Artur Erikson

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Artur Eriksson
Birth namePer Artur Eriksson
Born(1918-03-05)5 March 1918
Skutskär, Sweden
Died5 August 2000(2000-08-05) (aged 82)
Gagnef, Sweden
GenresChristian music
Occupation(s)singer, preacher
Instrumentspiano

Artur Eriksson, born 5 March 1918 in Skutskär, Sweden, dead 5 August 2000 in Gagnef, Sweden, was a Swedish singer and preacher. He was active within the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden. Except for Christian songs, he also sang songs were Dan Andersson's poems had been set to music. A major succes was Till min syster, which charted at the top 10-chart Svensktoppen for 12 weeks in 1970.[1]

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  1. "Svensktoppen 1970" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1970. Retrieved 8 December 2014.