Viktoria Tolstoy

Summary

Louise Viktoria Tolstoy (born 29 July 1974) is a Swedish jazz singer of Russian ancestry. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.[1][2] Tolstoy was a regular studio guest in season one of the television series Big Brother in 2000.

Viktoria Tolstoy
Tolstoy at the St. Ingbert jazz festival, 2009
Tolstoy at the St. Ingbert jazz festival, 2009
Background information
Birth nameLouise Viktoria Kjellberg
Born (1974-07-29) 29 July 1974 (age 49)
Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Singer
LabelsBlue Note, ACT
Websiteviktoriatolstoy.se
Viktoria Tolstoy in Aarhus, Denmark 2014

She was married to designer Per Holknekt from 2001 until they divorced in March 2008.[3]

Discography edit

As leader edit

  • 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)

As guest edit

With Nils Landgren

  • 2002 – Sentimental Journey
  • 2004 – Funky ABBA

With others

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Viktoria Tolstoy - BIO". www.viktoriatolstoy.se. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ All That Swedish Jazz
  3. ^ "Per Holknekt och Viktoria Tolstoy skiljer sig". Expressen. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

External links edit

  • Official website
  •   Media related to Viktoria Tolstoy at Wikimedia Commons
  • B.H. Hopper Management - Artist Management