Fame is a Swedish duo consisting of Jessica Andersson, (b. 1973) and Magnus Bäcklund, (Linköping, 1965). Music has been a huge part of their adult lives, but until late 2002 they were completely unknown in Sweden. They met each other at the televised arts school and contest Fame Factory, which aired in autumn 2002. Bäcklund was the overall winner, while Andersson dropped out to give birth to her son Liam. Bäcklund also has two young twin daughters at home. Linköping in Sweden Aerial photo of Linköping. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Andersson is a former photo model and Bäcklund is a commercial pilot. They share Stevie Wonder as their role model. Fame won the favour of the Swedish public and the jury with "Give Me Your Love" in a landslide victory in Melodifestivalen at the Stockholm Globe Arena. Therefore they could represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 and reached a top-5 position. Melodifestivalen is the Swedish national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. ... The Stockholm Globe Arena The Stockholm Globe Arena or (in Swedish) Globen is an arena in Stockholm, Sweden. ... Eurovision Song Contest 2003 logo. ...

See also: List of Swedes in music This is a list of Swedish composers, musicians and singers: // Composers Johan Agrell (1701-1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén Claude Loyola Allgén (1920-1990) né Klas-Thure Allgén Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974) full name: Kurt Magnus...