- Susanne Rydén, Lars Arvidson, David Johansson, Lars Johansson, Patrik Wirefeldt, Bjorn Stockhaus, Annika Nerfont, Yvonne Tuvesson-Rosenqvist, Mikael Samuelson, Anders Wiklund, Marcus Jupither, Marriane Johansson, Gosta Zachrisson, Karl Rombo, Mikael Bellini, Michael Weinius, Olof Boman, David Aler, Eva Bostrom, Bo Armand Olsson, Gertrud Hoffstedt, Maria Hedstrom, Olof Lilja, Helena Döse, Tove Dahlberg, Elisabeth Weman, Birgitta Lundkvist, Alexandra Orrgard Solen, Katija Dragojevic, Jadwiga Koba, Britt-Marie Aruhn, Mattias Nilsson, Sven-Anders Benktsson, Robert Vetander, Signe Sannem Lund, Lennart Forsen, Olle Skold, Arnold Östman, Ulrik Soelberg, Christina Hornell, Petter Sundkvist, Tua Aberg, Fredrik Zetterstrom, Ingeborg Nordenfelt, Dag Metin Ardel, Lars Palerius, Magnus Ahlstrom, Clas Pehrsson, Nikola Matisic, Jesper Taube, Christer Solén, Malin Gjorup, Birgitta Kallenberg, Bjorn Hallman, Elisabet Strid, Mark Bartholdsson, Anders Melander, Mats Andersson, Ola Eliasson, Mark Tatlow, Bengt Nordfors, Sara Olsson, Catharina Olsson, Gunilla Palsson, Roger Wagsjo, Bo Johan Leinmark, Andreas Lundmark, Mia Karlsson, Stefan Parkman, Nina Stemme, Christina Falk, Michael Axelsson, Lage Wedin, Lars Hallgren, Sten Niclasson, B. Tommy Andersson, Marianne Eklof, Hillevi Martinpelto, Louise Werner, Stefan Dassman, David Björkman, Siw Sjoberg, Charlotta Nilsson, Charlotta Huldt, Angela Rotondo, Thomas Schuback, Elisabeth Ander, Sven H. Aberg, Lollo Ohlsson, Iwar Bergkwist, Daniel Hallstrom, Andreas Landin, Karl Etti, Carl Unander-Scharin, Gunilla Soderstrom, Helge Lannerback, Eva Hallberg, Elizabeth Hehr, Pia-Lena Andersson, Gunnar Lundberg, Camilla Tilling, Alan Hacker, Conny Thimander, Vadstena Academy Choir, Klara Ek, Anne Sofie von Otter, Annika Falk, Barbro Netin, Kristina Eriksson-Martling, Lars Magnusson, Graham Treacher, Bo Rosenkull, Vadstena Academy, Johnny van Hal, Anna Larsson, Anders Lorentzson, Torbjorn Lillieqvist, Christina Pettersson, Stefan Dahlberg, Anna Eklund-Tarantino, Carina Morling, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Karolina Blixt, Anna Hanning, Carina Stranberg, Irene Almen, Linnea Sallay, Magnus Kyhle, Magnus Linden, Michael Bartosch, Henrik Holmberg, Clara Bystrand, Stina Tornberg, Bengt Jarnblad, Maria Gustafsson, Alexander Niclasson, Johan Hallsten, Maud Hammerud, Jonas Degerfeldt, Ingela Bohlin, Tomas Lind, Per-Erik Ohrn, Asa Mockle-Wall, Eva-Maria Tersson, Anders Öhrwall, Ann Hallenberg, Karin Ingeback, Thomas Sunnegardh, Per Borin, Jeanette Bjurling, Thomas Lander, Olav Anton Thommessen, Jan Nessler, Sven G. Aberg, Tommy Lagg, Catarina Lundgren, Iwa Sorenson, Olle Persson, Stefan Nymark, Anita Soldh, Malena Ernman, Pia-Marie Nilsson, Ingegerd Nilsson, Birgitta Petersson, Jakob Hogstrom, Carl Johan Falkman, Annete Roth, Lena Nordin, Maria Sanner, Orjan Nasbom, Sigrid Holmquist, Greger Erdos, Katarina Andersson-Arvidson, Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Andrew Dalton, Tord Wallstrom, Staffan Larson, Glenn Mossop, Karin Frolen, Lilian Sjostrand, Staffan Galli, Gregor Bergman
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