swedish 1975 Melodifestivalen with the song Jennie, Jennie. He also participated in Melodifestivalen 1974 with the song Min kärlekssång till dig ("My Lovesong For You"), taking second place (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 considered an impressive rating (Sweden has approximately 9,000,000 inhabitants).

He was married to singer Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson from 1965 to 1968. He is the father of actress and TV personality Malin Berghagen, and the father-in-law of Tommy Nilsson.

Farväl till sommaren

Farväl till sommaren is a song written by Lars Berghagen.

Writing the song in late summer in Fjällbacka, the lyrics are a goodbye-song for the summer, upon the arrival of autumn in Sweden. The song was part of Lasse Berghagen's dinner shows at Berns Salonger. Recording it, using it as a B-side for the 1976 single "Då gör vi så", the song became successful for Sven-Ingvars. och scoring a Svensktoppen hit lasting for 11 weeks in late 1976-early 1977, even topping the chart.

Lasse Berghagen himself also recorded the song on his 1976 album Jag ville bli någon 1976 as well as Roland Cedermark on his 1993 album Roland Cedermark spelar vackra visor

The song has also been recorded by Sten & Stanley on 1985 album Musik, dans & party.

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Lotta på Liseberg

Lotta på Liseberg (Lotta at Liseberg), even called Allsång på Liseberg (Sing-along at Liseberg), is a Swedish sing-along show held at Stora scenen at the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg every Monday evening during the summers since 2004, hosted by Lotta Engberg and conducted by Curt-Eric Holmquist, the pianist. It is produced by Eyeworks. Since 2009-2014 it has been broadcast by TV4.

Jul-Lotta på Liseberg

In December 2005 a winter sing-along show called Jul-Lotta på Liseberg (Christmas-Lotta at Liseberg) started ("Jul-Lotta"="Julotta + Lotta"). It has been broadcast by TV4 since 2011. The intro-song is Hej, mitt vinterland and the outro-song O Holy Night (O helga natt in Swedish). The show is broadcast on Sundays during the Christmas time and there are 4 programs.

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