Bjorn Skifs

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Björn Skifs (2010)

Björn Skifs (born April 20, 1947 in Vansbro ) is a Swedish singer and actor .

Career

In the 1960s he became known in Sweden as the singer of his beat band Slam Creepers . After their separation he founded Blue Swede . Their most successful single, Hooked on a Feeling (originally by BJ Thomas ), was number 1 in the US charts in 1974 . Skifs left the band in 1976 to start a solo career. He took part twice in the Eurovision Song Contest : at the 1978 competition in Paris he came in 14th with Det blir alltid värre framåt natten , and in the 1981 competition he came tenth with Fångad i en dröm . In 1984 he was heard as The Arbiter on the original album of the musical Chess .

Especially in the 1980-90s, Skif had leading roles in Swedish musicals, comedy films and some television films. A hit in Sweden was the 1988 comedy film Strul, where he acted a gangster.

Skifs sang the song When You Tell the World You're Mine with singer Agnes at the wedding of Victoria and Daniel of Sweden on June 19, 2010 in Stockholm . This track soon became number 1 in the Swedish charts .

Discography

With slam creepers

  • 1967 - Bubbles
  • 1968 - Sweet Ruth

With Blue Swede

  • 1973 - Hooked on a Feeling
  • 1974 - Out of the Blue

Solo albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
1975 Schiffz! SE2 (19 weeks)
SE
1977 Watch out! SE2 (12 weeks)
SE
Björns bästa SE19 (10 weeks)
SE
1979 Split vision SE8 (6 weeks)
SE
1982 Spok SE41 (1 week)
SE
1984 If ... Then ... SE7 (7 weeks)
SE
1985 Vild honung SE21 (3 weeks)
SE
1988 Zig zag SE31 (2 weeks)
SE
1997 50/50 SE6 (17 weeks)
SE
2001 Back on track SE8 (14 weeks)
SE
2001 Ingen annan SE19 (18 weeks)
SE
2004 Skifs hits! SE10 (19 weeks)
SE
2005 Decennier - singers från en annan tid SE1 (33 weeks)
SE
2006 Andra decennier SE1 (20 weeks)
SE
2007 I2I SE2 (17 weeks)
SE
2010 Da Capo SE3 (17 weeks)
SE
2011 Break The Spell SE1 (18 weeks)
SE
2017 Bästa nu also då SE24 (1 week)
SE
Every Bit of My Life 1967-2017 SE15 (1 week)
SE

More solo albums

  • 1969 - Every Bit of My Life
  • 1970 - From Both Sides Now
  • 1971 - Opopoppa
  • 1972 - Blåblus
  • 1973 - Pinewood Rally (with Blåblus)
  • 1978 - When the Night Comes
  • 1980 - Zkiffz (with Zkiffz )
  • 1984 - Paris - Dakar - Köpenhamn
  • 2006 - Andra decennier

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
1976 Vi bygger oss en båt
Schiffz! 		SE11 (5 weeks)
SE
Firefly
Watch Out! 		SE3 (10 weeks)
SE
1977 Lady
Watch Out! 		SE4 (11 weeks)
SE
1978 Härligt, härligt men farligt, farligt
 SE8 (4 weeks)
SE
Det blir all tid differ framåt natten
 SE8 (4 weeks)
SE
1981 Fångad i en dröm
Spök 		SE11 (3 weeks)
SE
2010 When You Tell The World You're Mine
 SE1 (18 weeks)
SE
with Agnes

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: SE

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Skifs, Bjorn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Vansbro