Brita Borg passed away on Tuesday aged 85 she was active right up until the end.
Brita was born in Stockholm and won Veckorevyn amateur song contest in the early 1940s
She went on to sing Sweden's 2nd ever Eurovision entry singing 'Augustin' in 1959. In Cannes she sang for Sweden in Eurovision Song Conest during it's 4th year ever- and finished 9th place. Brita's most famous hit was in the Swedish charts for an amazing 21 week run in 1969's "Sweet sixies"(Ljuva sextital), was in fact submitted for Melodifestivalen in 1969. It was rejected yet became one of the first hits written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (lyric by Stig Anderson). One of the Abba members first ever big songwriting credits in sweden. Thanks Brita.
Check out her Eurovision glory singing
Check out her Eurovision glory singing
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