Uno Svenningsson (born 1 July 1959 in Hagelstorp, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has been active in music since the late 1970s. He was the singer in the pop group "Freda'" in the early 1980s and early 1990s, and the group had hit songs like "Vindarna" and "Det gör mig så lycklig".
Uno Svenningsson | |
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 Uno Svenningsson at Sommarkrysset in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1 July 1959 Hagelstorp, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1983– |
Since 1994, Svenningsson has been a solo artist. His first four solo albums sold approximately 300,000 copies.[1]
In 2002, Carlsberg launched a series of TV commercials for Pripps Blå, with Uno Svenningsson's song "Vågorna" as background music.[2]
In 2007, Uno Svenningsson joined Irma Schultz Keller to participate in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2007, and compete for the chance to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. They participated in the semi-finals in Jönköping with the song "God morgon". They qualified for the second chance round of Melodifestivalen. On 3 March 2007, they lost in the first voting of "second chance" against Sonja Alden and were eliminated from the contest.
In 2016, he joined fellow singers Patrik Isaksson and Tommy Nilsson to sing at Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "Håll mitt hjärta hårt", but the trio identified as Patrik, Tommy & Uno failed to make it to "second chance" or the finals and was eliminated from the contest.
In 2017, he participated in season 8 of Så mycket bättre.[3]
Discography edit
Albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE [4] | ||
| Uno |
|
2 |
| …due! |
|
1 |
| Möss & människor |
|
4 |
| I det osynliga |
|
1 |
| Ett andetag från dig |
|
4 |
| Sånger för december (with Irma Schultz Keller) |
|
16 |
| Jag sjunger för dig |
|
19 |
| December - En svensk jul (with Irma Schultz Keller) |
|
53 |
| 7 |
|
32 |
| Andras sånger |
|
7 |
| Österlen |
|
24 |
Charting compilation albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE [4] | ||
| Samling 2002 (with Freda') |
|
6 |
Extended plays edit
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE [4] | ||
| Så mycket bättre säsong 8 - Tolkningarna |
|
12 |
Singles edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [5] | |||
| "Tid att gå vidare" | 1994 | — | Uno |
| "Tro på varann" (with Eva Dahlgren) | 22 | ||
| "Under ytan" | — | ||
| "Skymtar för en stund" | 1995 | — | Due |
| "Terese" | 1996 | — | |
| Istället går jag här | — | ||
| "Be mig inte gå på vatten" | — | ||
| "En sökares hjärta" | 1997 | — | Due |
| "Simona" | 1998 | — | Möss och Människor |
| "Vill du leva med mig" | — | ||
| "Fågel fisk eller mittemellan" | — | ||
| "Ge inte upp" (with Freddie Wadling) | 1999 | — | |
| "Festen" | — | ||
| "Vågorna" | 2001 | 80 [6] |
I det osynliga |
| "Inte en gång till" | — | ||
| "Det jag behöver" | — | ||
| "Andas genom mig" | 2004 | — | Ett andetag från dig |
| "God morgon" (with Irma Schultz Keller) | 2007 | 18 | Jag sjunger för dig |
| "Längtar efter värme" | — | ||
| "Liten bambi" | 2008 | — | |
| "Du är en del av mig" (with Sonja Aldén) | — | ||
| "Jorden har sin egen sång" | 2010 | — | |
| "Storebror" (with Frispråkarn) | 2012 | — | |
| "(När ska vi ta) Semester" | 2013 | — | |
| "Jag är jag" | — | 7 | |
| "Smultron på ett strå" | 2014 | — | |
| "Håll mitt hjärta hårt" (with Patrik Isaksson and Tommy Nilsson) | 2016 | — | |
| "När natten lindar sig runt mig"[7] | 2020 | — | |
| "Bara få höra din röst" (with Per Gessle) | 2022 | —[A] |
Notes edit
- ^ "Bara få höra din röst" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[8]
References edit
- ^ Fakta om Uno Svenningsson "Facts about Uno Svenningsson" from Carlsberg Beer Archived 22 August 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pripps Blå designhistoria "Pripps Blå Design History" Archived 4 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TT (19 October 2017). "Uno först ut i "Så mycket bättre"". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Swedish charts archive – albums". Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "UNO+SVENNINGSON". swedishcharts. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 26, 2015". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ ""När Natten Lindar Sig Runt Mig" Ny singel med Uno Svenningsson släpps idag - Lyssna här !". MyNewsDesk. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 4". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
External links edit
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