Viktoria Tolstoy

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 50)
Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
GenresJazz
OccupationSinger
LabelsBlue Note, ACT
Websiteviktoriatolstoy.se
Viktoria Tolstoy in Aarhus, Denmark 2014

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.

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

Discography

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As leader

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  • 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

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With Nils Landgren

  • 2002 – Sentimental Journey
  • 2004 – Funky ABBA

With others

See also

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References

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  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. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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