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Svante Thuresson

1937 - 2021

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Svante Thuresson (7 February 1937 – 10 May 2021) was a Swedish jazz musician. He started his career as a drummer before joining the band Gals and Pals in 1963. Svante won the national selection and represented Sweden in the Eurovision song contest in 1966 with Nygammal vals ("New, Old-Fashioned Waltz") and came in second place; he performed with Lill Lindfors. In 2007, Thuresson and Anne-Lie Rydé performed at Melodifestivalen 2007 as a duo in hopes of represent Sweden in the Eurovision, but failed to make it to the final. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Svante Thuresson is the 1,737th most popular singer (down from 1,667th in 2019), the 1,018th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 976th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Swedish Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Svante Thuresson ranks 1,737 out of 4,381. Before him are Julee Cruise, Addys Mercedes, Sara Sadíqova, Netta Barzilai, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Richard Thompson. After him are Garth Brooks, Jay Park, Derrick Green, Sabina Babayeva, Babyface, and Glykeria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Svante Thuresson ranks 472. Before him are Tony Maggs, Roland Burris, Stan Swamy, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, Jerry Weintraub, and Alv Gjestvang. After him are Alberto Sainz, Archibald MacKinnon, Magic Slim, Louis Neefs, Anita Desai, and Donald Dewar. Among people deceased in 2021, Svante Thuresson ranks 536. Before him are Guillermo Sepúlveda, Jack Angel, Theodore Katsanevas, Naohiro Ikeda, Stan Swamy, and Curtis Fuller. After him are Viktor Putyatin, Yoo Sang-chul, Jonathan Penrose, Dani Shmulevich-Rom, Chris Craft, and Bertil Johansson.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Svante Thuresson ranks 1,018 out of 1,879. Before him are Jan Jönsson (1960), Evert Gunnarsson (1929), Johnny Höglin (1943), Evy Berggren (1934), Erik Norberg (1883), and Roland Nilsson (1963). After him are Östen Undén (1886), Göran Hagberg (1947), Ulf Sterner (1941), Mikael Appelgren (1961), Signe Hasso (1915), and Sara Danius (1962).

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Among SINGERS In Sweden

Among singers born in Sweden, Svante Thuresson ranks 43. Before him are Brita Borg (1926), Inger Berggren (1934), Tomas Ledin (1952), Sylvia Vrethammar (1945), Günther (1967), and Nina Persson (1974). After him are Titiyo (1967), Linn Berggren (1970), Jonny Jakobsen (1963), Eva Dahlgren (1960), Claes-Göran Hederström (1945), and Christer Björkman (1957).

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