Frida Hyvönen

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Frida Hyvönen
Promotional photo by Frans Hällqvist
Background information
Born	1977
Origin	Sweden
Genre(s)	Blues / Pop / Folk
Instrument(s)	piano
Years active	2004 –present
Label(s)	Licking Fingers Secretly Canadian
Website	fridahyvonen.com

Frida Hyvönen (born 1977) is a Swedish singer-songwriter. She is from Robertsfors, a small place just outside Umeå in the north of Sweden (which is also the hometown of the band Sahara Hotnights), and currently lives in the capital of Stockholm, Sweden.

Her first record, Until Death Comes, was recorded at Stockholm's Atlantis Studios and co-produced with Jari Haapalainen of The Bear Quartet. The record was released in the EU in 2005 on The Concretes record label Licking Fingers and in the United States in 2006 on Secretly Canadian. Hyvönen received the 2005 Stockholspriset ("Stockholm Prize") by the Swedish publication Nöjesguiden for her debut album.[1] Her first single, "I Drive My Friend", climbed the hit-list in Sweden for a few weeks.^{[citation needed]}

Frida has been touring Sweden with her piano since 2004. She also played various shows in Madrid, Milan, and Shanghai. In the spring of 2006 she toured the United Kingdom with José González, and in the summer of 2006, she toured the US with fellow Swedish artist Jens Lekman. In the fall of 2005 Frida wrote music for dance performance PUDEL, by choreographer Dorte Olesen. She also performed the music live on stage. She is currently recording the PUDEL music in the south of Sweden.