Hoy ha muerto Lars Berghagen, artista sueco relacionado con Abba y en especial con Frida con quien compartió escenarios en los 60 antes de Abba.
Lars Berghagen has passed away.
Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (13 May 1945 - 19 October 2023) was a Swedish singer and songwriter.
During the 1960s, Berghagen collaborated with Benny Andersson, and together they wrote songs like "Hej clown" and "Sagan om lilla Sofie". Berghagen was between 1965 and 1968, married to singer Lill-Babs. Together the couple have a daughter named Malin Berghagen born in 1966.
Lasse Berghagen has been Frida's tour partner in the summer of 1971 and has also starred with her in the Kar de Mumma revue at Folkan that same year where his character an tango charmer Flirty Knut was one of his most beloved characters between 1968 and 1974. Moreover he was a popular singer in Sweden and a close friend for the ABBA family in the 1970s.
He also participated in Melodifestivalen 1974 with the song "Min kärlekssång till dig", which placed second after ABBA. In 1975, Lars Berghagen finally achieved his breakthrough in Germany with the song "Es War Einmal Eine Gitarre". Berghagen won Melodifestivalen 1975 with the song "Jennie Jennie", at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 his song placed eight.
Since 1976, he has been married to Eva Berghagen nee Strand. And the couple have a daughter named Maria Berghagen Enander born in 1976. Frida and Benny were guests at their wedding in the summer of 1976.
Berghagen is considered one of Sweden's most beloved and popular singers, he received a lot of recognition for presenting the SVT show Allsång på Skansen between 1994 and 2003.
Berghagen died on 19 October 2023, at the age of 78. The cause was complications following cardiac surgery.
R.I.P, dear Lasse and Thank you for the music!
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