Monica Zetterlund


Monica Zetterlund was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. She represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the jazz ballad "En gång i Stockholm". Through her lifetime, she starred in over 10 Swedish film productions and recorded over 20 studio albums. She gained international fame through her collaborative album with Bill Evans, ''Waltz for Debby.''
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Career

Singer

Zetterlund began by learning the classic jazz songs from radio and records, initially not knowing the language and what they sang about in English. Her hit songs included "Sakta vi gå genom stan", "Visa från Utanmyra", "Sista jäntan", "Trubbel", "Gröna små äpplen", "Monicas vals", "Stick iväg, Jack!", "Att angöra en brygga", "Var blev ni av", "Måne över Stureplan" and "Under vinrankan!", among many others.
She also interpreted the works of such Swedish singer-songwriters as Evert Taube, Olle Adolphson and Povel Ramel, as well as international jazz musicians/songwriters. She worked with leading American players including Louis Armstrong, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn and Quincy Jones, and in the Scandinavian jazz world with people like Georg Riedel, Egil Johansen, Arne Domnérus, Svend Asmussen and Jan Johansson.
In 1964, she recorded the jazz album Waltz for Debby, featuring Bill Evans, a record she herself described as "the best I've done" and was the most proud of. Her professional skill was amply demonstrated in this album in performing the challenging Harold Arlen song, "So Long, Big Time".
Her long career also included the song "En gång i Stockholm" ; a jazz ballad with which she represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest. She finished last, however and scored nul points, but remained successful in Sweden.

Actor

Her collaboration with the comic duo Hasse & Tage eventually led to a stage career in revues and films. Memorable are her parts in the films Att angöra en brygga and Äppelkriget, with her most memorable role being in Jan Troell's Utvandrarna as Ulrika, a former prostitute who together with her teenage daughter Elin join the main characters in their emigration to America in the 1850s, a role for which Zetterlund received a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in more than 20 films and television series.

Awards

Zetterlund was awarded the Illis quorum by the government of Sweden in 2002.

Health and death

She suffered from severe scoliosis which began after a childhood accident, and as a result was forced to retire from performing in 1999.
On 12 May 2005, she died following an accidental fire in her apartment at Birger Jarlsgatan in Stockholm.

Discography

Albums

Swedish Sensation Ahh! Monica! Make Mine Swedish Style Ohh! Monica! Waltz for Debby with Bill Evans Monica Zetterlund Monica - Monica Chicken Feathers Hej, Man! Folk Som Har Sånger Kan Inte Dö It Only Happens Every Time with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Holiday for Monica Monica Zetterlund Sjunger Olle Adolphson Monica Z Varsamt Topaz The Lost Tapes at Bell Sound Studios NYC Det Finns Dagar Bill Remembered: A Tribute to Bill Evans Diamanter Sista Gången Du Var Med På Café Katalin Torsdag 14 September 1989 På Berns 1964
  • ''Here´s To Life''

Notable songs

Filmography