Anna Von Hausswolff

Anna Michaela Ebba Electra von Hausswolff (born 6 September 1986 in Gothenburg)[1] is a Swedish singer, pianist and songwriter. She released her debut single, "Track of Time", on 5 February 2010,[2] followed by the debut album Singing from the Grave. The album was very well received by the Swedish press.[3] She played the Way Out West Festival in 2009.[4] In March 2010 she opened for Tindersticks on three occasions[5] and toured Brazil with Taken by Trees and Taxi Taxi! Then in 2011 she opened for Lykke Li thrice, and also for M.Ward at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. She has played at several big festivals in Sweden such as Peace and Love, Storsjöyran, Way Out West, Arvika, and Made Festival. Hausswolff is noted for her expressive voice and her live performances,[4][5] and is often compared to Kate Bush.[4][6]

Hausswolff is a student of architecture at Chalmers University of Technology.[4] She is the daughter of sound artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff.[4]

Controversy

In January 2013 for a photo shoot for a major newspaper in Sweden, Anna posed in a t-shirt sporting the name of a Norwegian black metal band, whose sole member is a former Nazi, for which she was instantly questioned and criticized.[7]
References

^ "Birthday.se". Retrieved 2010-02-28.
^ "Anna von Hausswolff — Track of Time". Kning Disk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
^ "Anna von Hausswolff — Singing From the Grave". Kning Disk. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
^ a b c d e Martin Hanberg (2010-02-27). "Lokalen viktig för Anna von Hausswolff" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
^ a b "Anna von Hausswolff". Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
^ Pettersen, Julia (11 May 2010). "En svensk Susanne Sundfør" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
^ "von Hausswolff criticized for shirt". Retrieved 2013-02-28.