Hasse Andersson

Acting · Born January 28, 1948 · Malmö, Sweden

Hasse "Kvinnaböske" Andersson, actually Hans Olle Lennart Andersson, born January 28, 1948 in Sankt Pauli parish in Malmö, is a Swedish country singer and songwriter, who above all reaped album success in Sweden during the 1980s. He took part in Melodifestivalen 2015 in a bid to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with "Guld och gröna skogar". He came 3rd in semi-final 4, which took place on 28 February 2015 in Örebro, and qualified for the Second Chance round (Andra chansen) on 7 March 2015, where he dueled against Kristin Amparo. He won the duel and thus went to the final, where he finished 4th with at total of 78 points, of which 10 came from the international juries and the remaining 68 from the voters in Sweden. On 30 September 2016, Sveriges Television (SVT) announced that Andersson will host all six shows of Melodifestivalen 2017 alongside Clara Henry and David Lindgren.