Person

Loreen

b. 1983

Swedish singer

Born
16 Oct 1983 · Danderyd

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 49 years
  1. 16 Oct 1983BornBorn in Danderyd
  2. 2012AwardFirst prize of the Eurovision Song Contest
  3. 2012AwardMTV Europe Music Award for Best Swedish Act
  4. 2023AwardFirst prize of the Eurovision Song Contest
  5. 2023Took partMelodifestivalen 2023
  6. 2023AwardNRJ Music Award for International Revelation of the Year

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1983 – today).

  1. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  2. 1985Schengen Agreement
  3. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  4. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  5. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  7. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  9. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  10. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  11. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  12. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  13. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  14. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  15. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  16. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  17. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  18. 20112011 Norway attacks
  19. 2011Libyan civil war
  20. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  21. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  22. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  23. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  24. 2015Paris Agreement
  25. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  27. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  28. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  29. 2023Gaza war
  30. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  31. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui (Arabic: لورين زينب نورا طلحاوي, Berber languages: ⵍⵓⵔⵉⵏ ⵣⵉⵏⴱ ⵏⵓⵕⴰ ⵟⵍⵃⴰⵡⵉ; born 16 October 1983), known professionally as Loreen (Swedish: [lɔˈreːn]), is a Swedish singer-songwriter. Representing Sweden, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2023 with the songs "Euphoria" and "Tattoo" respectively. She is the second performer, after Johnny Logan, to win the contest twice, and the first woman to do so.

Interested in becoming a musician, Loreen finished fourth in the Idol 2004 television competition. The following year, she released her first single, "The Snake", with the band Rob'n'Raz, and became a television presenter on TV400. While working as a segment producer and director for several Swedish reality TV shows, she entered Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song "My Heart Is Refusing Me", which became a top 10 hit in Sweden. She had two top 20 hits in Sweden with the singles "Crying Out Your Name" (2012) and her Melodifestivalen 2017 entry "Statements".

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