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Christer Björkman

Swedish singer and television producer

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Christer Samuel Björkman (; born 25 August 1957) is a Swedish singer and television producer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "I morgon är en annan dag". From 2002 to 2021, he served as a producer of Melodifestivalen, and has remained an important figure in the production of Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest. He stepped down from this position after Melodifestivalen 2021, and is currently working at Voxovation, a Los Angeles-based company that focuses on expanding the Eurovision Song Contest brand into other markets.

Biography

Björkman was born in Borås as the son of gaming entrepreneur Ulla Björkman (1939-2025). He never met his father while he was alive. He began working as a hairdresser, and soon had his own hair salon in Borås.

In 1985, Björkman started his entertainment career by recording a song called "Våga och vinn", which was produced by Bruno Glenmark.

Björkman won Melodifestivalen 1992 with "I morgon är en annan dag", and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992. He finished second last, Sweden's worst result at the contest since 1977. He entered Melodifestivalen a second and third time in 1993 with "Välkommen till livet" and 1999 with a song called "Välkommen hem" which finished last among the ten participants.

Alongside Richard Herrey, Björkman founded the Marcel Bezençon Awards in 2002.

From 2002 to 2021, Björkman held the positions of contest producer of Melodifestivalen and Sweden's head of delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest. During his last year as producer in 2021, he also hosted all of the shows.

Björkman was the show producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, following Loreen's victory the year prior. He has acted as a juror at the national selections of other countries, and served as contest producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm following Måns Zelmerlöw's victory the year prior, as well as the , and contests. As such, he was responsible for putting the delegations' ideas for the staging of their acts into effect and for determining the running order of the shows. He returned to the Eurovision Song Contest as contest producer in , when the event was held in Malmö, following Loreen's second win the year prior, and again assumed the role for the contest.

Together with Edward af Sillén, Björkman served as the Swedish commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

Björkman served as juror in many national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest and its spin-offs. In 2016, Björkman was chosen to be one of three expert jurors at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta, Malta. In 2018, he was invited as an international juror for Sweden at Destination Eurovision 2018, the French national selection for that year's contest. In 2019, he served as a member of the juries at Eurovision – Australia Decides and Albania's Festivali i Këngës 58. In 2024, he served as judge at the Luxembourg Song Contest.

Björkman was also one of the producers of the American Song Contest in 2022.

Personal life

Björkman is openly gay, and is married to Martin Kagemark.

References

"Christer Björkman". Christerbjorkman.com.
Gallagher, Robin. (15 January 2017). "Four more years: Christer Björkman to leave Melodifestivalen in 2021". Wiwibloggs.
(19 March 2022). "How Swedish Producers Helped Transform Eurovision Into 'American Song Contest'". Billboard.com.
(2022-07-12). "Announcement: Eurovision Song Contest Latin America".
Mattias Johansson. (August 7, 2025). "Ulla Björkman har avlidit".
(2019-07-01). "Marcel Bezençon Awards {{!}} Eurovision Song Contest".
Rowe, James. (2021-03-15). "Lotta Furebäck To Replace Christer Björkman As Head Of Delegation".
Gallagher, Robyn. (2021-01-05). "Melodifestivalen 2021: Christer Björkman will host, joined by Måns Zelmerlöw, Oscar Zia, Lena Philipsson, Shirley Clamp and more".
"Blog Archive " SVT presents Eurovision 2013 Core Team". esctoday.com.
(14 December 2015). "BELGIUM: HADISE AND CHRISTER BJÖRKMAN TO JUDGE EUROSONG 2016". wiwibloggs.
(26 October 2015). "Meet the core team for 2016". Eurovision Song Contest.
(2017-02-22). "Christer Björkman: "I'm thrilled to be back!"".
(2018-03-07). "It's time to meet the team behind Eurovision 2018!".
(2019-05-17). "Ever wonder what it's like to be Eurovision's Contest Producer?".
(2021-07-28). "Christer Björkman part II {{!}} Eurovision Legends".
"Spoiler alert: staging secrets of Eurovision 2025 revealed!".
(2016-04-08). "Running order of the Semi-Finals revealed".
(2017-05-12). "EXCLUSIVE: How is the Running Order being decided?".
(2018-05-11). "Eurovision 2018: This is the running order of the Grand Final!".
(2019-05-17). "Eurovision 2019: This is the running order of the Grand Final!".
(2023-09-11). "Eurovision 2024 core team for Malmö is now complete". EBU.
(2024-07-03). "Switzerland 2025: Core project team is in place". EBU.
(2021-11-16). "Melodifestivalen. Bilder, video och texter för media.".
(2023-10-02). "Destination Eurovision 2nd semi-final jury revealed – ESCXTRA.com".
Eersel, Dennis Van. (2019-02-07). "Christer Björkman part of the jury for Australia Decides".
Adams, William Lee. (2019-12-21). "Festivali i Këngës 58: Jury member Christer Björkman on Albania finalists and American Song Contest".
Abbes, Oranie. (2023-11-22). "Luxembourg 2024: International jury including Christer Björkman assess potential Eurovision singers".
(2020-08-07). "The Eurovision Song Contest travels to America!".

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