Rebecka Törnqvist (born 26 April 1964 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz and pop vocalist.

Rebecka Törnqvist
Törnqvist in Stockholm, July 2009
Background information
Origin	Uppsala, Sweden
Genres	Jazz, pop
Years active	1993–present
Labels	EMI, Warner, Kaza, Metronome

Her debut album A Night like This was released in 1993 and sold over 100,000 copies.[1] This was followed by Good Thing in 1995.[2]

Most of the albums by Rebecka Törnqvist are sung in English, with the exception of Vad jag vill (2001).[2] She helped to increase "interest in young female jazz vocalists in Sweden in the 1990s, though her solo albums weren't pure jazz, but rather pop with heavy jazz influences".[2]

Discography

• 1993 - A Night Like This
• 1995 - Good Thing
• 1996 - Stockholm Kaza Session (featuring Per 'Texas' Johansson)
• 1998 - Tremble My Heart
• 1999 - Gloria with the band Gloria
• 2001 - Vad Jag Vill ("What I Want")
• 2003 - People Like You and Me with the band Gloria
• 2004 - Travel Like in Songs
• 2006 - Melting into Orange
• 2006 - Fire in the Hole – Sara Isaksson & Rebecca Törnqvist Sing Steely Dan
• 2008 - The Cherry Blossom and the Skyline Rising from the Street
• 2011 - Scorpions

References

External links

• Official Rebecka Törnqvist Homepage
• Swedish Fan Page