None of Lundstedt’s partners since then have been infected, including current partner Mattias, he said. Among his ex-boyfriends is former Alcazar band-mate Magnus Carlsson. “I know that there are more people in my industry who have it, and it’s just a shame that it’s a taboo issue,” he said. Among the international singing stars to have gone public as HIV positive are Andy Bell of eighties pop group Erasure.

George Michael recently said in a British TV interview that fear had prevented him having an HIV test since 2004. “It’s very sad to hear that Andreas is HIV positive. He is brave – we must support him,” said leader of the opposition Social Democrats, Mona Sahlin, to Expressen. Singer and one-time Eurovision winner Charlotte Perrelli , who has been touring with Lundstedt, said she was upset.