Viktoria Tolstoy
Louise Viktoria Tolstoy (Tolstaya; née Kjellberg; born 29 July 1974) is a Swedish jazz singer of Russian ancestry. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy was a regular studio guest in season one of the television series Big Brother in 2000.
Viktoria Tolstoy
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- Name
- Viktoria Tolstoy
- Birth Name
- Louise Viktoria Kjellberg
- Born
- 29 July 1974
- Birthplace
- Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
- Occupation
- Singer
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Fields
- jazz
- Languages
- Swedish
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Biography
Biography
She was married to designer Per Holknekt from 2001 until they divorced in March 2008.
Viktoria Tolstoy July 2014
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Viktoria Tolstoy • Birth Name — Louise Viktoria Kjellberg • Born — 29 July 1974 • Birthplace — Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Singer • Label — Blue Note, ACT • Website — viktoriatolstoy.se • Illustration — Viktoria Tolstoy in Aarhus, Denmark 2014
As leader
As leader
• Smile, Love and Spice (Sittel, 1994) • Viktoria Tolstoy (EMI, 1996) • För Älskad (EMI, 1996) • White Russian (Blue Note, 1997) • Blame It On My Youth (EMI, 2001) • Shining On You (ACT, 2004) • My Swedish Heart (ACT, 2005) • Pictures of Me (ACT, 2006) • My Russian Soul (ACT, 2008) • Letters to Herbie (ACT, 2011) • A Moment of Now (ACT, 2013) • Meet Me at the Movies (ACT, 2017) • Stations (ACT, 2020) • Stealing Moments (ACT, 2024) • Who We Are with Jacob Karlzon (ACT, 2026)
As guest
As guest
With Nils Landgren • 2002 – Sentimental Journey • 2004 – Funky ABBA With others • 1998 − Här kommer natten, Svante Thuresson • 2007 – Christmas with My Friends (ACT) • 2012 – Super Music, UMO Jazz Orchestra (Blue Note) • 2016 – Green Man, Beat Funktion • 2016 – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic V (ACT) • 2024 – It’s a Wonderful Christmas This Year, Philip Wareborn
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1974
Viktoria Tolstoy born at Sigtuna.
2020
Viktoria Tolstoy, Ida Sand & Bohuslän Big Band Live At Storan, Gothenburg 2020-10-09 (2020) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q442863: Viktoria Tolstoy
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Viktoria Tolstoy
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1202849776, Stations (Zusammenstellung, Viktoria Tolstoy).
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