1969Nominee
Best Performance
The Rainy Day
Ted Gärdestad
Actor
Sollentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden
February 18, 1956
Biography
Ted Gärdestad, born on February 18, 1956, was a Swedish singer, composer, musician, and actor. He rose to fame as a teenager in the 1970s and quickly became one of Sweden's most beloved pop artists. Together with his brother Kenneth Gärdestad, who wrote the lyrics to most of his songs, he created several timeless classics. In 1979, he represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Satellite". He also appeared in a number of Swedish television productions and a few films as an actor. In 1966, he appeared in SVT's Christmas calendar series "En småstad vid seklets början". In his later years, Ted Gärdestad lived with mental illness, which led him to end his life on June 22, 1997.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2018Nominee
Best Performance
Ted: Show Me Love
2024Nominee
Best Performance
Mellons makt
Career Highlights
2024Highlight
Best Performance
Stikkan
1976Highlight
Best Performance
ABBA-dabba-doo
Video
Story of a Woman
My Brother Ted
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