Siw Malmkvist

Acting

Born: 1936-12-31 · Landskrona, Malmöhus län, Sweden [now Skåne län, Sweden]

Swedish singer who has been popular in Scandinavia and West Germany. She had a number one hit in West Germany in 1964 with "Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht" (English: "Lovesickness Is Not Worthwhile"), and on 18 July 1964 she became the first Swede to have a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, when…