Nina Persson

Nina Elisabet Persson (; born 6 September 1974) is a Swedish musician who is the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Cardigans. She has also released two albums as A Camp and one under her own name, and has appeared as a guest artist with other acts.

Career

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 2016, Persson appeared as a guest vocalist on the Local Natives song "Dark Days," singing the second verse.

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 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.

Personal life Persson was born on 6 September 1974. She grew up in Jönköping, Sweden. "I grew up in a middle-class, academic family," Persson said in 2014: "I lived in a villa with a garden. I had two younger brothers."

She did not want to be a musician growing up, having an interest in art instead, which resulted in her attending art school.

Persson was diagnosed with cervical cancer, which was in remission as of 2013.

After three attempts at in vitro fertilization, their son was born on 30 September 2010. For several years the family resided in Harlem, New York City, but in 2015 they decided to relocate to Malmö, the former base of the Cardigans. In an interview with Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter in March 2018, Persson talked about her expatriate years and the return to Sweden. She pointed out that the return to her native country was family business and did not reflect any wish to reboot her old band.

Discography

Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsSWE DEN FIN UK Animal HeartReleased: 29 January 2014 Label: Lojinx, The End Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download 2 14 19 120

Singles 1996: "Desafinado" (Japanese-only release) 2000: "Theme from 'Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)", Nina Persson & David Arnold (#49 on UK singles chart) 2007: "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough", Manic Street Preachers feat. Nina Persson (#2 on UK singles chart) 2014: "Animal Heart" 2014: "Sometimes" 2015: "The Legacy (Theme Song)" 2018: "Var ligger Sverige?" (feat. Thomas Öberg, Moto Boy & !Regeringen) 2018: "Ligg Lågt" (feat. Thomas Öberg, Moto Boy!Regeringen & Selma Modéer Wiking)

Soundtracks 2014: "Tänk Om... Musiken Från Filmen" 2015: "What if... (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack What if...)"

Collaborations and soundtrack appearances