- Maria Gustafsson, Michael Bartosch, Bengt Jarnblad, Henrik Holmberg, Stina Tornberg, Magnus Linden, Johan Hallsten, Jonas Degerfeldt, Clara Bystrand, Maud Hammerud, Alexander Niclasson, Angela Rotondo, Charlotta Nilsson, Charlotta Huldt, David Björkman, Siw Sjoberg, Thomas Schuback, Karin Ingeback, Per Borin, Jeanette Bjurling, Thomas Lander, Thomas Sunnegardh, Gunnar Lundberg, Carl Unander-Scharin, Elizabeth Hehr, Pia-Lena Andersson, Helge Lannerback, Gunilla Soderstrom, Eva Hallberg, Camilla Tilling, Birgitta Petersson, Ingegerd Nilsson, Lena Nordin, Olle Persson, Anita Soldh, Stefan Nymark, Pia-Marie Nilsson, Iwa Sorenson, Malena Ernman, Jakob Hogstrom, Annete Roth, Carl Johan Falkman, Maria Hedstrom, Olof Boman, Gertrud Hoffstedt, Bo Armand Olsson, Mikael Bellini, Michael Weinius, Olof Lilja, David Aler, Eva Bostrom, Olle Skold, Arnold Östman, Petter Sundkvist, Christina Hornell, Ulrik Soelberg, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Anna Hanning, Stefan Dahlberg, Carina Morling, Karolina Blixt, Anna Eklund-Tarantino, Mark Bartholdsson, Nikola Matisic, Birgitta Kallenberg, Malin Gjorup, Anders Melander, Bjorn Hallman, Elisabet Strid, Jesper Taube, Christer Solén, Magnus Kyhle, Linnea Sallay, Carina Stranberg, Irene Almen, Christina Falk, Sten Niclasson, Michael Axelsson, Lars Hallgren, Lage Wedin, Nina Stemme, Catharina Olsson, Sara Olsson, Mats Andersson, Roger Wagsjo, Bengt Nordfors, Ola Eliasson, Bo Johan Leinmark, Mark Tatlow, Mia Karlsson, Stefan Parkman, Gunilla Palsson, Andreas Lundmark, Per-Erik Ohrn, Eva-Maria Tersson, Ingela Bohlin, Asa Mockle-Wall, Ann Hallenberg, Tomas Lind, Anders Öhrwall, B. Tommy Andersson, Stefan Dassman, Louise Werner, Marianne Eklof, Hillevi Martinpelto, Karl Etti, Sven H. Aberg, Elisabeth Ander, Daniel Hallstrom, Lollo Ohlsson, Iwar Bergkwist, Andreas Landin, Annika Falk, Kristina Eriksson-Martling, Alan Hacker, Conny Thimander, Barbro Netin, Anne Sofie von Otter, Klara Ek, Vadstena Academy Choir, Sigrid Holmquist, Orjan Nasbom, Maria Sanner, Katarina Andersson-Arvidson, Greger Erdos, Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Katija Dragojevic, Elisabeth Weman, Tove Dahlberg, Alexandra Orrgard Solen, Helena Döse, Birgitta Lundkvist, Anna Larsson, Johnny van Hal, Anders Lorentzson, Torbjorn Lillieqvist, Christina Pettersson, Patrik Wirefeldt, Lars Arvidson, Lars Johansson, Bjorn Stockhaus, David Johansson, Yvonne Tuvesson-Rosenqvist, Annika Nerfont, Susanne Rydén, Mikael Samuelson, Olav Anton Thommessen, Jan Nessler, Tommy Lagg, Catarina Lundgren, Sven G. Aberg, Bo Rosenkull, Vadstena Academy, Graham Treacher, Lars Magnusson, Karl Rombo, Marcus Jupither, Marriane Johansson, Anders Wiklund, Gosta Zachrisson, Mattias Nilsson, Signe Sannem Lund, Lennart Forsen, Jadwiga Koba, Robert Vetander, Britt-Marie Aruhn, Sven-Anders Benktsson, Ingeborg Nordenfelt, Dag Metin Ardel, Fredrik Zetterstrom, Lars Palerius, Magnus Ahlstrom, Tua Aberg, Clas Pehrsson, Staffan Galli, Gregor Bergman, Andrew Dalton, Karin Frolen, Lilian Sjostrand, Glenn Mossop, Staffan Larson, Tord Wallstrom
Malena Ernman
Biography
Opera singer Malena Ernman is a mezzo-soprano, known not only for opera but also for pop crossover material in several languages. Later in life, she gained some celebrity as the mother of climate activist Greta Thunberg. Born Sara Magdalena Ernman on November 4, 1970, in Uppsala, Sweden, she studied at several prestigious educational institutions, including the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and the school of the Royal Swedish Opera. For some years, she made opera and concert performances all over Europe, playing the "pants" role of Nerone in Handel's Agrippina in Brussels in the year 2000. That year, on the BIS label, she also issued an album of American composer William Bolcom's Cabaret Songs. Ernman made her classical crossover album debut in 2009 with La Voix du Nord. A double-disc album that features pop crossover songs on its first disc and arias on its second disc, La Voix du Nord was a chart-topping smash hit in Sweden and a Top 20 hit in neighboring Norway. The album includes the classical crossover song "La Voix," which Ernman performed at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest as the representative of Sweden; her dress for the contest reportedly cost 400,000 Swedish crowns. Composed by Ernman and Fredrik Kempe, and sung in both French and English, "La Voix" reached number two on the singles chart in Sweden and number 20 in Norway. Ernman continued to perform and record into the 2010s, issuing the holiday album Advent on Sony in 2015. Ernman married actor Svante Thunberg, and the couple had two daughters, Beate and Greta; the latter became famous in 2019 as the organizer of a series of international student climate strikes. Greta Thunberg also convinced her mother to give up her international opera career due to the environmental impact of the airline flights it entailed. Ernman continued to perform in Sweden, however, appearing in the musical Så som i himmelen in 2018. She is the author of a book, Scenes from the Heart, about her family and the environment. ~ Jason Birchmeier & James Manheim