Nordsverige 180621
By: JENNY SCHWIELER STAAF
NÄSÅKER. At last she appeared on her dream stage. Helen Sjöholm attracted a large audience when she returned to her childhood Näsåker and was singing on the big stage of the venue. (…)
For four years, Mikael Holmsten has tried to arrange the concert with Helen Sjöholm in Näsåker.
– It started when she came to Sunnersta to sing, and told me that she always dreamed of playing in Näsåker, Mikael says.
– I kept that in mind and I have heard from me on a regular basis to spell, but Helen has had a lot. But last year she said she had a gap and that was amazing, and on that road it is.
Helen Sjöholm grew up in Sundsvall, but all vacations during her childhood she spent with her grandmother in Näsåker. The ties to the village are strong, and although she has no family in Näsåker today, the place is associated with a lot of nostalgia for her. She tells us from the stage that it was in Näsåker her musical career began.
Both how she and her cousin Maria Lundberg used to run on the big stage and play, singing to the then obscene audience, and how she and Maria were singing for grandmother and her friends when they gathered to drink coffee. The evening of honor Maria Lundberg was there, and together they started the night in Näsåker singing their first joint hit – Ted Gärdestad’s “Jag vill ha en egen måne” (I want a moon on my own).
– We didn´t understand the meaning of it then, when we were ten, eleven years, but it became clear to us later, Helen says.
About 2000 people were attracted to the concert in Näsåker, which besides Helen and Maria also consisted of Helens younger sister Anna Fahlstedt, local artist Klas Norberg, and of course Holmsten’s Trio – for the day reinforced to a sex man band. (…)
– There seems to be an urgent need for this kind of event, Mikael Holmsten said after the concert.
Helen Sjöholm herself was very pleased with the successful gig.
– This is absolutely amazing and we’ve had a lot of fun, both yesterday when we repeated and today, Helen says.
– I am so glad we did it and that I had the opportunity to get up here. To get music with this gang and with my relatives, it’s a little party. She is uncertain if there will be any further gig in Näsåker, though she hope to get the chance to perform on stage again.
– But this with my sister and so, I don´t think so. It’s probably a once-in-a-lifetime thing.
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