Nina Persson

Nina Persson (born September 6, 1974 in Jönköping, Sweden) is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. Always interested in music (she plays harmonica, some guitar, piano and d

Nina Persson (born September 6, 1974 in Jönköping, Sweden) is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. Always interested in music (she plays harmonica, some guitar, piano and drums), Persson joined The Cardigans when they formed in 1992.

The Cardigans debut album Emmerdale, released in 1994, showcased Persson's vocal talents. Much attention was focused on her undoubted attractiveness, and some interviews airbrushed the other band members out entirely. Persson found this sort of exposure discomfiting, as being promoted as a pin-up was undermining her real musical ambitions.