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Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like "Jag blir hellre jagad av vargar", "Regn hos mej", "M.B.", "Då står pojkarna på rad", "Magaluf", and "Stockholm". Orup has also written several songs for other performers. He wrote the winning song of Melodifestivalen 2004, "Det gör ont" performed by Lena Philipsson. He was one of the judges on X Factor in 2012. Orup also took part in season 5 of the Swedish TV-s

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1958
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Orup (Thomas Eriksson) born december 29th, 1958 in Stockholm is a Swedish pop artist that has enjoyed major success in Sweden in the late 1980's with songs like "Då står pojkarna på rad", "Magaluf" and "Regn hos mig". Orup is also a songwriter and has written songs for Lena Philipsson among others. Orup was also in Intermezzo, Ubangi (with Cia Berg), the 'E' in GES and wrote songs for the kids tv-show Bröderna Olsson in the 80s. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Orup">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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www.orup.com
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Orup
date of birth
1958-11-29
birth name
Hans Thomas Eriksson
start of work period
1975-00-00
number of viewers/listeners
3013131
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Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like "Jag blir hellre jagad av vargar", "Regn hos mej", "M.B.", "Då står pojkarna på rad", "Magaluf", and "Stockholm". Orup has also written several songs for other performers. He wrote the winning song of Melodifestivalen 2004, "Det gör ont" performed by Lena Philipsson. He was one of the judges on X Factor in 2012. Orup also took part in season 5 of the Swedish TV-show Så mycket bättre, broadcast on TV4.

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