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5 unusual facts about Leksand


Jag ljuger så bra

On February 18, 2006, Bengtzing's performance of the song qualified for the final round of Melodifestivalen 2006 by placing 2nd at the first semifinal in the city of Leksand.

Leksand

Anders J. Dahlin- Internationally acclaimed tenor and opera singer

Lilla stjärna

Dressed in the Leksand national costume, Babs performed 5th in the running order on the night of the contest, following Luxembourg's Solange Berry with "Un grand amour" and preceding Denmark's Raquel Rastenni with "Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog".

Tom Pyatt

The next year, he returned to Team Canada for the 2007 World Junior Championships in Leksand.

Valley of Eagles

As Ahlen is leaving her house, the baroness' manservant tells her she has a call from Leksand.


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Malcolm Munthe

Later recruited to the Special Operations Executive, he worked behind enemy lines in occupied Scandinavia - both in Norway and Sweden - as a spy and saboteur, famously blowing up a Nazi munitions train some 70 miles from his own family home in Leksand, Dalarna.


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