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Christer Samuel Björkman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkrɪ̌sːtɛr ˈbjœ̌rkman]; born 25 August 1957) is a Swedish singer and television producer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "I morgon är en annan dag" after winning Melodifestivalen 1992.[1]

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Christer Björkman
Björkman in 2017
Background information
Birth name	Christer Samuel Björkman
Born	(1957-08-25) 25 August 1957 (age 64) Borås, Sweden
Genres	Schlager
Occupation(s)	Singer television producer
Years active	1984–present

From 2002 to 2021, he served as a producer of Melodifestivalen, and remained an important figure in Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest. He stepped down from his position after Melodifestivalen 2021, and is currently working at Voxovation, a Los Angeles-based company that focuses on expanding the Eurovision Song Contest brand into other markets.[2][3][4]

Biography

Björkman was born in Borås as the son of gaming entrepreneur Ulla Björkman (b. 1939). He never met his father while he was alive. He began working as a hairdresser, and soon had his own hair salon in Borås.^{[citation needed]}

In 1985, Björkman started his entertainment career by recording a song called "Våga och vinn", which was produced by Bruno Glenmark.^{[citation needed]}

Björkman 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 entered Melodifestivalen a second and third time in 1993 with "Välkommen till livet" and 1999 with a song called "Välkommen hem" which finished last among the ten participants.^{[citation needed]}

From 2002 to 2021, Björkman held the position of contest producer of Melodifestivalen.

Björkman was the show producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, after Loreen's victory the year prior.[5] He has acted as a juror at the national selections of other countries,[6] and served as contest producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm following Måns Zelmerlöw's victory the year prior.[7]

In 2016, he was chosen to be one of three expert jurors at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta, Malta. In 2018, he was invited as an international juror for Sweden at Destination Eurovision 2018.

Personal life

Björkman is openly gay, and is married to Martin Kagemark.

References

External links

Media related to Christer Björkman at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Swedish)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Carola with "Fångad av en stormvind"	Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992	Succeeded by Arvingarna with "Eloise"

На других языках

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- [en] Christer Björkman

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[es] Christer Björkman

Christer Samuel Björkman (Borås, 25 de agosto de 1957) es un cantante y productor de televisión sueco. Ha sido jefe de producción del Melodifestivalen desde 2002 hasta 2021, así como productor artístico del Festival de Eurovisión en sus ediciones de 2013, 2016 y 2017. Por otro lado, representó a Suecia como cantante en Eurovisión 1992.

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[ru] Бьоркман, Кристер

Кристер Самюэль Бьоркман (швед. Christer Samuel Björkman, род. 25 августа 1957 в Буросе, Швеция) — руководитель и председатель жюри шведского музыкального конкурса «Melodifestivalen»[1] (местного отборочного конкурса для песенного фестиваля «Евровидение»); бывший стилист и певец (в частности, представитель Швеции на конкурсе песни Евровидение-1992).

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