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Lasse Holm

Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm (born 9 December 1943) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and television host.

Lasse Holm

Lars-Eric Gustav Holm

(1943-12-09) 9 December 1943
Stockholm, Sweden

Larry Moon

  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • television host

1959–present

  • Vocals
  • piano

Holm has also hosted and appeared in several television shows.

As singer[edit]

Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of a lot of pop music and rock music groups in the 1960s: Doug and the Millsmen, The Spacemen and The Moonlighters.


Holm and singer Monica Törnell represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek".

As songwriter[edit]

Holm is best known as a schlager composer. During the 1980s, he was a songwriter for Chips and country band Mats Rådberg & Rankarna. Holm often collaborated with Ingela 'Pling' Forsman


Holm has, by himself or in collaboration with others, written five winning songs in the Swedish Melodifestivalen: "Dag efter dag" by (Chips, 1982), "Främling" (Carola Häggkvist, 1983), "Bra vibrationer" by (Kikki Danielsson, 1985), "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek" (a duet by Holm and Monica Törnell, 1986) and "Eloise" by (Arvingarna, 1993).


Lasse Holm was (along with ABBA, Kiss, Prince) highlighted as an inspiration when Max Martin accepted the 2016 Polar Music Prize.[1]

As television host[edit]

Holm has hosted a number of Swedish TV shows such as Sikta mot stjärnorna broadcast on TV4, Pictionary and Diggiloo broadcast on SVT.

"" (Wizex and Lasse Holm, placed second in Melodifestivalen 1978)

Miss Decibel

"" (Janne Lucas Persson, placed second in Melodifestivalen 1980)

Växeln hallå

"" (Elisabeth Andreassen, 1981)

Då lyser en sol

"" (Sweets 'n' Chips, placed second in Melodifestivalen 1981)

God morgon

"" (Chips, won Melodifestivalen 1982)

Dag efter dag

"" by (Kikki Danielsson, won Melodifestivalen 1985)

Bra vibrationer

"" (Herreys, won the Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix in 1985)

Sommarparty

"" (Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell, won Melodifestivalen 1986)

E' de' det här du kallar kärlek

"" (Kikki Danielsson, 1986)

Papaya Coconut

"" (Lasse Holm, 1986)

Canelloni, Macaroni

"", also known as "Inget kan stoppa oss nu" or "I natt, i natt" (Haakon Pedersen 1987, Canyons orkester 1989, BlackJack 1990)

Inget stoppar oss nu

"", (Arja Saijonmaa, placed second in Melodifestivalen 1987 and won the OGAE Second Chance Contest)

Högt över havet

"" (Uffe Persson, Melodifestivalen 1988)

Nästa weekend

"" (Haakon Pedersen & Elisabeth Berg, Melodifestivalen 1989)

Nattens drottning

"" (Sweden men's national ice hockey team, 1989)

Nu tar vi dom

"" (Sweden national football team, 1990)

Ciao ciao Italia

"", (Lisbet Jagedal, placed third in Melodifestivalen 1990)

Varje natt

"" (Sofia Källgren, placed fourth in Melodifestivalen 1990)

Handen på hjärtat

"" (Henrik Åberg, Melodifestivalen 1996)

Du är alltid en del utav mig

"" (Friends, placed second in Melodifestivalen 2000)

När jag tänker på i morgon

"" (Elisa's, 2010)

För det här är bara början

. Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 May 2010.

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