Kajsa Grytt | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Karin Johanna Grytt |
Born | June 20, 1961 |
Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
Occupation | Singer |
Years active | 1979–present |
Website | Official website |
Karin Johanna "Kajsa" Grytt (born 20 June 1961) is a Swedish punk-rocker, guitarist, singer and songwriter. She was between 1979 and 1985 guitarist in the band Tant Strul and 1985 to 1988 and around 1996 a member of the duo Kajsa och Malena.[1] Grytt wrote most of the lyrics to the band's songs.
Grytt is nowadays a solo singer and made her musical comeback in 2003. She played along with David Giese during a few years, and then along with Jari Haapalainen, who also produced her two latest solo albums.[1] She has so far made five solo albums and on her album Brott & straff several of the songs were written by female prisoners. On the same album Grytt did a duet with Joakim Thåström.[1]
In 2011, Kajsa Grytt released the album En kvinna under påverkan and the biography book Boken om mig själv (en:the book about myself).[2] In April 2011 Sveriges Television broadcast an interview with Grytt where she talked about the book and the new album and how she looks on her life these days.[3]
In 2014, Grytt released her first novel book called Nio dagar, nio nätter.[4] And in late 2014, she participated in season five of the TV4 show Så mycket bättre.[5]