Nina Persson

Swedish singer (born 1974)
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Nina Elisabet Persson is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish rock band The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and one under her own name, and has also appeared as a guest artist with several other acts.

Persson made her acting debut in the film Om Gud vill which was released in 2006.

She appears on the Manic Street Preachers song "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough", which reached #2 on the UK chart, on the album Send Away the Tigers. She also features on the 2009 Sparklehorse/Danger Mouse collaboration Dark Night of the Soul singing "Daddy's Gone".

Persson's first solo album released under her own name, Animal Heart, was released on 10 February 2014 on the independent British record label Lojinx Records.

In October 2022, Domino Recording Company posted a single by James Yorkston, Persson and The Secondhand Orchestra called "Hold Out For Love." The track was "from the forthcoming album The Great White Sea Eagle. She worked with James Yorkston and Karl-Jonas Winqvist of The Second Hand Orchestra on that album in Malmo. She was touring in the UK with them in 2022 and 2023.

She has said that the Cardigans may reform occasionally to play together, but there are no plans to work in a studio to create new music together.

Date of Birth6th September 1974
Age50 Years
Zodiac SignVirgo
CountrySweden
Birth PlaceÖrebro
ReferenceIMDB
SpousesJulio Rodríguez
Career Start1992 (32 years ago)