Lundvik was born in London, and was adopted by Swedish expatriates in the UK when he was one week old.[2] He lived in London until the age of six when his family returned to Sweden, settling in Växjö.[3] He has never met his biological parents.[2]
Athletics
Lundvik was an avid sportsman. He won many medals including gold at youth and junior level and participated in the Youth Finns Campaign 2001. In 2005, Lundvik was a member of the 4 × 100 metres relay team for IFK Växjö, which earned a bronze medal at the 2005 Swedish Championships.[4]
In 2016, Lundvik wrote and performed "All About the Games", the Swedish song for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[11] In 2016, he also took part in Allsång på Skansen, performing a duet with Lill Lindfors.[12] In 2018, Lundvik took part in Melodifestivalen with the song "My Turn", in a bid to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[13] He qualified from the first semi-final directly to the finals,[14] and finished third overall.[15]
2019–present: Eurovision Song Contest
He participated in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Too Late for Love", where he advanced directly to the final.[16] The song reached number one on the Sverigetopplistan singles chart in March 2019. It eventually won Melodifestivalen, represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel in the second semi-final.[17][18] The song qualified for the final and finished fifth overall with 334 points.[19][20]
Concurrently, he composed "Bigger Than Us", the winning song in the UK selection, and the version sung by Michael Rice was selected to represent the United Kingdom in Eurovision 2019.[21] It finished last in the final.
He participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "Änglavakt". He performed on 12 February 2022 in the first round and finished second, qualifying directly to the final.[22] He performed at the final on 12 March 2022 and finished in eighth place with 60 points.
Other appearances
In 2020, Lundvik participated as a celebrity dancer in the fifteenth season of the Swedish dancing show Let's Dance and won the competition, beating Sussie Eriksson in the final.[23]
Discography
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Compositions
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