Career
She started her career in the girlgroup Sherrys. The Sherrys toured Sweden with Swedish rock singer Jerry Williams, and after one of the gigs they met up with Hep Stars, Sweden"s most successful group of the 1960s. One of the members was Benny Andersson (later of Agnetha/ Björn/ Benny/ Anni-Frid fame), another was Sven "Svenne" Hedlund - and they got romantically involved.
Svenne & Lotta competed in the Swedish heats for Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen, in 1975, with a song penned by the men of Agnetha/ Björn/ Benny/ Anni-Frid, called "Bang en boomerang", and also recorded the song in English and had a hit in several European countries with "Bang a boomerang".
Agnetha/ Björn/ Benny/ Anni-Frid later covered the song as an album track. Svenne & Lotta went to become one of the best selling groups of all times in Denmark, and even recorded a single in Danish.
Lotta and her family live in Sävsjö in Småland in southern Sweden.