Sofia Karlsson (singer)

Sofia Karlsson (singer)

Sofia Karlsson (born 1975 in Enskede, Sweden), is a Swedish folk singer.

Biography

Sofia Karlsson grew up in Enskede, Stockholm. She attended the Folk music dept. of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Between 1998 and 2002 she was a full time member in Swedish folk music act Groupa. In 2002 she released her debut solo album “Folk songs”.

In 2005 she made her public breakthrough with her second album “Svarta ballader” (Black ballads). The album contains her interpretations of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson. The album was in the charts for more than a year and has to date sold 60.000 copies and was rewarded with a Swedish as well as a Danish Grammy.

After touring Sweden for two years she released her third album “Visor från vinden” (Songs from the loft) with its collectionof classical Swedish songs written by famous Swedish musicians as Fred Åkerström, Peps Persson, Lars Forsell and Evert Taube.

Discography

* "Folk songs", 2002
* "Svarta Ballader", 2005
* "Visor från vinden", 2007

External links

* [http://www.sofiakarlsson.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sofiakarlsson Sofia Karlsson's MySpace Page]


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