Eva Dahlgren

Eva Dahlgren
Eva Dahlgren in March 2016
Background information
Born	(1960-06-09) 9 June 1960 (age 64) Umeå, Sweden
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer Songwriter
Instruments	Guitar Vocals
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Efva Attling ​ (m. 2009)​

Eva Charlotte Dahlgren (born 9 June 1960) is a Swedish pop musician and singer-songwriter.

Career

Dahlgren was discovered by musician/producer Bruno Glenmark in 1978 after appearing on the TV show Sveriges magasin, and her debut album Finns det nån som bryr sej om was released the same year. In 1979, she placed third in Melodifestivalen (the tryout competition for the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden). She toured Sweden in 1987 with Swedish pop duo Roxette, a tour that more than 100,000 people attended. Dahlgren's career grew steadily with several album releases during the 1980s, but her definite breakthrough in Sweden came in 1991 with En blekt blondins hjärta, her most successful album, which sold over half a million copies and won her five Grammis awards.^[1]

Dahlgren composed the score for the film Ingrid Bergman: In My Own Words (2015).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

In 1996, Dahlgren made headlines in the Swedish press when she came out as a lesbian through her civil union with jewellery designer Efva Attling, whom she met when she moved to Stockholm in the early 1980s. In connection with the civil union, Dahlgren changed her surname to Dahlgren-Attling. In 2009, they went through a marriage ceremony after Sweden passed its gender-neutral marriage law.^[2]

Discography

Albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [3]	FIN	NOR
Finns det nån som bryr sig om	Released: December 1978 Format: LP, CS Label: Glen Disc (3010)	23	—	—
Eva Dahlgren	Released: May 1980 Format: LP, CS Label: Glen Disc (3015)	25	—	—
För väntan	Released: June 1981 Format: LP, CS Label: Epic, CBS (85064)	2	—	—
Tvillingskäl	Released: October 1982 Format: LP, CS Label: Glen Disc (3022)	8	5	—
Ett fönster mot gatan	Released: August 1984 Format: LP, CS Label: Polar (POLS 392)	2	25	—
Ung och stolt	Released: January 1987 Format: LP, CS, CD Label: The Records Station (Stat 1)	2	2	—
Fria Världen 1.989	Released: February 1989 Format: LP, CS, CD Label: The Records Station (Stat 14)	3	2	—
En blekt blondins hjärta	Released: September 1991 Format: LP, CS, CD Label: The Records Station (Stat 29)	1	3	—
Jag vill se min älskade komma från det vilda	Released: September 1995 Format: LP, CS, CD Label: The Records Station (Stat 52)	2	4	25
Lai Lai	Released: March 1999 Format: CD Label: Anderson Records (AND 12)	1	7	20
Snö	Released: October 2005 Format: CD Label: Capitol, EMI (9463418352 9)	2	3	—
Petroleum och tång	Released: November 2007 Format: CD Label: Capitol, EMI (509995136352 9)	3	17	—
Himlen Är Inget Tak (with Peter Jöback)	Released: 2008 Format: LP, CD, digital Label: Sony Music (88875151602)	—	—	—
Jag sjunger ljuset	Released: April 2016 Format: LP, CD, digital Label: Sony Music (88875151602)	3	5	—
Evalution	Released: August 2020 Format: LP, CD, digital Label: Years of Charlotte (19439750121)	15	—	—

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [3]
LaLaLive	Released: 1999 Format: CD + DVD Label: Anderson (AND 15)	5

Charting compilation albums

List of charting compilation albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [3]	FIN
För minnenas skull 1978-1992	Released: June 1992 Format: 2×CD 2×LP Label: The Records Station (Stat 34)	10	2
En blekt blondins ballader 1980-2005	Released: July 2007 Format: CD Label: Sony BMG (88697123592)	1	19
Tid - Urval av Sånger 1980 till nu	Released: September 2012 Format: 2×CD Label: Capitol, EMI (5099901509120)	9	5

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected chart positions

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [3]
Äventyr	Released: February 2006 Format: CD Label: Capitol Records (09463545502 1)	58

Charting singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Chart positions	Album
		SWE [3]
"Ängeln i rummet"	1989	4	Fria Världen 1.989
"Gunga mig"	1991	40	En Blekt Blondins Hjärta
"Vem tänder stjärnorna"		4
"Kom och håll om mej"		27
"Tro på varann" (with Uno Svenningsson)	1994	22	Uno
"Underbara människa"	1999	41	Lai Lai
"När jag längtar"	2005	17	Snö
"Himlen är inget tak " (with Peter Jöback)	2008	36	Himlen Är Inget Tak

References

1. "Grammis-Vinnare Genom Åren 1969-2014" (PDF). ifpi sverige. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
2. "Love Portfolio: Eva Dahlgren & Efva Attling". Out. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
3. "Swedish charts archive – albums". Retrieved 6 January 2012.

External links

• Eva Dahlgren Online Archived 1 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• Official web site (in Swedish)