Lotta Engberg

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Lotta Engberg
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Background information
Born	March 5, 1963 in Överkalix, Sweden
Origin	Sweden
Genre(s)	Pop, "dansband"
Years active	1984–present
Label(s)	Doreme Records AB (1987-Present)
Website	lottaengberg.se

Lotta Engberg is a Swedish singer, born Anna Charlotte Pedersen on March 5, 1963 in Överkalix, Sweden, grew-up in Laxå, Sweden, is a Swedish dansband and pop singer. She has also been a TV show host.

Nowadays (2007), she lives outside Alingsås, Sweden with her husband Patrik, one of her daughters, one of his children, some cats and a dog.

Lotta Engberg is known for singing "happy" and "joyful" "schlager" songs such as Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola (1987), 100% (1988 together with the group "Triple & Touch"), Genom vatten och eld (1989), Världens bästa servitris 1991), Kär och galen (1993) och Tjejer & snubbar, kärringar & gubbar (1999). She has also sung some songs with more "serious" texts, such as Tusen skäl att stanna (1992), Alla lyckliga stunder (1993) and En liten stund på Jorden (2000). She often sings in the Swedish language, but has done some singing in English. On October 2, 1999, Sweden issued a stamp with her portrait.

Starting in 1989 Lotta Engberg sang with her former husband Anders Engberg's "dansband" Lotta & Anders Engbergs Orkester, but in 1994 she started an own dansband, Lotta Engbergs Orkester, later shortened to "Lotta Engbergs".

Lotta Engberg sang in the group Kikki, Bettan & Lotta between 2001 and 2004.

Lotta Engberg has also starred in some TV shows.