Karin Margareta Glenmark (born 8 April 1952) is a Swedish pop and rock singer.Discogs: Karin Glenmark
Retrieved 29 May 2010 She is the niece to

Bruno Glenmark Alf Göran Bruno Glenmark (born 17 March 1938 in Tomelilla, Sweden) is a Swedish musician, songwriter, band leader and singer. Music career During the 1960s, Glenmark toured Sweden with his own band and soloist Eleanor Bodel. With his wife An ...

and sister to

Anders Glenmark Gert Anders Glenmark (born 20 November 1953) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is the brother of singer Karin Glenmark and nephew of band leader Bruno Glenmark. Career Among the artists for whom Glenmark has w ...

. Together with Anders, she is a part of the siblings duo

Gemini Gemini may refer to: Space * Gemini (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac ** Gemini in Chinese astronomy * Project Gemini, the second U.S. crewed spaceflight program * Gemini Observatory, consisting of telescopes in the Northern ...

, and together with uncle Bruno and his wife

Ann-Louise Hanson Ann-Louise Hanson (born in Kristianstad in 1944) is a Swedish singer who has been involved in the music industry since 1956. In 1960, she had her first hit, "Är du ensam i kväll?", a Swedish version of Elvis Presley's ''Are you lonesome tonig ...

, they formed the group Glenmarks. She has participated in

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

five times. Together with Glenmarks in 1973 with the song ''En liten sång som alla andra'' (finished joint 4th), ''I annorlunda land'' (8th) 1974, and ''Lady Antoinette'' (6th place) 1975. In 1983 she took part alone with the song ''Se'' (3rd place), and in 1984 together with the brother Anders, with the song ''Kall som is'' (4th place). The following year, Karin and Anders took the

name, as suggested by Björn Ulvaeus of

ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's ...

(who, together with Benny Andersson, co-produced Gemini's two albums). The 1996 release was produced by

Michael Saxell Michael Saxell (born 1 October 1956) is a singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He was born in Helsingborg, Sweden but has spent many years on the Canadian west coast. He composed music for the Colin Nutley m ...

who also composed all the songs. Swedish poet

Jacques Werup Jacques Werup (14 January 1945 – 12 November 2016) was a Swedish musician, author, poet, stage artist and screenwriter, born in Malmö. Werup's poetry is often associated to jazz. He was a childhood friend of Mikael Wiehe and Göran Skytte an ...

wrote the lyrics. Karin has three children: Lisa, Nils and Anton. Nils Tull is active in the music industry, singing in the band Hoffmaestro.

Albums

*1996 – ''Karin Glenmark'' *1984 – ''Mitt innersta rum''

Singles

*1984 – ''Kall som is'' (with

) *1983 – ''Se'' *1974 – ''Hur går det till'' (with

)

References

Swedish pop singers Swedish rock singers Melodifestivalen contestants 1952 births Living people {{Sweden-singer-stub