Lasse Holm & Monica Törnell

Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm Born 9 December 1943 In Stockholm Sweden Composer Lyricist And Singer. Since Childhood He Was Very Interested In Music And Was A Member Of A Lot Of Pop Music And Rock Music Groups In The 1960s Doug And The Millsmen The Spacemen And The Moonlighters. During The 1980s He Was A Songwriter For Chips And Country Band Mats Rådberg & Rankarna. Holm Is Mostly Known As A Schlager Composer And He Has By Himself Or In Collaboration With Others Written Five Winning Songs In The Swedish Melodifestivalen "Dag Efter Dag" By Chips 1982 "Främling" Carola Häggkvist 1983 "Bra Vibrationer" By Kikki Danielsson 1985 "E' De' Det Här Du Kallar Kärlek" A Duet By Holm And Monica Törnell 1986 And "Eloise" By Arvingarna 1993 . Other Hits Written By Lasse Holm Include "Canneloni Macaroni" Recorded By Himself "Växeln Hallå" Recorded By Janne Lucas Persson "Högt Över Havet" Recorded By Arja Saijonmaa "Då Lyser En Sol" Recorded By Elisabeth Andreassen And "Papaya Coconut" Recorded By Kikki Danielsson . Holm Has Also Hosted A Number Of Popular Swedish TV Shows Such As Sikta Mot Stjärnorna Pictionary And Diggiloo. Monica Kristina Ingeborg Törnell Born June 3 1954 In Trönö Hälsingland Gävleborg County Sweden Is A Swedish Singer And Songwriter. After Being Discovered By Cornelis Vreeswijk 1971 She Was A Prominent Singer In Several Genres Mainly Folk And Rock Music For Over Two Decades. Together With Lasse Holm She Represented Sweden In The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 In Bergen Norway. She Was The Mother Of Tobias Born In 1973 And Mattias Törnell Born In 1980 . During The 1990s Became Her State Of Health As Well As Her Recordings And Scene Performances Significantly Fewer. From That Time She Has Mainly Been Active As A Visual Artist And Has Exhibited Oil Paintings Including In Söderhamn And Sundsvall. In 1992 However She Released A CD With Songs By Lennart Hellsing. These Were Set To Music By Klas Widén And Georg Riedel. The Same Year She Also Participated In An Album With The Band Twang From Gävle. She Also Made New Appearances On Visfestivalen In Västervik 1991 And 1994. In 1997 She Worked As A Actor In The Role Of The Woman Weaver In Hans Klinga's Stage-Setting Of Astrid Lindgren's Mio My Mio At The Royal Dramatic Theatre In Stockholm. 15 The Following Year She Appeared In The Television Programme Livslust And Told Me About His Illness And The Diagnosis Established Only After Ten Years Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 14 In October 1999 She Sang Again For The Audience At A Charity Gala In Gävle Concert Hall. 16 The Same Year She Also Participated With The Song Pilträd Gråt För Mig Willow Weep For Me Ann Ronell-Fjellström / Bourne On A Tribute Album To The Then Recently Deceased Guitarist Jan-Eric "Fjellis" Fjellström. In 2001 She Sang At The Cornelis Day On Mosebacke Etablissement In Stockholm Along With Jazz Musician Thomas Jutterström From Söderhamn. 17 In 2004 She Participated Along With The British Rock Band Dr. Feelgood On The Compilation Album Rendezvous With I'm So Happy A Previously Unreleased Song That She Herself Wrote In The Early 1980s. She Has In Recent Years Also Made A Number Of Appearances Including During The Söderhamn Days Along With The Cover Band Rocktools From Söderhamn. In January 2005 She Sang At A Charity Gala For The Victims Of The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake Which Was Held In Gävle Concert Hall. 18 The Same Year She Sang Duet With Thorsten Flinck In The Song Här Och Nu By Björn Afzelius On The Album Vildvuxna Rosor. In 2007 She Sang The Song When I Paint My Masterpiece On The Compilation Album Whatever Colors You Have In Your Mind A Tribute To Bob Dylan. She Has Also Along With Björn Ståbi Freddie Wadling Karin Wistrand And Others Participated In The Music Project Mother Which Is Led By The Former Punk Rock Musician Per Forsgren From Gävle And Has Resulted In The Album LP 2008 . Continuing Health Problems Have However Have So Far Been An Obstacle For A Comeback On A Larger Scale. Eurovision Song Contest 1986 - Bergen
Entry For Sweden Performer Lasse Holm And Monica Törnell
Song Title E' De' Det Här Du Kallar Kärlek
Song Writer S Song Composer S Lasse Holm Sang In Position 17
Final Position 5
Total Points 78 For The First Time Norway Had The Honour Of Hosting The Eurovision Song Contest In Its 31st Edition. Just Like In Munich The Years Earlier 20 Countries Participated In The Contest. The Netherlands And Yugoslavia Returned Italy And Greece Withdrew From The From The Contest And Iceland Made Their Debut. Iceland Had Wanted To Participate For Some Years Already But The Small Atlantic Island Nation Had To Wait Until A Satellite Connection To Iceland Could Be Etablished. The 1986 Eurovision Song Contest Also Marked A Historic Landmark As The 500th Eurovision Song Was Performed In Bergen - Luxembourg's Entry L'Amour De Ma Vie By Canadian-Born Sherisse Laurence. The Contest Was One Big Commercial For Norway As A Country As All The Postcards Introducing The Participants Showed The Beauty Of The Norwegian Landscape. The Presenter Of The 1986 Eurovision Song Contest Åse Kleveland Had Already Particpated As A Singer For Her Homecountry In 1966 Where She Was Placed 3rd. She Had Also Already Presented The Norwegian National Final In 1980. The Winner Of The Song Contest Was The 13-Year-Old Sandra Kim Who Sang J'Aime La Vie. She Actually Had Told The Producers Of The Show That She Was 15 Year Old. It Was The First Win For Belgium And All Countries That Had Participated In The Very First Contest In 1956 Had Now Won At Least Once. Jazz Singer Timna Brauer The Daughter Of The Famous Artist Arik Brauer Only Came 18th With Her Austrian Entry Die Zeit Ist Einsam. Yugoslavia's Singer Doris Dragovic Would Appear 13 Years Later In The 1999 Jerusalem Edition Of The Song Contest Then Singing For Croatia And Improving Her Result She Only Came 11th In Norway But Would Come 4th In 1999. read less