{{short description|Swedish singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Lina Hedlund |image = Melodifestivalen 2020, Malmö, Lina Hedlund 03.jpg |caption = Hedlund during Melodifestivalen 2020 |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Lina Maria Hedlund |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|03|28}} |death_date = |birth_place = Bollnäs, Sweden |instrument = |genre = Pop, Musical |occupation = Singer, actress |years_active = 1996–present |label = |associated_acts = {{hlist|Alcazar|Hanna Hedlund}} |website = }}

'''Lina Maria Hedlund''' (born 28 March 1978) is a Swedish singer and member of the pop group Alcazar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article551635.ab |title=Hedlund - en ny Alcastar &#124; Musik &#124; Nöjesbladet &#124; Aftonbladet |publisher=Aftonbladet.se |date=20 July 2007 |accessdate=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013073300/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article551635.ab |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> She also has a solo career.

== Career == Hedlund was born in Bollnäs{{citation needed|reason=Swedish Wikipedia lists “Kilafors”, another town in Bollnäs municipality, as the birth place. She most likely wasn’t born in both towns.|date=May 2019}}. She has participated in Melodifestivalen a number of times, in Melodifestivalen 2002 along with her sister, singer Hanna Hedlund with the song "Big Time Party", in Melodifestivalen 2003 as a solo singer, and in Melodifestivalen 2009, 2010 and 2014 as a member of the pop trio Alcazar. In late 2003 Lina released the single "Lady Bump".

In 2007, Hedlund joined the pop group Alcazar after the departure of Magnus Carlsson and Annika Kjærgaard; her first gig with the group was at the G-A-Y nightclub in London, UK. Her first music single with the group was "We Keep On Rockin". In 2011 Hedlund made her first appearance as a TV presenter in the musical gameshow ''Copycat Singers'' broadcast on TV3. She has also been the host of the web series ''Sweden's best music'' on digitallive.eu.

She participated in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Victorious", in the semifinal she qualified to the final.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dahlander|first=Gustav|url=https://blogg.svt.se/melodifestivalen-expertbloggen/artisterna-melodifestivalen-2019-hela-listan-s%C3%A5-blir-delt%C3%A4vlingarna/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127092702/https://blogg.svt.se/melodifestivalen-expertbloggen/artisterna-melodifestivalen-2019-hela-listan-s%C3%A5-blir-delt%C3%A4vlingarna/|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2018|title=Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2019: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna|work=Gustavs expertblogg|publisher=SVT|language=Swedish|date=27 November 2018|accessdate=27 November 2018}}</ref>

On 3 September 2019, Hedlund was announced as a presenter of Melodifestivalen 2020 along with David Sundin and Linnea Henriksson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/de-programleder-melodifestivalen-2019/|title=De programleder Melodifestivalen 2020|website=www.expressen.se|date=3 September 2019 |access-date=17 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903190606/https://www.expressen.se/noje/de-programleder-melodifestivalen-2019/|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=live}} Retrieved 3 September 2019</ref>

== Personal life == Lina and her boyfriend Nassim Al Fakir have two sons: Tilo, born 20 March 2012, and Eide, born 6 October 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/lina-hedlund-och-nassim-har-fatt-barn/ |title=Lina Hedlund och Nassim har fått barn |date=6 October 2016 |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154913/http://www.expressen.se/noje/lina-hedlund-och-nassim-har-fatt-barn/ |archive-date=17 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.expressen.se/noje/det-ska-stjarnparets-nyfodde-son-heta/ Det ska stjärnparets nyfödde son heta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154810/http://www.expressen.se/noje/det-ska-stjarnparets-nyfodde-son-heta/ |date=17 April 2017}} Expressen Retrieved 20 May 2019</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%;"| SWE<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003131413/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Big Time Party" | 2002 | – | rowspan="5" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Lady Bump" | 2003 | – |- ! scope="row"| "Victorious" | rowspan="3"| 2019 | 28 |- ! scope="row"| "Breathe" | – |- ! scope="row"| "Deeper Love" | – |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090220142041/http://alcazarworld.com/ Alcazar - Official website]}}

{{Alcazar}} {{Authority control}}

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