Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 22:23:37 +0100 (MET) From: skolander@bahnhof.se (Bjoern Skolander) SWEDISH GRAMMY GALA - STOCKHOLM 19 FEBRAURY 1996 At the Swedish Grammy Gala '95 Eva Dahlgren was tonight awarded a Grammy in the category: artist of the year. It is her ninth Grammy, and she is the Swedish artist who has been awarded the most grammies over the years. She was looking wonderful at this her first public appereance after her honeymoon in Thailand. And ended her speach be thanking her wife Efva Attling. Earlier in the gala she sang her "Naer en vild roed ros slaar ut doftar hela skogen" ("When a wild red rose unfolds it spreads it fragrance to the whole forest"). A title that many gays and lesbians understands as a metaphor for the effect her coming out and registered partneship (which the press generally calls her *marriage*) will have on the Swedish lbg community. Congratulations Eva! We love you! Bjoern S.