dimanche 14 juillet 2013

A Take On The Female Swedish Singer

By Irma Farrell


Each country can produce its own entertainment sensations. Sweden, in this regard, is like any other. Many actors and musicians have made their names within that country and some have gone to a more international stage, so to speak. For Swedish female singers, the history of these women is quite illustrious and deserves some attention. The can captivate on talent alone and here are a few examples as proof.

A prominent example can be made out of Theresa Andersson. She was born in 1972 somewhere within Gotland, Sweden. As a singer songwriter, the video for Na Na Na, one of her singles, was recorded in a do it yourself style and proved so popular that it attracted more than one million views on YouTube.

Another one is Linda Carlsson, better known as Miss Li. A very famous musician in her own right, one of her singles has been prominently featured on the Showtime original series known as Weeds. Another piece of her work called Bourgeois Shangri La was featured in an iPod Nano commercial.

A very old school name is Git Gay, who was among the most popular in her hay day. Her real name was Birgit Carp and history will remember her as a successful actress, director and vocalist. It all started when she was sent to the Music Conservatory. This was in Malmo and the reason for her being there was due to the ambition of her parents to develop her into a concerto pianist.

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.

A few out of hundreds or thousands is enough for now to drive the point home. A talented Swedish female singer is a boon to her country, serving well with great skill and talent. There is little doubt that the nation swells with pride when it comes to the talent of both the past and the present. It is proven that they can rival any other foreign counterpart in the world today.




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