Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla (pronounced [pæːrˈǎlːanˈmǎŋːnɵsˈklɑ̌ːsɔnˈɵ̂ɡːla]; born 18 June 1954) is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host. He is known for his satirical lyrics.
Uggla is married to Louise Uggla since 1990, with whom he has one son and a daughter. He also has a daughter from an earlier relationship.
Uggla is diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).[2] He decided to do a psychiatric assessment for ADHD as an adult after one of his children had been diagnosed.[2]
In popular culture
Uggla participated in the fourth semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2007 with the song "För kung och fosterland", competing for the opportunity to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland. On February 24, 2007, Uggla performed his song, and advanced to the Second Chance round the following Saturday, where he lost to Sonja Aldén in the last round of voting. Earlier that week, he had received complaints about the lyrics of the song which contain a line that could be interpreted as degrading to Polish people, but the Swedish Chancellor of Justice decided not to try this as a violation of the hate speech act.[3]
Plastic Bertrand has recorded a French version of Uggla's song "Vittring". It's called "Rock'n'Roll je te hais" and is found on Bertrand's LP L'Album.
Uggla has covered the following Swedish songs by other artists on officially released studio records (the artists mentioned are those who first recorded the songs, not the songwriters/composers):
"Vi måste höja våra röster" by Margareta Garpe, Suzanne Osten and Gunnar Edander (since nobody seems to know exactly who recorded it first, these are the composers and songwriters)