Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born May 15, 1945 in Enskede) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, composer and actor. A well known singer-songwriter in Sweden with a great number of songs. He released his first record 1965, when he was only 19 years old. Four years later, 1969, he released the single Teddybjörnen Fredriksson ("The Teddybear Fredriksson"), which has become a song classic. ...show more

Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born May 15, 1945 in Enskede) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, composer and actor. A well known singer-songwriter in Sweden with a great number of songs. He released his first record 1965, when he was only 19 years old. Four years later, 1969, he released the single Teddybjörnen Fredriksson ("The Teddybear Fredriksson"), which has become a song classic.

Other hits include Sträck ut din hand, En kväll i juni and Stockholm i mitt hjärta. He hosted the TV-show Allsång på Skansen (Singalong at Skansen) from 1994 to 2003. During his time as host the show increased its ratings from 600 000 to 2 000 000 viewers, which by Swedish standards is to be considered an impressive rating. Berghagen won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1975 with song Jennie Jennie.

He also participated in Melodifestivalen 1974 with song Min kärlekssång till dig ("My Lovesong For You") and was the 2nd runner up - after ABBA...! He hosted the popular summer TV show Allsång på Skansen (Singalong at Skansen) from 1994 to 2003. During his time as host the show increased its ratings from 600,000 to 2,000,000 viewers, which by Swedish standards is to be considered an impressive rating (Sweden has approximately 9,000,000 inhabitants). He has been married to singer Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson (1965-1968), he is the father of actress and TV-personality Malin Berghagen and through her the father in law of Tommy Nilsson. Eurovision Song Contest 1975 - Stockholm Entry for Sweden Performer: Lars Berghagen and the Dolls Song title: Jennie, Jennie Song writer(s): Song composer(s): Lars Berghagen Sang in Position: 18 Final Position: 8 Total Points: 72 Sweden and its capital Stockholm were the frame for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, and yet again, another voting system was implemented which is still in use today. ...show less