Ingela Forsman | |
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Also known as | Pling |
Born |
Essinge, Sweden |
26 August 1950
Genres | Dansband music, Pop, Rock, Schlager |
Occupation(s) | Composer, Lyricist, Singer |
Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman (born 26 August 1950 in Essinge, Sweden) is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. As a student Forsman attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer (1985), Se på mej (1995) and Kärleken är (1998). She has also written the text to psalm number 862 in the Swedish hymn book, Blomningstid, and two children's books.
Her older sister first called her 'Pling', and she is now commonly referred to as 'Pling Forsman'.
Her first public performance was on the Swedish children's radio show Barnens Brevlåda in 1954. [1]