Sunday, July 21, 2013

A Take On The Female Swedish Singer

By Irma Farrell


Like any other country, Sweden has produced a multitude of artists that are famous throughout their country and even throughout the entire world. What the female Swedish female singer brings to the table is a certain skill set that has the capability to transcend local boundaries and reach out to anyone that is willing to listen. To prove this point, a few examples may be needed.

One of these women is Theresa Andersson. Andersson was born in the year 1972 in Gotland, Sweden and is a singer, a songwriter as well as a multi instrumentalist. She once posted a do it yourself video for Na Na Na, which is one of her songs, and it has since become quite popular on YouTube with more than a million views.

Then there is Miss Li, real name being Linda Carlsson. Carlsson is another famous musician with certain achievements to her name. One is a song written by her that was utilized on Weeds, an original series from Showtime. Another Carlsson creation was utilized for an Apple commercial. It was for their iPod Nano.

Birgit Carp, known as Git Gay during her heyday, was a multi talented director, actress and vocalist. She was born Birgit Agda Holmberg in Karlshamn, Sweden in 1921. Her musical education began in earnest when her parents, wanting her to become a concerto pianist, had enrolled her to the Music Conservatory in Malmo.

By the forties, she was invited to act in a summer revue as a prima donna by a director named Sigge Holmberg. By the following year, she was performing at the Grona Lund in Stockholm in Klart Gronan, another revue. The rest, as they say, is history. Her career continued well into the nineties where she transitioned towards senior TV presenting. Git Gay passed away a mere eleven days before she would have turned eighty six in the year 2007.

Clara Hagman is a member of the pop band Ace of Base. She was recruited to replace departing band members at the age of just eighteen years old. After her inclusion into the band, the new line up released its new album sometime in September 2010.

One of the most highly thought of singers of the nineteenth century was Johanna Maria Lind, who better known by her alias Jenny Lind was a Swedish opera singer. Her talents earned her the nickname Swedish Nightingale. Her amazing performance in Der Freischutz made her famous, although vocal damage a few years later nearly ruined her career.

Lastly, for now, there is Annette Ingegerd Olsson, known better as Anette Olzon. She is a lead vocalist in the metal band Nightwish, which is actually Finnish in origin. Prior to that, she worked with Alyson Avenue, yet another band.

These are just a few examples of the hundreds, if not thousands that are known. The Swedish female singer is just as talented and just as respectful as their American, British or any other counterpart. Although they are not alone in this, but it can be said that they truly are the pride of their nation, revealing to the world their enormous talent and reaping tremendous success in the process.




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