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 honored by Malmö, 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.

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 51)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

Origin

Örebro, Örebro County, Sweden

Occupation

singer / songwriter / actor / pop singer / musician

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

2026-06-19

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.