Lisa Ekdahl (born 29 July 1971) is a Swedish popular music singer and songwriter. She has so far released 10 albums, most of them in Swedish, but some entirely in English. Her voice has been described as "child-like" and she was awarded three Swedish music prizes, one of them as the nation's best artist of the year. She also enjoyed success in Denmark and Norway.
She signed with EMI Records, but later recorded two pop albums with RCA/BMG: Med kroppen mot jorden and Bortom det blå in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, she recorded the English language album When Did You Leave Heaven, which contained jazz standards. Ekdahl has been focusing on, with great success, Scandinavia and Europe (most noticeably France), leaving little mark in other countries such as the United States. primarily in the bossa nova style. Her fragile and childish voice seems to be made for this type of music. Their album was a great success in France and Scandinavia, Her hit song "Vem Vet" is also in the soundtrack of the Korean drama Love Rain.
In 2016 she participated in the music show Så mycket bättre broadcast on TV4.
Personal life
She was born in Hägersten, Sweden to her parents who were a nuclear physicist and kindergarten teacher. She was raised just outside Mariefred, Sweden. She has two sisters and attended school at the Tälje Musikgymnasium. Her music is published by her company Lisa Ekdahl AB.
Ekdahl has lived in New York City. In 1999, she met American composer and guitarist Salvadore Poe,