Linda Bengtzing

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Linda Bengtzing | image = Melodifestivalen 2020, Göteborg, Linda Bengtzing 09.jpg | caption = Bengtzing in 2020 | birth_name = Linda Birgitta Bengtzing | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|3|13|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Gullspång]], Sweden | death_date = | instrument = | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Schlager music|Schlager]] | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1986–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = }}

'''Linda Birgitta Bengtzing''' (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish [[pop music|pop]] singer famous for her participation in the fourth season of ''[[Star Academy|Fame Factory]]'' in Sweden and for her entries at [[Melodifestivalen 2005]], [[Melodifestivalen 2006|2006]], [[Melodifestivalen 2008|2008]], [[Melodifestivalen 2011|2011]], [[Melodifestivalen 2014|2014]], [[Melodifestivalen 2016|2016]], [[Melodifestivalen 2020|2020]] and [[Melodifestivalen 2022|2022]].

== Biography == [[File:Linda Bengtzing - Diggilo - Ystad-2021.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Bengtzing at [[Diggiloo]] in [[Ystad]] in August 2021]] Bengtzing grew up in [[Gullspång]], a little village in [[Västra Götaland]] located in the west of Sweden. She released two singles in 1987 and 1989, however, she disappeared from the music industry for 15 years. By the mid 1990s, Linda Bengtzing moved to [[Stockholm]], where she worked as a [[nanny|nanny girl]] in [[Östermalm]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:449915/FULLTEXT01.pdf|title=Diktatorn vid datorn|publisher=Stockholm Royal College of Music|author=Jimmy Åkerfors & Hugo Björck|language=Swedish|page=34|date=2007|accessdate=16 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hemtrevligt.se/hemmetsjournal/artiklar/manniskor/20070508/linda-bengtzing-jag-kan-inte-tanka-mig-ett-liv-utan-barn/|title=Jag kan inte tänka mig ett liv utan barn|publisher=Hemtrevligt|author=Johnny Alrup|language=Swedish|date=8 May 2007|accessdate=16 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/14-jobb-du-inte-visste-svenska-kandisarna-hade-innan-de-slog-igenom/|title=14 jobb du inte visste svenska kändisarna hade innan de slog igenom|publisher=Expressen Nöje|author=Emma Malmlöf|language=Swedish|date=15 April 2015|accessdate=16 April 2026}}</ref>

In 2004, she took part in the fourth and the final season of [[Fame Factory]] but she went on the program at the same time as her song ''"Alla flickor"'' being selected to participate at [[Melodifestivalen 2005]]. Her song surprised everyone and she took part in the Melodifestivalen final after receiving sufficient votes in the 'Andra Chansen' (Second Chance) round. She finished in last place, scoring 15 jury points but receiving 0 points from the Swedish public's televoting. The single reached No. 8 in the Swedish charts and a few months ''"Diamanter"'', a song very similar to ''Alla flickor'', reached No. 32.

One year later she appeared again in Melodifestivalen. Her song, "Jag ljuger så bra", written first for [[Jessica Andersson]], finished in the top two of the first heat and, therefore, was entered into the final. Linda's song came seventh out of 10 in the final in the [[Avicii Arena|Stockholm Globe Arena]]. Whilst Linda may not have received many votes from the public the single rose to No. 2 in the Swedish charts, making it her greatest hit. Days before the [[Melodifestivalen 2006]] final, she released her first album, "Ingenting att förlora" (No. 4) and months later the second single from the album, ''"Kan du se"'' debuted at No. 7, though did not chart the next week.

In 2007, she released a new single, "[[Värsta schlagern]]", a parody on traditional Melodifestivalen entries. The song is rumoured to have been entered into Melodifestivalen 2007 but was not selected as one of the 32 songs to compete for the title in the live shows. The song is a duet together with [[Markoolio]]. Linda participated at [[Melodifestivalen 2008]], competing in Heat 4 (Karlskrona) on 1 March 2008, where she directly qualified for the final round. She went on to finish fifth out of ten in the final, with 64 points from the juries but nothing from the public. The song was composed by Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren and is called [[Hur svårt kan det va?]] (How hard can it be?).<ref>[[Melodifestivalen 2008]]</ref> Linda released her second album on 19 February 2008, four days after the Melodifestivalen final. It has been reported that Linda's record company (Mariann Records) would not allow Linda to release her second album unless she entered Melodifestivalen 2008.

In 2009, she recorded the song "Victorious", which was submitted for the 2010 edition of Melodifestivalen but was not selected. The song was eventually recorded as a duet with the Swedish singer Velvet (one of her friends). On 22 February 2010, the song was available as a digital release and some remixes were also released a few weeks later. The "Victorious" music video was shot in Los Angeles.

In [[Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011|2011]], she once again competed at [[Melodifestivalen]] with the song "''[[E de fel på mig?]]''",<ref name="mf2011">[http://svt.se/2.121594/1.2182352/de_fyra_forsta_bidragen_och_artisterna_ar_klara_for_melodifestivalen_2011?lid=puff_2182342&lpos=lasMer Melodifestivalen.se], in Swedish. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612090707/http://svt.se/2.121594/1.2182352/de_fyra_forsta_bidragen_och_artisterna_ar_klara_for_melodifestivalen_2011?lid=puff_2182342&lpos=lasMer |date=12 June 2011 }}</ref> and [[Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014|2014]], she tried to represent to Sweden at [[Eurovision Song Contest 2014]] but for the first time she failed to reach the final with her song "Ta mig".

Two years later, she participated in [[Melodifestivalen 2016]] with the song "Killer Girl", finishing last in the first round on 27 February 2016 and failing to qualify.

She entered the song "Alla mina sorger" into [[Melodifestivalen 2020]], competing in Heat 2 on 8 February 2020. She finished in sixth place out of seven, failing to qualify.

Her most recent entry into the competition was "Fyrfaldigt hurra!" at [[Melodifestivalen 2022]]. She performed the song during Heat 3 on 19 February 2022 and finished fifth, failing to proceed to the final.

== Discography == [[File:Linda Bengtzing.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Bengtzing performing in 2008]] === Albums === {| class="wikitable" ! width="23" rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="1"|Chart pos. ! width="23" rowspan="2"| Album singles |- ! width="40"| Sweden |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |align="left"|'''''[[Ingenting att Förlora]]''''' *Released: 13 March 2006 *[[Certification]]/Sales: - | {{center|4}} |Singles: * 2005 "[[Alla flickor]]" * 2005 "[[Diamanter]]" * 2006 "[[Jag Ljuger Så Bra]]" * 2006 "Kan Du Se" |- |align="left"|'''''Vild & Galen''''' *Released: 19 March 2008 *[[Certification]]/Sales: - Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/ifpilist.html |title=Sverigetopplistan |accessdate=4 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913003226/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/ifpilist.html |archivedate=13 September 2010 }}</ref> |{{center|2}} |Singles: * 2007 "[[Värsta Schlagern]]" * 2008 "[[Hur svårt kan det va?]]" |}

;Compilation albums *2011: ''Min Karusell – En samling'' (peaked at No. 14 in Sweden)

=== Singles === {| class="wikitable" ! width="23" rowspan="2"| Year ! width="230" rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"|Chart positions ! width="230" rowspan="2"| Notes |- ! width="40"| Sweden ! width="40"| Netherlands ! width="40"| [[European Hot 100 Singles|Europe]] |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" align="center" | 2005 | align="left"| '''"[[Alla flickor]]"''' *Album: ''[[Ingenting att förlora]]'' *Released: February 2005 *Formats: [[CD single]] | 8 | - | 188 | [[Melodifestivalen 2005]] |-align="center" | 2005 | align="left"| '''"Diamanter"''' *Album: ''Ingenting att förlora'' *Released: 2005 *Formats: CD single | 35 | - | - | |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" align="center" | 2006 | align="left"| '''"[[Jag ljuger så bra]]"''' *Album: ''Ingenting att förlora'' *Released: 13 March 2006 *Formats: CD single, [[Music download|digital download]] *Sales/Certification: 20,000 (Platinum) | 2 | - | 148 | [[Melodifestivalen 2006]] |-align="center" | 2006 | align="left"| '''"I gult och blått"''' (With [[Magnus Hedman]]) *Album: - *Released: July 2006 *Formats: CD single | 48 | - | - | |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" align="center" | 2006 | align="left"| '''"Kan du se"''' *Album: ''Ingenting att förlora'' *Released: July 2006 *Formats: CD single, digital download | 7 | - | - | |-align="center" | 2007 | align="left"| '''"[[Värsta schlagern]]"''' (featuring [[Markoolio]]) *Album: Vild & galen *Released: 10 January 2007 *Formats: Digital download | 1 | - | 137 | |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" align="center" | 2008 | align="left"| '''"[[Hur svårt kan det va?]]"''' *Album: Vild & galen *Released: 9 March 2008 *Formats: CD single, digital download | 3 | - | - | [[Melodifestivalen 2008]] |- | 2009 | align="left"| '''"Not That Kinda Girl"''' (with [[Kim-Lian]]) *Released: 16 October 2009 *Formats: CD single, digital download |align="center"| - |align="center"| 32 |align="center"| - | |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" align="center" | 2010 | align="left"| '''"Victorious"''' (with [[Velvet (singer)|Velvet]]) *Released: 22 February 2010 *Formats: Digital download |align="center"| 15 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - | |- | 2011 | align="left"| '''"E det fel på mej"''' *Released: 2011 *Formats: CD single, digital download |align="center"| 15 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"|[[Melodifestivalen 2011]] |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" align="center" | 2014 | align="left"| '''"Ta mig"''' *Released: 2014 *Formats: CD single, digital download |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"|[[Melodifestivalen 2014]] |- | 2016 | align="left"| '''"Killer Girl"''' *Released: 2016 *Formats: CD single, digital download |align="center"| 85 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"|[[Melodifestivalen 2016]] |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" align="center" | 2020 |align="left"| '''"Alla mina sorger"'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5dXfkqm8OUPuIc3EKaHSPm?si=xM0LUln6Se6yn_bJ3c_akQ|title=Alla mina sorger av Linda Bengtzing|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Spotify]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> *Released: 8 February 2020 *Formats: CD single, digital download, [[Streaming media|streaming]] |align="center"| -{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Alla mina sorger" did not enter the [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singellista Chart]], but peaked at number 7 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2020&dspp=11|title=Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 11, 2020|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|accessdate=18 March 2020}}</ref>}} |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"|[[Melodifestivalen 2020]] |- | 2022 |align="left"| '''"Fyrfaldigt hurra!"''' *Released: February 2022 *Formats: Digital download, streaming |align="center"| 70 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2022&dspp=9|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 9|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"|[[Melodifestivalen 2022]] |}

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== Image gallery == <gallery> File:Linda Bengzing Het.JPG|Bengtzing in 2008 File:Linda Bengtzing Sommarkrysset By Daniel Åhs Karlsson.jpg|Bengtzing during [[Sommarkrysset]] 2014 File:Linda Bengtzing 2015 1167.jpg|Bengtzing during Stockholm Pride 2015 File:Linda Bengtzing 2015 1173.jpg|Bengtzing during Stockholm Pride 2015 File:Linda Bengtzing 2015 1184.jpg|Bengtzing at Stockholm Pride 2015 File:Melodifestivalen 2020, Göteborg, Linda Bengtzing.jpg|Bengtzing at Melodifestivalen 2020 in [[Gothenburg]] File:Melodifestivalen 2020, Göteborg, Linda Bengtzing 13.jpg|Bengtzing at Melodifestivalen 2020 in Göteborg </gallery>

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026104204/http://www.lindabengtzing.com/ Official website] (archived) {{Linda Bengtzing}} {{Authority control}}

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