Sonya Hedenbratt

Sonya Elisabet Hedenbratt Bolin (4 March 1931 – 5 April 2001) was a Swedish singer and actress. She was considered one of the foremost female jazz singers in Sweden.

Hedenbratt's breakthrough as a jazz singer came when she performed at the Nalen jazz club in Stockholm in 1951. Throughout her career, she mainly worked in Gothenburg, where she was born and where she lived all her life.

She was part of the cast for several of Hasse & Tage's variety shows, including Gröna hund and Gula Hund, and she also worked with musicians such as Jan Johansson,

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Hedenbratt performed together with Sten-Åke Cederhök in the televised popular revues (buskis) Jubel i busken and Låt hjärtat va me.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1964 Svenska bilder Woman Selling Vegetables 1966 Syskonbädd 1782 Mrs. Storck 1973 Ebon Lundin Kallskänkan 1980 Sverige åt svenskarna Fair Inga-Lill 1982 Fanny and Alexander Aunt Emma - Ekdahlska huset