Linda ''Monia'' Paulette Sjöström (born 21 December 1973, in

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) is a Swedish female

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singer who has sung with

Grönwalls Grönwalls is a dansband from Hässleholm in Sweden. The band won the Swedish dansband championships in Sunne in August 1992. Famous hit songs include '' Du ringde från Flen'' from 1993 and ''Ett liv tillsammans'', written by Calle Kindbom and ...

, and was one of the bandmembers who in 1991 formed the band, and in 1992 won the Swedish Dansband Championships contest. She also participated at

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with the song "Nu i dag", ending up 11th. In February 1999, she was appointed "best dansband voice of Sweden" in the " Får jag lov". magazine Some months later, she left Grönwalls to start a

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career with the albums " Monia", recorded in the United States, and " Söderns hjärtas ros"., albums who both entered the Swedish album chart. In mid 2004, she returned to Grönwalls, and in 2006 she was awarded the Guldklaven award in the category "Singer of the year" during the Swedish Dansband Week in

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Solo discography

Albums

*2000 – '' Monia'' *2003 – '' Söderns hjärtas ros''

Singles

*1997 – ''Nu i dag'' / ''Burnin' For You'' (released as a ''Grönwalls'' single) *2003 – ''Rakt ut i natten'' / ''Den här sortens kärlek'' (released as a ''Monia'' single)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sjostrom, Monia 1973 births Dansband singers Living people Swedish country singers Swedish women country singers 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers People from Hässleholm Municipality