Photo: Daniel Åhs Karlsson / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Tove Lo speaks to me because she treats pop as a place to bleed rather than to gloss over things. Born Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson in Skåne, she built a grunge-tinged sound that earned her labels like Sweden's darkest pop export, and the 2015 Musikexportpriset confirms how far that honesty travelled. I respect that she writes and composes her own wounds and has even moved into directing. So much pop sands off discomfort; she leans into it instead. For me she is one of the genre's most fearless confessional voices, and I always want to hear what she admits to next.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tove Lo
- Name (Japanese)
- トーヴ・ロー
- Reading
- とーゔ・ろー
- Born
- October 29, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- Viken church parish, Skåne County, Sweden
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / songwriter / composer / lyricist / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2015 Musikexportpriset
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://tove-lo.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tovelo/
- Xhttps://x.com/ToveLo
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC
Frequently asked questions
When was Tove Lo born?
Born October 29, 1987 (age 38).
Where is Tove Lo from?
Tove Lo is from Viken church parish, Skåne County, Sweden.
What does Tove Lo do?
Tove Lo works as singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, film director.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.