10 May 2021(2021-05-10) (aged 84) Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Jazz, Schlager, soul
Occupation(s)
Singer
Years active
1963–2021
Labels
Metronome
Musical artist
Svante Thuresson (7 February 1937 – 10 May 2021) was a Swedish jazz musician.[1] He started his career as a drummer before joining the band Gals and Pals in 1963.[1] Svante won the national selection and represented Sweden in the Eurovision song contest in 1966 with Nygammal vals ("New, Old-Fashioned Waltz") and came in second place; he performed with Lill Lindfors.[2][3]
In 2007, Thuresson and Anne-Lie Rydé performed at Melodifestivalen 2007 as a duo in hopes of represent Sweden in the Eurovision, but failed to make it to the final.[4]
He died from a long-term illness on 10 May 2021, at the age of 84.[5][6]
^ ab"Svante Thuresson is dead - turned 84 years old". 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^"Melodifestivalen". svt.se. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
SvanteThuresson (7 February 1937 – 10 May 2021) was a Swedish jazz musician. He started his career as a drummer before joining the band Gals and Pals...
results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and SvanteThuresson in 1966, Sweden went on to achieve its seven victories with ABBA (1974)...
(Nina Solo Acoustic)" Your Love Alone Is Not Enough "Vänner" SvanteThuressonSvanteThuresson och Vänner 2008 "Land of a Thousand Dances" Dave Cloud & The...
1966 with the song "Nygammal vals" performed by Lill Lindfors and SvanteThuresson. It was written by Bengt-Arne Wallin and Björn Lindroth. Sweden scored...
France, and the school of the Royal Swedish Opera. She is married to actor Svante Thunberg, with whom she had appeared in a 2000 Swedish television musical...
Records, 2007). Swedish Singer SvanteThuresson released a Swedish version named Solen i maj on the record SvanteThuresson & Vänner (2007) Robert Lamm of...
Lindfors's performance of "Nygammal Vals" ("New, yet familiar waltz") with SvanteThuresson took second place in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest. She was the...
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have influenced the results of the 2007 festival. Lill Lindfors & SvanteThuresson "Nygammal vals (hip man svinaherde)" (1966) The winner of Melodifestivalen...
Roger Pontare Eric Saade Björn Skifs Martin Stenmarck Robin Stjernberg SvanteThuresson Monica Törnell Tusse Östen Warnerbring Ingvar Wixell Måns Zelmerlöw...
Mastik and 1988 Lill Lindfors, represented Sweden in 1966 alongside SvanteThuresson Åse Kleveland, represented Norway in 1966 Gigliola Cinquetti, winner...
Sentimental Journey 2004 – Funky ABBA With others 1998 − Här kommer natten, SvanteThuresson 2007 – Christmas with My Friends (ACT) 2012 – Super Music, UMO Jazz...
Actors: Lill Lindfors Magnus Härenstam Nils Eklund Gunilla Åkesson SvanteThuresson Lennart Loberg Muppets and additional characters: Bert and Ernie Kakmonstret...
"Absent Friends") 1966 29 January "Nygammal vals" Lill Lindfors & SvanteThuresson Bengt Arne Wallin, Björn Lindroth 2nd 1967 24 February "Som en dröm"...
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previously represented Sweden in the 1966 contest, placing second alongside SvanteThuresson with the song "Nygammal vals". Following the confirmation of the nineteen...
Eurovision Song Contest 1966, Shihab accompanied Lill Lindfors and SvanteThuresson on stage for the Swedish entry "Nygammal Vals". In 1973, Shihab returned...
Artists 1991 Experience The Divine Bette Midler, 1993 En Salig man, SvanteThuresson, 1993 Thank You For The Music, ABBA, 1994 Home to Me, Eric Bibb, 2000...
Curtis Fuller, 86, American jazz trombonist (The Jazz Messengers) 10 SvanteThuresson, 68, Swedish jazz and schlager singer (Gals and Pals) Pauline Tinsley...
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