Viktoria Tolstoy

Viktoria Tolstoy
Tolstoy at the St. Ingbert jazz festival, 2009
Background information
Birth name	Louise Viktoria Kjellberg
Born	(1974-07-29) 29 July 1974 (age 51) Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Singer
Labels	Blue Note, ACT
Website	viktoriatolstoy.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

As leader

• 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

With Nils Landgren

• 2002 – Sentimental Journey
• 2004 – Funky ABBA

With others

• 1998 − Här kommer natten, Svante Thuresson
• 2007 – Christmas with My Friends (ACT)
• 2012 – Super Music, UMO Jazz Orchestra (Blue Note)
• 2016 – Green Man, Beat Funktion
• 2016 – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic V (ACT)
• 2024 – It’s a Wonderful Christmas This Year, Philip Wareborn

See also

• List of Swedes in music

References

1. "Viktoria Tolstoy - BIO". www.viktoriatolstoy.se. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
2. "All That Swedish Jazz" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
3. "Per Holknekt och Viktoria Tolstoy skiljer sig". Expressen. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

External links

• Official website

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