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Lina Hedlund in 2009
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Birth name | Lina Maria Hedlund |
Born | 28 March 1978 |
Origin | Bollnäs, Sweden |
Genres | Pop, Musical |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Actress |
Associated acts | Alcazar |
Lina Maria Hedlund (born 28 March 1978) is a Swedish singer and member of the pop group Alcazar.
Hedlund was born in Bollnäs. She has participated in Melodifestivalen a number of times, in Melodifestivalen 2002 along with her sister, singer Hanna Hedlund, in Melodifestivalen 2003 as a solo singer, and in Melodifestivalen 2009 and 2010 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 aired on TV3. She has also been the host of the web series Sweden's best music on digitallive.eu .
Lina and her boyfriend Nassim Al Fakir have a son, born March 20, 2012.