{{short description|Swedish singer and actress (born 1949)}} {{Infobox person | name = Ewa Roos | image = Ewa Roos, Melodifestivalen 2023, Göteborg, repetition fredag, 12.jpg | caption = Ewa Roos in 2023 | birth_name = Ewa Maria Roos | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|6|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Borås]], [[Sweden]] | occupation = Singer, Actress | known_for = | height = }}
'''Ewa Maria Roos Sevenheim''' (born 12 June 1949 in [[Borås]]) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] singer and actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2014-06-11/det-ar-publiken-som-gor-det-for-ewa-roos|title=Det är publiken som gör det för Ewa Roos|work=[[Sydsvenskan]]|date=11 June 2014 |accessdate=29 June 2017|language=sv}}</ref> Roos started her career at the age of thirteen when she won a talent search by the radio show ''Landet runt''. She won a lead singer place in the orchestra Bosse Lidéns orkester; she was so young that she needed permission from childcare services to sing at nights and evenings.<ref name="culturum.se">{{cite web|url=http://www.culturum.se/Jazz/Roos.htm|title=Jazzorkestrar Borås, Ewa Roos|publisher=culturum.se|accessdate=29 June 2017|language=sv}}</ref> She recorded her first record called ''Polly'' the same year.<ref name="culturum.se"/> In 1963, she won a talent competition hosted by ''[[Bildjournalen]]'', and she represented Sweden in a singing competition in Riccone, Italy. She sang the song "I valet och kvalet", which was written by [[Owe Thörnqvist]].<ref name="culturum.se"/>
In 1968, she entered fourth place on [[Svensktoppen]] with the song "Tre små ord och jag förlåter", the same year she had her big breakthrough with the song "Vilken härlig dag" (the Swedish version of [[Argentina|Argentine]] singer [[Palito Ortega]]'s song "[[La felicidad]]"). After that followed hit singles "Amors pilar", "Ole Okay", "Ding dång jag hör bröllopsklockor" and "Sjung bort bekymren".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nostalgilistan.se/ewa-roos-137/sjung-bort-bekymren-891|title=SJUNG BORT BEKYMREN av EWA ROOS|publisher=NostalgiListan|accessdate=29 June 2017|language=sv}}</ref>
She was the very first guest in the televised ''[[Allsång på Skansen]]'' in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allsangpaskansen.com/arkiv/artister/1979.htm|title=Programet 1979|website=Allsång på Skansen|accessdate=29 June 2017|language=sv}}</ref>
She also acted in several revue shows, among them along with [[Hagge Geigert]] at Lisebergsteatern in Gothenbyrg in 1970, and has also ventured in to theater<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hd.se/2004-06-11/ewa-roos-55-ar|title=Ewa Roos 55 år|work=[[Helsingborgs Dagblad]]|date=11 June 2004 |accessdate=29 June 2017|language=sv}}</ref> with the role of Dolly Tate in ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' at the [[Chinateatern]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinateatern.se/show/oscarsteaterns-100-ars-jubileum/|title=Oscarsteaterns 100-års jubileum|publisher=Chinateatern|accessdate=29 June 2017|language=sv|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202913/http://www.chinateatern.se/show/oscarsteaterns-100-ars-jubileum/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She participated in [[Melodifestivalen 2021]] along with [[Eva Rydberg]] with their song 'Rena Rama Ding Dong'. The song qualified for the Andra Chansen round, however lost to [[Clara Klingenström]]'s song and was thus eliminated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/0KBPqE|title=LISTA: De tävlar i Melodifestivalen 2021|website=[[Aftonbladet]]|date=December 2020 |accessdate=4 December 2020}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=11|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|accessdate=20 March 2021}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Rena rama ding dong"<br />{{small|(with [[Eva Rydberg]])}} | 2021 | 33 | rowspan="3" {{Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row"| "Länge leve livet"<br />{{small|(with [[Eva Rydberg]])}} | 2023 | - |}
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[[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:Swedish women singers]] [[Category:Swedish musical theatre actresses]] [[Category:Actors from Borås]] [[Category:Actresses from Västra Götaland County]] [[Category:Musicians from Västra Götaland County]]