Nina Persson

Nina Persson is one of those voices I'd recognize in a single bar. With The Cardigans she mastered a trick I deeply admire: wrapping melancholy, sharp-eyed lyrics inside melodies sweet enough to slip past your defenses. What keeps my interest is that she never coasted on the band's fame, building distinct identities through A Camp and her solo record. Coming out of Örebro and later settling in Malmö, the Cardigans' old base, she strikes me as an artist firmly rooted yet restless. I find her enduring relevance proof that real songwriting craft outlasts whatever the charts happen to want.

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Name (English)

Nina Persson

Name (Japanese)

ニーナ・パーション

Reading

にーな・ぱーしょん

Born

September 6, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Örebro, Örebro County, Sweden

Occupation

singer / songwriter / actor / pop singer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Årets smålänning
• 2020 Malmö City Culture Award

• Official sitehttps://www.lojinx.com/artists/nina-persson
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina%20Persson
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231880

Tags

• Örebro County
• singer
• songwriter
• actor

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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