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About this artist
Swedish schlager singer and actress.
Born 31 December 1936 in Landskrona, Skåne County, Sweden.
Older sister of singer .
She is married to actor Fredrik Ohlsson (7).
On 18 July 1964 she became the first Swede to have a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, when "Sole Sole Sole", a duet with Italian singer Umberto Marcato, entered the chart, peaking at No. 58. Malmkvist was especially popular in Scandinavia and West Germany, having a #1 hit in West Germany in 1964 with "Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht".
The original 'v' in her family name was changed in to a 'w' for the German market in order to keep the original pronunciation.