Angel (Swedish band)

Angel was a group from Degerfors in Sweden, breaking through with their 1991 chart success Sommaren i city.[1]

Angel
OriginDegerfors, Sweden
Past members
  • Linda Jansson
  • Jessica Larsson
  • Maria Zaring
  • Linda Gustavsson
  • Anna Åkesson

History

On 2 Augusti 2007, the band appeared during the Stockholm Pride schlager evening, performing the songs "Sommaren i city" and "Venus Butterfly". A "Sommarkrysset" appearance, aired over TV4, was done on 25 August 2007.[2]

The girls came from Degerfors and Karlskoga.

In 1992, the band released the album Äventyr i natten, and participated at Melodifestivalen with the song Venus Butterfly. Originally, Anna Åkesson was the vocalist. Linda Jansson later was one of three cowriters of the song När vindarna viskar mitt namn, which won Melodifestivalen 2000, performed by Roger Pontare.[3]

Members
  • Linda Jansson (now Dahl) - vocals, keyboard
  • Jessica Larsson (now Wagnsson) - bass
  • Maria Zaring (now Skaug) - guitar
  • Linda Gustavsson - drums

Discography
  • Äventyr i natten (1992)

Citations
  1. "Swedish singles chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. "TV4 2007-08-25" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 25 August 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  3. Sarri, Thomas (25 November 2014). "Fakta: Samer i Melodifestivalen genom tiderna". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
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