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Bert Karlsson

Bert Karlsson is known for Swedish politician. Bert Karlsson was born on 21 June 1945.

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Bert Karlsson is best known for Swedish politician. Bert Karlsson is a Swedish public figure. Bert Karlsson was born on 21 June 1945, which places Bert Karlsson among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1940s. On Dead or Alive, Bert Karlsson is listed in the Swedish Icons category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Bert Karlsson is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: Swedish politician
Nationality: Swedish
Born: 21 June 1945
Listed under: Swedish Icons

About Bert Karlsson

As the owner and manager of the record company Mariann Grammofon AB, Karlsson became a familiar face to the Swedish public as the man behind singer Carola Häggkvist. In 1984 he started Skara Sommarland, a theme park. In 1991, Karlsson and count Ian Wachtmeister started the populist political party New Democracy. Attracting major media attention, and with a patriotic platform, the party received 6.7 percent of the vote in the parliamentary election in September. With no previous political experience, Karlsson suddenly found himself elected to the Riksdag as a Member of Parliament. When the New Democracy party imploded due to internal struggles and failed in the 1994 general election, Karlsson went back to being a full-time businessman. From 1978 to 2005, approximately 120 songs from Karlsson's record company competed, and 14 of these went on to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song contest. Mariann artists include Herreys and Charlotte Perrelli, who went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest (1984 and 1999, respectively). In March 2005, Karlsson filled out an application for membership in the Liberal People's Party during a television interview. When the party immediately responded with criticism of him, calling the move a media stunt, he did not go through with his application.

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Bert Karlsson is known for Swedish politician.

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Bert Karlsson was born on 21 June 1945.

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