Malin Byström

Malin Byström (; born 3 September 1973) is a Swedish lyric soprano.

Early life and education Byström was born in Helsingborg. She studied at the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg for four years

Career Byström sang Fiorella in Il turco in Italia at the Theater Lübeck in 2000 and subsequently joined the ensemble of the opera in Nürnberg, singing the roles of Musetta in La Bohème, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Gilda in Rigoletto, Annina in Eine Nacht in Venedig, and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. She debuted at The Royal Opera as Amalia in I masnadieri in 2002 and has since sung Marguerite in Faust, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.

Byström has also appeared with the Bavarian State Opera, Munich and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. She has sung at the Salzburg Festival and the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Her repertoire includes the title role in Massenet's Thaïs, which she has sung at Palau de les Arts, Valencia, opposite Plácido Domingo, as well as three Mozart roles with Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, and Amelia in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.

She sang the role of Jenny Lind in the 2020 film The Animated Story of Jenny Lind – A Swedish Nightingale.

Honours and awards Byström received a Jenny Lind scholarship in 1997, and a Birgit Nilsson scholarship in 2008. In 2018, she received the International Opera Awards for Female Singer of the Year. In 2024, she performed at the Nobel Prize Concert.

1997: Jenny Lind Scholarship 2008: Birgit Nilsson Scholarship 2016: Litteris et Artibus 2017: Prix d'Amis of the Friends of De Nationale Opera 2018: International Opera Awards 2018: Hovsångerska

Personal life She is married to the Swedish baritone . They live in Gothenburg and have two children.