Evie Tornquist-Karlsson

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Evie Tornquist-Karlsson (born Tornquist) is a Contemporary Christian music singer of the 1970s and 1980s.

Evie was born in Rahway, NJ and is the only one in her family born in the US. She sings Christian music in the styles of pop and easy listening. During her career as a singer based in the United States, she was the most popular woman in contemporary Christian music before Amy Grant and Sandi Patti. Her best-known songs include "Pass It On", "Give Them All to Jesus", and "Mirror".

She first began her music career while visiting Norway with her family. Aside from releasing many albums with Word Records, she also released a number in the Norwegian language. With the help of a family friend in the 1970s, Evie was booked on a late night Norwegian talk show. She sang three songs and was interviewed. She was just 15 years old at the time.

While she was located in Scandinavia (for a short while), Evie received many requests to do concerts. It was an amazing experience even though she was still finishing up high school. Evie had her own TV specials in Norway, Holland and Sweden as well. Many of her recorded songs were written by her husband Pelle Karlsson, whom she married in 1979. They recorded many songs and several albums together, produced by their ministry, White Field Music.

In the early 1980s Pelle and Evie Karlsson felt the Lord's leading to join the Sky Angel Dominion Network. While there, they recorded a few other albums. A few years ago the Karlsson Family left Sky Angel, and continue to pursue ministry as a family in other areas of music.

Evie currently resides with her husband Pelle in Florida. Their two children, Kris and Jenny Karlsson are now out of high school. Evie and her music are still loved today, and Evie albums are still being hunted down and collected by her fans. Evie goes on tour from time to time with Rebecca St. James and they perform in different venues around the US and abroad.