Emmelie de Forest

Emmelie CharlotteVictoria de Forest is a Danish singersongwriter. She was born in Randers, Denmark, and raised in Mariager, Denmark, and in Stockholm, Sweden. Emmelie de Forest is of partial Swedish descent as her father is Swedish. She represented Denmark with the song Only Teardrops in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malm, Sweden, winning the contest. Her debut album Only Teardrops was released on the Universal Music label onMay 2013.

De Forest was born in Randers, Denmark, to a Danish mother and Swedish father, Ingvar de Forest . Following her parents divorce when she was young, she grew up with her mother in Mariager, Denmark, and in Stockholm, Sweden. Danmarks Radio used the story of her claim to royal ancestry in its promotion of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.

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