{"id":14,"date":"2023-07-24T09:17:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T07:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=14"},"modified":"2023-08-15T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T14:04:45","slug":"lena-andersson","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/artist\/lena-andersson\/","title":{"rendered":"Lena Andersson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group artist-header is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Lena-Andersson.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Portrait of Lena Andersson in forest.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Lena-Andersson.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Lena-Andersson-1023x1023.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Lena-Andersson-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Lena-Andersson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Lena-Andersson-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Lena Andersson<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Lena Andersson was no more than 15 years old when she was discovered by Polar owner Stig Anderson, who heard her singing on the radio. In the spring of 1971, Lena\u2019s first single, \u00c4r det konstigt att man l\u00e4ngtar bort n\u00e5n g\u00e5ng (a Swedish version of Buffy Saint-Marie\u2019s I\u2019m Gonna Be A Country Girl Again)&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The single was followed by her equally successful debut album, and over the next few years she notched up a string of hits. These included S\u00e4g det med en s\u00e5ng (released in English as Better To Have Loved), penned by ABBA\u2019s Benny Andersson and Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus, with lyrics by Stig Anderson, and a Swedish cover of ABBA\u2019s Hasta Ma\u00f1ana. During her tenure with the label, Lena was one of the brightest shining stars at Polar.<br><br>Photo: Bengt H. Malmqvist \u00a9 Premium Rockshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lena Andersson was no more than 15 years old when she was discovered by Polar owner Stig Anderson, who heard her singing on the radio. In the spring of 1971, Lena\u2019s first single, \u00c4r det konstigt att man l\u00e4ngtar bort n\u00e5n g\u00e5ng (a Swedish version of Buffy Saint-Marie\u2019s I\u2019m Gonna Be A Country Girl Again) became a smash hit. To this day, it remains a well-known Swedish classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15,"template":"","class_list":["post-14","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533,"href":"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/14\/revisions\/533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarmusic.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}