Eva Eklund

Eva Anni Sofie Eklund (17 December 1922– 19 November 2015), later Eva Høgh-Petersen, was a Swedish-Danish dancer, singer, composer and restaurateur. Eklund began her career as a model and dancer at the Pantomime Theatre in Tivoli Gardens. In I 1939, she was hired for Gustav Wally's revue at Södra Teatern in Stockholm. In 1942, she appeared in an Albert Gaubier show. In 1947, she was engaged as a dancer in a circus in Aarhus but she fell ill and had to give up her dancing career. In the early 1950s, she became artistic director at the record company Universal Grammophone. She also recorded a number of popular dance albums under the name Eve Annie. She also composed the music for the schlager Lirekassemandens datter which became a hit both in Denmark and abroad.