Background
Marit Bergman grew up in Rättvik, Sweden, but now lives in Brooklyn, New New York
Marit Bergman grew up in Rättvik, Sweden, but now lives in Brooklyn, New New York
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 Serenades on her own record company Sugartoy Recordings. The record was a success with the critics and was rereleased by Radio Corporation of America/BMG in 2003.
Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John produced the album.
Her second album, Baby Dry Your Eye, was released in 2004 to further critical acclaim and commercial success. lieutenant was produced by Marco Manieri.
The grand arrangements of its popular songs, in a style sometimes compared to Philosophy Spector, earned Bergman five Swedish Grammis nominations and two awards – Composer of the Year and Female Artist of the Year. In 2005, a live-Digital Video Disc, "Live at Rival" was released.
In 2006, Bergman released her third solo album, I Think lieutenant"s a Rainbow.
lieutenant was produced by Bergman and Yttling and earned five Swedish Grammis nominations. In 2007 she signed an international deal with United States 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 United States and the United Kingdom. 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 was a member of the 1990s Swedish punk band Candysuck.
