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Ted Gärdestad
Sollentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden
Ted Gärdestad, born on February 18, 1956, was a Swedish singer, composer, musician, and actor. He rose to fame as a teenager in the 1970s and quickly became one of Sweden's most b…
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Ted Gärdestad, born on February 18, 1956, was a Swedish singer, composer, musician, and actor. He rose to fame as a teenager in the 1970s and quickly became one of Sweden's most beloved pop artists. Together with his brother Kenneth Gärdestad, who wrote the lyrics to most of his songs, he created several timeless classics. In 1979, he represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Satellite". He also appeared in a number of Swedish television productions and a few films as an actor. In 1966, he appeared in SVT's Christmas calendar series "En småstad vid seklets början". In his later years, Ted Gärdestad lived with mental illness, which led him to end his life on June 22, 1997.
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2026
Vår älskade låtskatt
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2024
Året var 1975
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Det svenska schlagerkriget
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Mellons makt
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Stikkan
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Ted: Show Me Love
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1998
Ted - till minne av en popartist
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1980
Spela Allan
Movie
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1979
Listen to the Music
Movie Self - Host
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1979
ABBA in Switzerland
Movie Self
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1978
Party hos Parnevik
TV show Himself - Guest
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1976
ABBA-dabba-doo
Movie Self
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1973
The Stone Face
Movie Ted
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1973
Mona and Marie
TV show Original Music Composer
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1972
Ett, tu -73
Movie Self
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1970
Story of a Woman
Movie Swedish Boy Playing Accordion (uncredited)
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1969
The Rainy Day
Movie Self
- 1967
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1966
En småstad vid seklets början
TV show Sven
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1966
En vagn kommer lastad
Movie Self
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1960
Julkalendern
TV show Sven, 10 år
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1959
Melodifestivalen
TV show Self
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1956
Eurovision Song Contest
TV show Self - Contestant
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My Brother Ted
Movie Self (archive footage)
