Christer Sandelin
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5 November 1961
- Singer
- songwriter
- musician
Christer Sandelin | |
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 Sandelin performing in June 2009 | |
| Born | Christer Eric Sandelin 5 November 1961 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Genres | Pop |
| Instrument | Vocals |
Christer Eric Sandelin (born 5 November 1961) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He has been a part of two groups. In 1978, he was in the Swedish group Freestyle with Tommy Ekman, Joakim Hagleitner, Gigi Hamilton, Diane Söderholm and Anders Uddbergand, and after the break-up of the band in 1983, he continued with Ekman and Hamilton to form the Swedish band trio Style.
In 1989, he started his solo career with his debut album Luften darrar and has had a number of albums. He has also produced for a number of artists Lars Vegas trio and the duos Ronny och Ragge, Rob'n'Raz, Antique and The Graaf Sisters (Magdalena Graaf and Hannah Graaf) and singer Vicki Benckert.
He also continued to cooperate extensively with Tommy Ekman including writing and producing together and in their joint album I Stero and the joint single "Singlar (oh oh)".
- Christer Eric Sandelin has participated several times in Melodifestivalen. In Melodifestivalen 1986 he sang "Dover-Calais" as part of the band Style placing 3rd. He also contested in Melodifestivalen 1987 with "Hand i hand", again with Style, placing 6th.
- The song "Dover-Calais" written by Sandelin and Tommy Ekart and performed by Style was used in the soundtrack of the 1989 film S/Y Joy (Swedish S/Y Glädjen).
- He has appeared on a number of television shows including Så mycket bättre in 2010, the program's first season.[1] In 2011–2012, he took part in the series Copycat Singers appearing in episode 7, broadcast on January 19th 2012.
