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Johan Gustav Emil Sjögren (16 June 1853, Stockholm – 1 March 1918, Knivsta) was a Swedish composer. He is considered among the best of Swedish composers of lieder. Sjögren studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and later at the Berlin Conservatory He traveled widely and while a Nordic tone is present in his largely romantic idiom, much of his music bears a cosmopolitan, particularly French style. From 1890, he served as the organist at the Sankt Johannes kyrka in Stockholm until shortly before his death on 1 March 1918. Sjögren is remembered best for his lieder and piano...

Christer Sjögren, born April 6, 1950 in Hagfors, Sweden, is a Swedish dansband and rock singer. Most people know him as the singer in the Swedish dansband Vikingarna. By mid 1978 he became a member of Vikingarna, earlier he sang in the band Pelles Orkester. Since the early 2000s, Christer Sjögren lives in Hammarö, outside Karlstad, Sweden. The first album by Vikingarna with Christer Sjögren as singer is "Kramgoa låtar 7", released in 1979. He competed in Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Taking one of the two top spots in the first semi-final, his song...

Christer Björkman (born August 25, 1957 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. He was a hairdresser, and had a hair-salon in Borås. He started his career by recording a song called "Våga och Vinn" which was produced by Bruno Glenmark (Mid 1980's) He won Melodifestivalen 1992 with "I morgon är en annan dag", and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992. He finished second last, Sweden's worst result at the contest since 1977. He is now supervisor of Melodifestivalen, a post he has held since 2002.He is however regarded, by his peers as being somewhat of a controversiel...