Marit Bergman

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Marit Bergman
Marit Bergman during Stockholm Pride 2007
Background information
Birth name	Liv-Marit Bergman
Born	(1975-05-21) 21 May 1975 (age 46)
Origin	Rättvik, Sweden
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Labels	Sugartoy Recordings, RCA, Sony-BMG, Hypnote
Website	www.maritbergman.net

Liv-Marit Bergman (born 21 May 1975) is a Swedish pop musician.

Biography[]

Marit Bergman grew up in Rättvik, Sweden, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She was a member of the 1990s Swedish punk band Candysuck. She has also been playing and recording with other musical groups. However, it is as a solo artist that she has risen to national fame, debuting in 2002 with the album on her own record company Sugartoy Recordings. The record was a success with the critics and was rereleased by RCA/BMG in 2003. Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John produced the album.

Her second album, , was released in 2004 to critical acclaim and commercial success. It was produced by Marco Manieri. The grand arrangements of its pop songs, in a style sometimes compared to Phil Spector^{[citation needed]}, earned Bergman five Swedish Grammis nominations and two awards – Composer of the Year and Female Artist of the Year. In 2005, a live DVD Live at Rival was released.

In 2006, Bergman released her third solo album, . It was produced by Bergman and Yttling and earned five Swedish Grammis nominations.

In 2007 she signed an international deal with US indie label Hypnote, while still keeping a licensing deal for Scandinavia with SonyBMG.

She has been touring in Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Norway, Finland, Poland, Denmark, the US and the UK.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, she launched a subscription service through her website. She also appeared on Swedish producer Kleerup's self-titled album, contributing vocals to the track "3AM".

Her fourth album, The Tear Collector, was released in March 2009. Produced by Marit Bergman. Singers like Frida Hyvönen, Jens Lekman and Larkin Grimm appeared on the album.

In 2011 she took part in a competition called Maestro 2011 arranged by SVT (Swedish Television). She won that competition that had as goal to train the participants to conduct a symphony orchestra.

Discography[]

Albums[]

• (2002, rereleased in 2003) (DNC)
• (2004) (#1)
• (2006) (#1)
• (2009) (#14)
• Molnfabriken (2016) (#56)

Singles and EPs[]

This list is incomplete; you can help by . (August 2008)

References[]

• Interview in Dagens Nyheter, published 7 September 2006 (in Swedish)
• Interview in Svenska Dagbladet, published 23 March 2004 (in Swedish)
• Interview in Aftonbladet, published 29 December 2004 (in Swedish)

External links[]

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• Official site