
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
September 20, 1937
Died
May 12, 2005 (age 67)
Place of Birth
Hagfors, Värmlands län, Sweden
Also Known As
Eva Norén
Monica Zetterlund
Biography
Monica Zetterlund, born Eva Monica Nilsson, was a Swedish singer, stage and screen actress. In her late teens she sang with her fathers orchestra and Ib Glindemanns Big Band. She made her first recordings in 1957 and was discovered by Arne Domnérus 1958. Two years later she toured the U.S. with Thad Jones and Zoot Sims. In 1964, Monica Zetterlund recorded the critically acclaimed jazz album "Waltz for Debby" with Bill Evans. She made her film debut in "Gröna Hund" (1962). Her long career also included the song "En gång i Stockholm" ("Winter City"); a jazz ballad with which she represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest.
Known For

TV
Melodifestivalen
1959

TV
Julkalendern
Narrator
1960

Film
Kvinnofest 1981
1981

Film
The Apple War
Anna Lindberg
1971

TV
Godnatt, jord
1979

TV
The Emigrants
Ulrika
1974

TV
Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter
Narrator (voice)
1977

TV
Katitzi
Katitzis styvmor
1979

TV
Söderkåkar
1970

Film
Swedish Portraits
Mejram
1964

TV
Morsarvet
gumman
1993

TV
Någonstans i Sverige
Loffes fru
1973
TV
Continental Showcase
Self
1966

Film
Minns ni?
(archive footage)
1993

Film
The New Land
Ulrika
1972

Film
Nalen
Self
1998

Film
The Emigrants
Ulrika
1971

Film
Night Games
Lotten
1966

TV
Kvartetten som sprängdes
1973
TV
Skäggen
1963
Filmography
2025FilmÅret var 1976as Self (archive footage)2014FilmÅret var 1964as Self (archive footage)1998FilmNalenas Self1995FilmUtan tvivel är man inte klokas Self1995FilmStjärnbilderas (archive footage)1993TVMorsarvetas gumman1993FilmMinns ni?as (archive footage)1992FilmRussian Pizza Bluesas Herself1991FilmPutte Wickman à la clarinetteas Self1990FilmEvert Taube 100 åras Self1989FilmUnderbart är kort - En film om Monica Zetterlundas Self1982FilmTo Povel1981FilmKvinnofest 19811980FilmBarna från Blåsjöfjälletas Hulda Krok1980FilmSverige åt svenskarna1980FilmRäkan från Maximas Madame Petypon1979TVKatitzias Katitzis styvmor1979TVGodnatt, jord1978TVPeters baby1977TVFem myror är fler än fyra elefanteras Narrator (voice)1977FilmBo Widerberg1976FilmSvea hund på Göta Lejonas Various1975FilmNisse och Gretaas Greta1974TVThe Emigrantsas Ulrika1974FilmGuttersnipesas Malinda Karlsson1974FilmThe glass in the ear1974FilmThe Buttas Marianne, teacher1973TVNågonstans i Sverigeas Loffes fru1973TVKvartetten som sprängdes1972FilmKaRamellodier1972FilmThe New Landas Ulrika1971FilmThe Apple Waras Anna Lindberg1971FilmThe Emigrantsas Ulrika1970FilmSöderkåkar1970TVSöderkåkar1970FilmSpader, Madame!as Hedvig Lindberg1967FilmFantasimissimo1966FilmNight Gamesas Lotten1966TVContinental Showcaseas Self1966FilmGula Hund1965FilmDocking the Boatas Berit1965FilmRamel i rutan1965FilmDer arme Prinz1964FilmSwedish Portraitsas Mejram1963FilmKonstgjorda Pompe1963FilmA Testimony About Heras herself1963TVSkäggen1962FilmGröna Hund1960TVJulkalendernas Narrator1959TVMelodifestivalen