Love Antell

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Love Antell
Love Antell (2012)
Love Antell (2012)
Background information
Birth nameLove Henrik Samuel Antell
Born (1980-10-24) 24 October 1980 (age 43)
Stockholm, Sweden
OriginStockholm, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar

Love Henrik Samuel Antell (born 24 October 1980) is a Swedish-Finnish singer and artist. As a student he attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm.[1] Antell is known as the frontman of the band Florence Valentin, and as a solo singer.[2] Antell's parents were both from Finland.[3] He grew up in Östermalm in central Stockholm but nowadays resides in Hägersten.[4][5] He was educated as an illustrator at Konstfack between 2001 and 2007, and he is inspired by Lars Hillersberg.[6][7] Between 2007 and 2011, Antell was a guitarist in the folk-rock group Perssons Pack.[8] He participated in Mika Ronkainen's drama documentary film "Ingen riktig finne"; the film won first prize in the category Best Nordic Documentary at the Gothenburg Film Festival in 2013.[9][10]

As an artist, Love Antell has done the cover for author Lena Andersson's book "Duck City" and illustrated Michel Houellebecq's book "Plattform".[11][12]

Antell was one of the singers in the 2014 season of the TV4 series Så mycket bättre.[13]

Discography[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions
SWE
Gatorna tillhör oss 2012
Hitsville Haninge Samlade Spår 2003–2014 2014
Barn av Amerika 2015 30
[14]

Singles[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWE
"Stjärna där" 2012 Non-album singles
"Underhåll oss" 2014

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kristoffer Triumf (14 June 2015). "#180: Love Antell" (in Swedish). Acast. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ^ Stockholm TT Spektra (23 April 2012). "Solodebut för Love Antell". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Sommargäst: LOVE ANTELL". Sveriges Radio. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ Love Antell Archived 5 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Svenska institutet. "En myndighet för det globala Sverige – Svenska institutet" (PDF). Svenska institutet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ^ Clarte.nu Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Florence Valentin är ädla poptjuvar". Hela Hälsingland. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ^ Berättat för Lars Lovén-noje@svd.se (19 February 2009). "Med egna ord – Per Persson". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ^ Filmrecensioner – Inget riktigt djup
  10. ^ "Ingen riktig finne bästa nordiska dokumentär i Göteborg". Hbl.fi – Finlands ledande nyhetssajt på svenska. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ^ Intervju – Love Antell Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Aktuella vernissage, februari 2010 i Stockholm". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Love Antell klar för". Aftonbladet. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 9, 2015". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

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