Ebba Forsberg Explained

Ebba Forsberg
Birth Name:Ebba Maria Knigge Forsberg
Birth Date:1964 7, df=y
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Genre:Pop
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:1997present
Label:Eboth
Associated Acts:Traste Lindéns Kvintett, Mikael Wiehe

Ebba Maria Knigge Forsberg (born in Stockholm on 31 July 1964) is a Swedish pop singer. She sings solo and was a member of many musical band projects, most notably in Traste Lindéns Kvintett.

Forsberg's family moved from Sweden to Tortola in the West Indies when she was five years old, although her older sister Kajsa Ribbing returned to Sweden after only a year. The rest of the family stayed until Forsberg was 12, at which point they moved to South Africa for eight years before Forsberg moved back to Sweden.[1]

In 1996, she was signed by Guy Oseary to Maverick Records.[2] Her first album for Maverick, Been There, was the subject of "intense advance buzz."[3] Been There featured lyrics written by Forsberg's older sister, Kajsa Ribbing.[4]

In addition to her own music, she has released two albums dedicated to international artists, with Swedish versions of songs from Bob Dylan (2007) and Leonard Cohen (2009).[5] The translations were by Mikael Wiehe.

She had her acting career in lead role in the television series Anderssons älskarinna.[6]

Ebba Forsberg is the daughter of Lars Lennart Forsberg. She is married to Thomas Knigge with whom she has a child and two step-children. She also has a daughter (b. 1989) from an earlier marriage.[7] She and her husband run the Eboth record label.

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumPeak PositionCertificationsNotes
SWE
[8]
1997Been There
2001True Love
2006Ebba Forsberg26
2007Dylan på svenska
Mikael Wiehe and Ebba Forsberg
22Translated into Swedish by Mikael Wiehe
2009Ta min vals – Ebba Forsberg sjunger Leonard Cohen10Translated into Swedish by Mikael Wiehe
2011Falling Folding Flipping Feeling18
2015Om jag lämnar dig12

Notes and References

  1. biography, Allmusic.comhttp://allmusic.com/artist/ebba-forsberg-p293405/biography
  2. "Ebba Forsberg Shows She's 'Been There'Pop Beat: 'You can't stay 14 mentally forever,' says the Swedish singer whose life experience informs her album." by Elysa Gardner. The Los Angeles Times. 4 April 1998https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-04-ca-35762-story.html
  3. "Ebba Forsberg Shows She's 'Been There'Pop Beat: 'You can't stay 14 mentally forever,' says the Swedish singer whose life experience informs her album." by Elysa Gardner. The Los Angeles Times. 4 April 1998https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-04-ca-35762-story.html
  4. "Ebba Forsberg Shows She's 'Been There'Pop Beat: 'You can't stay 14 mentally forever,' says the Swedish singer whose life experience informs her album." by Elysa Gardner. The Los Angeles Times. 4 April 1998https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-04-ca-35762-story.html
  5. http://svt.se/2.58360/1.1437533/utskriftsvanligt_format?printerfriendly=true SVT.se: Bob Dylan på svenska
  6. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article14512.ab Aftonbladet: Nya tongångar för älskarinnan
  7. "Ebba Forsberg Shows She's 'Been There'Pop Beat: 'You can't stay 14 mentally forever,' says the Swedish singer whose life experience informs her album." by Elysa Gardner. The Los Angeles Times. 4 April 1998https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-04-ca-35762-story.html
  8. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ebba+Forsberg SwedishCharts.com: Ebba Forsberg page