1. Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist was born on 31 December 1936 and is a Swedish schlager singer and actress popular in Scandinavia and West Germany.
19 Facts About Siw Malmkvist
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Siw Malmkvist represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 and West Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969.
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Siw Malmkvist had a number one hit in West Germany in 1964 with "Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht", and on 18 July 1964 she became the first Swede to have a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, when "Sole Sole Sole", a duet with Italian singer Umberto Marcato, entered the chart, peaking at No 58.
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Siw Malmkvist grew up in Landskrona, as one of nine siblings, she is the daughter of Albert Malmkvist and Sigrid Lind.
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Siw Malmkvist is the older sister of singer Lil Malmkvist and aunt to Morgan Alling.
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Siw Malmkvist's career started when she was part of orchestras in Skane, in 1955 she participated in a singing competition which defined her career.
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Siw Malmkvist won the first round of competition locally in Skane, and got to travel to Stockholm Concert Hall where the grand final took place.
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Siw Malmkvist won the final and received a clock as an award, and got to record her first grammophone record called "Tweedle Dee".
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Siw Malmkvist's breakthrough came in 1959 when she was a hostess at Lennart Hylands television show Stora famnen.
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Siw Malmkvist had success in the singing competition Schlager-Festspiele in Baden-Baden.
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Siw Malmkvist had an acting career in Denmark as well as Sweden.
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Siw Malmkvist soon showed to have talent on stage; she had the leading role in the musical Irma la douce.
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Siw Malmkvist participated in the Kar de Mumma-revue at Folkan in 1972, and in the Karl Gerhard show Hej pa dig du gamla primadonna at Vasateatern.
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In later years Siw Malmkvist has acted in the musical I hetaste laget at Nojesteatern in Malmo.
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Siw Malmkvist participated in Melodifestivalen 2004 with the song "C'est la vie" along with Towa Carson and Ann-Louise Hanson.
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Siw Malmkvist had signed on to be a celebrity dancer on Let's Dance 2020 which is broadcast on TV4.
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In 2023, Siw Malmkvist was a guest celebrity judge in the episode MARATHON Talent Hunt of the Swedish language reality television series Drag Race Sverige broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play.
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Siw Malmkvist was married to Finnish-Swedish musician Lasse Martenson between 1963 and 1969, and the couple have one daughter.
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Siw Malmkvist was in a relationship with actor Fredrik Ohlsson from 1971 until his death in 2023; the couple have a son together born in 1973.