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Monica Zetterlund (1937 – 2005) was a Swedish singer and actress. Zetterlund, born Eva Monica Nilsson, was particularly noted for her jazz work. She began by learning the classic jazz songs from radio and records, initially not knowing the language and what they sang about in English. 

She also interpreted the works of such Swedish singer-songwriters as Evert Taube, Olle Adolphson and Povel Ramel, and all through her life interpreted the works of international and American jazz musicians/song writers. She worked with some of the greatest international jazz names including Louis Armstrong, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn and Quincy Jones, and in the Scandinavian jazz world with people like Georg Riedel, Egil Johansen, Arne Domnérus, Svend Asmussen and Jan Johansson.

In 1964 she recorded the critically acclaimed jazz album Waltz for Debby with Bill Evans, a record she herself described as "the best I've done" and was most proud of. 

Her long career also included the song "En gång i Stockholm" ("Winter City"); a jazz ballad with which she represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest. She finished last, however (mainly because the song genre was not suitable for the competition) and scored the infamous zero points, but still managed to remain successful in Sweden. 

Her collaboration with the comic duo Hasse & Tage (in the 1960s and 70s) eventually led to a stage career in revues and films. Memorable are her parts in films Att angöra en brygga, Äppelkriget and Jan Troell's Utvandrarna (aka The Emigrants; with Liv Ullman and Max von Sydow in the leads) for which Zetterlund received a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in more than 20 films and television series throughout her life.



Monica Zetterlund - 1960 - The Lost Tapes at Bell Sound Studios NYC
Monica Zetterlund - 1964 - Waltz for Debby (with Bill Evans) 1992
Monica Zetterlund - 1964 - Waltz for Debby (with Bill Evans) 2001 Remastered
Monica Zetterlund - 1965 - Ohh! Monica!
Monica Zetterlund - 1972 - Chicken Feathers [LP]
Monica Zetterlund - 1983 - Monica Zetterlund sjunger Olle Adolphson
Monica Zetterlund - 1984 - For Lester and Billie (with Nils Sandstrom, Horace Parlan, Red Mitchell)
Monica Zetterlund - 1989 - Monica Z
Monica Zetterlund - 1991 - Varsamt
Monica Zetterlund - 1992 - Nu ar det skont att leva
Monica Zetterlund - 2000 - Bill Remembered- A Tribute to Bill Evans
Monica Zetterlund - 2004 - Monicas Basta
Monica Zetterlund - 2005 - Diamanter (Monica Monica 1971 - Hej Man 1975)
Monica Zetterlund - 2005 - Z (Det basta med Monica Zetterlund) 2CD
Monica Zetterlund - 2008 - Gyllene blad ur Monicas dagbok 2CD
Monica Zetterlund - 2008 - Sakta vi ga genom stan (Det basta med Monica Zetterlund) 3CD