Lasse Lönndahl Explained

Lasse Lönndahl
Birth Name:Lars Gunnar Lönndahl
Birth Date:1928 8, df=y
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation:Actor, singer
Years Active:1947–2022
Awards:Illis quorum

Lars Gunnar "Lasse" Lönndahl (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈlǎsːə ˈlø̂nːdɑːl/; 19 August 1928 – 26 December 2022) was a Swedish singer and actor.[1] [2] He was considered the most well-known Swedish singer of the 1950s and 1960s with nicknames including "The Swedish Frank Sinatra" and "World's Oldest Teenager".[3] Even though by the mid-1970s his career had slowed down, he was still considered arguably Sweden's most popular singer of all time and was long a very popular figure in media.

Career

Lönndahl was born in Stockholm. His breakthrough was in 1949 with his first record, "",[4] which reached 2 in Sweden. After that he became one of the leading faces in popular music, scoring 12 No.2 hit singles in the 1950s. He also made some movies in the late 1950s.

In the 1960s, he became the first singer to have a No.1 single on the new Swedish chart Svensktoppen (the most important Swedish chart) with the 1962 single "". It stayed a total of 18 weeks in the charts. Between the years 1962 and 1972 he had 35 songs on the chart, with a total of 37.[5]

Personal life

Lönndahl was born in Stockholm to a Swedish mother and an English father. His father left the family early and Lönndahl rarely saw him. Lönndahl remembers his father as a man who rarely worked and lived off his wife before absconding. After Lönndahl found fame, his father tried reconnecting with his son, asking him for money. Lönndahl however, never connected with his father again as he believed too much time had passed and that his father's appearance came much too late. In late 1970, Lönndahl's seven-year-old daughter Malin and her mother died in a car accident in Los Angeles, California.[6] After the incident, Lönndahl for a period of time went into a self-imposed exile to the United States, eluding the Swedish press. He subsequently returned to Sweden but refused to record new material, claiming it was too "onerous to be Sweden's greatest singer".[7]

Lönndahl died on 26 December 2022, at the age of 94.[8]

Awards

Lönndahl was awarded the Illis quorum in 1993.[9]

Number 1 hits

Filmography

See also

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Lars Lönndahl . . Swedish . 13 May 2010.
  2. Web site: Lasse Lönndahl är död . 26 December 2022 . Aftonbladet . 26 December 2022 . sv . 11 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111181709/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/l34O4L/lasse-lonndahl-ar-dod . live.
  3. News: Lagercrantz . Agneta . 12 October 2010 . "Jag tror jag håller på att bli gammal" . Swedish . . 18 May 2022 . 1101-2412 . 11 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111181710/https://www.svd.se/a/efd13949-0959-39b1-8d03-7649f2e6bfa0/jag-tror-jag-haller-pa-att-bli-gammal . live .
  4. Web site: Lasse Lönndahl var den tidens Håkan Hellström . 18 May 2022 . . sv . 18 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518170451/https://www.expressen.se/noje/kronikorer/anders-bjorkman/han-var-den-tidenshakan-hellstrom/ . live .
  5. News: 8 February 2021 . Rekordlistan . sv . . 18 May 2022 . 18 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518170451/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/rekordlistan . live .
  6. Web site: Gänger . Hasse . 28 September 2017 . Lasse Lönndahl, 89: Jag har inte hittat någon som passar . 18 May 2022 . Allas . sv-SE . 27 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220927105444/https://www.allas.se/noje/lasse-lonndahl-89-jag-har-inte-hittat-nagon-som-passar/105124 . live .
  7. Web site: Lasse Lönndahl: Jag fick tusentals med beundrarbrev i veckan – och jag svarade på vartenda ett . Elfving möter . Sveriges Radio . 11 January 2023 . 11 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111181711/https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/562689?programid=3164 . live .
  8. Web site: JUST NU: Sångaren Lasse Lönndahl död . 26 December 2022 . Expressen . sv . 26 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226162941/https://www.expressen.se/noje/sangaren-lasse-lonndahl-dod-blev-94-ar-gammal/ . live .
  9. Web site: Magnusson . Bo . September 2016 . 18 May 2022 . Edition Allegro Musik HB . sv-SE . 23 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523232347/https://www.allegromusik.se/september-2016.html . live .

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