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
Uno Svenningsson at Sommarkrysset in 2012
Background information
Born (1959-07-01) 1 July 1959 (age 65)
Hagelstorp, Sweden
GenresPop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1983–

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

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Albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
SWE
[4]
Uno
  • Released: September 1994
  • Format: CD
  • Label: The Record Station (Stat 48)
2
…due!
  • Released: October 1996
  • Format: CD
  • Label: The Record Station (Stat 56)
1
Möss & människor
  • Released: September 1998
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Metronome (3984-24158-2)
4
I det osynliga
  • Released: August 2001
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Metronome (8573-89673-2)
1
Ett andetag från dig
  • Released: December 2004
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Bolero Records (5050467-6077-2-9)
4
Sånger för december
(with Irma Schultz Keller)
  • Released: November 2006
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Bolero Records (5051011-7075-2-0)
16
Jag sjunger för dig
  • Released: September 2008
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Bolero Records (5051442-0134-2-9)
19
December - En svensk jul
(with Irma Schultz Keller)
  • Released: November 2011
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Sonet (060252787270)
53
7
  • Released: November 2013
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Playground Music Scandinavia (PGMLCD130)
32
Andras sånger
  • Released: February 2018
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Playground Music Scandinavia (PGMLCD138)
7
Österlen
  • Released: November 2020
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Playground Music Scandinavia (PGMLCD147)
24

Charting compilation albums

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List of charting compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
SWE
[4]
Samling 2002
(with Freda')
  • Released: May 2002
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Metronome (0927-47041-2)
6

Extended plays

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List of EPs, with selected chart positions
Title EP details Peak chart
positions
SWE
[4]
Så mycket bättre säsong 8 - Tolkningarna
  • Released: December 2017
  • Format: Digital
12

Singles

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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

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  1. ^ "Bara få höra din röst" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Fakta om Uno Svenningsson "Facts about Uno Svenningsson" from Carlsberg Beer Archived 22 August 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Pripps Blå designhistoria "Pripps Blå Design History" Archived 4 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c "Swedish charts archive – albums". Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ "UNO+SVENNINGSON". swedishcharts. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 26, 2015". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. ^ ""När Natten Lindar Sig Runt Mig" Ny singel med Uno Svenningsson släpps idag - Lyssna här !". MyNewsDesk. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 4". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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