Frida Hyvönen

Anna Frida Amanda Hyvönen (born 30 December 1977) is a Swedish singer-songwriter.

Personal life Hyvönen grew up in Robertsfors, located outside Umeå in the north of Sweden (which is also the hometown of her cousin Josephine Forsman's band Sahara Hotnights). Her Finnish grandfather was from Rovaniemi. She moved to Stockholm in 1995. Between 2010 and 2012, she resided in Paris. Today, she shares her time between Stockholm and her house in Västerbotten.

Career

Hyvönen's first record, Until Death Comes, was recorded at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm and co-produced with Jari Haapalainen of The Bear Quartet. The record was released in the EU in 2005 on The Concretes record label Licking Fingers, in the United States in 2006 on Secretly Canadian and in Australia in 2007 on Chapter Music. Hyvönen received the 2005 Stockholmspriset ("The Stockholm Prize") by the Swedish publication Nöjesguiden for her debut album.

In the fall of 2005, Hyvönen wrote music for dance performance Pudel, It was recorded at Riksmixningsverket with engineer Linn Fijal.

Musical syle Hyvönen's music is piano and vocal driven, with a main focus on the melody and lyrics, which are often reminiscent of short stories. She covers subjects like funerals, breastfeeding, fertility, modernity, art, war, eating disorders, travels, abusive relationships, the economics of love, becoming a parent, the creative process. Live, she performs solo with grand piano, or more often, as a trio, with two other musicians. Among the musicians that have played in Frida's band are Linnea Olsson, Tammy Karlsson, Sarah Frey, Daniel Bingert, Amanda Lindgren, Marlene Johansson-Erlandsson, Jari Haapalainen, Anna Bergvall and Anna Lund.

Cover songs

In autumn 2007, Hyvönen recorded a cover of the R.E.M. song "Everybody Hurts", released in digital form by Stereogum. She also covered the song "Sista dan tillsammans" together with Mattias Alkberg on Dubbel Trubbel, a tribute to Olle Adolphson. Her cover of Judee Sill's "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" was released in September 2009 by label American Dust as part of Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill. In November 2010, she interpreted the poem "Neeijjj" on the compilation Sonja Åkesson tolkad av....

Discography

Albums First studio album Released: 6 April 2005 Label: Licking Fingers Second studio album Released: 24 January 2007 Label: Licking Fingers Third studio album Released: 29 October 2008 Label: Licking Fingers Fourth studio album Released: March 2009 Publisher: Bokförlaget Atlas Fifth studio album Released: April 2012 Publisher: NA Sixth studio album Released: April 2015 Publisher: Natur & Kultur Seventh studio album Released: November 2016 Eight studio album Release: March 2021 Publisher: RMV Grammofon Format: CD, LP, digital

Singles 2005: "I Drive My Friend", Licking Fingers/Playground. 2008: "Traveling Companion" (Marit Bergman featuring Frida Hyvönen),Sugartoy Recordings. 2012: "Terribly Dark"

Part of compilations 2005: "Sista dan tillsammans" (in compilation Dubbeltrubbel), EMI. 2009: "Jesus was a crossmaker" (in compilation Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill), American Dust. 2010: "Neeijjj", (in compilation Sonja Åkesson tolkad av...), Playground Music.