Malena Ernman

Malena Ernman is one of those artists who somehow manages to be genuinely extraordinary in her own right while also being the person the world recognizes as "Greta Thunberg's mom" — and honestly, that dual identity says a lot about her. She trained at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and built a career as a Swedish mezzo-soprano that spans opera, cabaret, jazz, chanson, and musical theatre, which is an insanely broad range for any serious classical singer. Her 2009 Eurovision entry "La Voix" is this weird, beautiful artifact — a full operatic piece on the most pop stage in Europe, very much her doing things her own way. Winning the Litteris et Artibus in 2011 cemented her status as a genuine Swedish arts institution. I find her fascinating precisely because she never let the activist-parent narrative swallow her identity as a performer.

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Name (English)

Malena Ernman

Name (Japanese)

マレーナ・エルンマン

Reading

まれーな・えるんまん

Born

November 4, 1970 (age 55)

Origin

Uppsala Cathedral Assembly, Uppsala County, Sweden

Occupation

actor / opera singer / performing artist / author / musical theatre actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

University

Royal College of Music in Stockholm

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Litteris et Artibus
• 1995 Gillise Bratta Stipendium

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/malena_ernman/
• Xhttps://x.com/Malena_Ernman
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malena%20Ernman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187210

Tags

• Uppsala County
• actor
• opera singer
• performing artist

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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