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He recorded the duet Med varann with Anni-Frid Lyngstad for his 1975 album Schiffz.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe did the role of The Arbiter on the original studio album for Chess.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePovel Ramel gave Skifs the Karamelodiktstipendiet stipend in 1984.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBjörn Skifs represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, both in the 1978 contest and in the 1981 contest. In 2000 he hosted Melodifestivalen, the Swedish heat of the Eurovision Song Contest.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2002 he had a major hit with the song Håll Mitt Hjärta (Hold My Heart) which is a Swedish version of André de Lang's song Same Ol' Story. 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