Lill Lindfors


Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors is a Finnish-Swedish singer who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s.

Career

She was born in Helsinki, Finland, and made her debut as a revue actress in Uddevalla in 1960. The following year she made her first recording. In the most recent decades, Lindfors has been known in Scandinavia for her "one-woman shows" in which she mixes music with a lot of comedy. She was one of the first artists who sang samba in Sweden, and she was also one of the first Swedish performers who did stand-up comedy in her shows.
;Eurovision Song Contest
Lindfors's performance of "Nygammal Vals" with Svante Thuresson took second place in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest.
She was a presenter at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was most famous for having a wardrobe malfunction live, during the contest, after passing through a part of the elaborate set. She later admitted it was a gag, but that it had not been rehearsed beforehand. According to author John Kennedy O'Connor's book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, the EBU was not pleased with this stunt. It remains one of the most iconic moments in the contest's history. She also performed "Musik ska byggas utav glädje" as the contest's major opener.
;Others
She has starred in several Swedish TV shows which have won awards in Montreux.
In 1998, she became Sweden's Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF.

Personal life

Lindfors lives in Stockholm, Sweden. She married director Peter Wester in 1969 and had a daughter Petronella. They were divorced in 1973.

Discography

Albums