ANDERS EKDAHL

Born: November 13th, 1943, Västra Skrävlinge, Malmö (Sweden)

Nationality: Swedish

In due course, the short impression below will be replaced with a more extensive career overview

BIOGRAPHY

Pianist Anders Ekdahl, an alumnus of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, composed songs for many different Swedish artists, including Jan Malmsjö, Lill Lindfors, and Lill-Babs. As an arranger, he worked with Fred Åkerström and Anna Sise. He wrote several songs for the Swedish version of Sesame Street, in which he appeared a couple of times himself playing the role of the resident pianist Mozart Gustafsson.

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Anders Ekdahl was only involved in one Swedish preselection, namely that in 1983. The heats were held in the Palladium in Malmö; Ekdahl was the show’s musical director and conducted all ten entries by, amongst others, Karin Glenmark and Kikki Danielsson. He accompanied the winner, Carola and her ‘Främling’ (composed by Lasse Holm, arranged by Lennart Sjöholm), to the international final, where he conducted the orchestra. The Swedish song came third and was a chart success in several European countries.

EUROVISION INVOLVEMENT YEAR BY YEAR

1983 Munich

Country – Sweden

Song title – "Främling"

Rendition – Carola Häggkvist

Lyrics – Monica Forsberg

Composition – Lasse Holm 

Studio arrangement – Lennart Sjöholm

Live orchestration – Lennart Sjöholm

Conductor – Anders Ekdahl

Score – 3rd place (126 votes)