{{short description|Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{distinguish|Linnéa Olsson}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Linnea Olsson | image = Peter Gabriel Back To Front-Tour Linnea Olsson 29042014.JPG | caption = Olsson in 2014 | image_size = | birth_name = Linnea Matilda Olsson | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1983}} | birth_place = Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|cello|guitar|bass|keyboards|drums|percussion}} | genre = {{hlist|Indie folk|art rock|world music|worldbeat|pop|neo-classical|progressive rock}} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}} | years_active = | label = Sony Music | associated_acts = {{hlist|Isildurs Bane|Jennie Abrahamson|Peter Gabriel}} | website = {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004015723/http://www.linneaolsson.net/|title=www.linneaolsson.net}} }}
[[File:Peter Gabriel Back To Front-Tour Jennie Abrahamson+Linnea Olsson 29042014.jpg|thumb|Linnea Olsson (left) with Jennie Abrahamson during the Back to Front Tour of Peter Gabriel 2014 at Festhalle Frankfurt]]
'''Linnea Matilda Olsson''' (born 1983) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known and acclaimed as a cellist. A former member of the band {{ill|Isildurs Bane|de}}, she released her first album, ''Ah!'', in 2012,<ref name="Linnea Olsson-NPR">{{cite web |author=NPR Staff |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/01/21/264525736/a-gifted-cellist-sails-beyond-sweden-across-fields-of-love |title=A Gifted Cellist Sails Beyond Sweden, Across 'Fields Of Love' |work=NPR |date=2014-01-22 |language=English |accessdate=2023-05-30}}</ref> followed by a second album ''Breaking and Shaking'' in 2014.
Together with Jennie Abrahamson, she was an opening act Jennie + Linnea and background singer and tour cellist on Peter Gabriel's ''Back to Front''-''So'' tour from 2012 to the end of 2014. Both thus replaced the originally scheduled Ane Brun with her band as support act, which would have also included Linnea Olsson,<ref name="Back to Front Tour-Opening Act-Jennie Abrahamson">{{cite web |author=Jennie Abrahamson |url=https://jennieabrahamson.com/2012/09/opening-for-peter-gabriel-at-the-back-to-front-tour/ |title=Opening for Peter Gabriel on the Back To Front tour! |work=Jennie Abrahamson web site |date=2012-09-19 |language=en |accessdate=2023-05-30}}</ref> and Linnea Olsson replaced Ane Brun as background singer.<ref name="Back to Front Tour-Before-Jennie Abrahamson">{{cite web |author=Jennie Abrahamson |url=https://jennieabrahamson.com/2012/09/so-back-to-front-tour-with-peter-gabriel/ |title=SO! Back to Front tour with Peter Gabriel |work=Jennie Abrahamson web site |date=2012-09-13 |language=English |accessdate=2023-05-30}}</ref><ref name="Back to Front Tour-Jennie Abrahamson">{{cite web |author=Jennie Abrahamson |url=https://jennieabrahamson.com/2014/12/the-back-to-front-tour-is-over/ |title=Peter Gabriel's So Back to Front Tour is over |work=Jennie Abrahamson wen site |date=2014-12-20 |language=English |accessdate=2023-05-24}}</ref><ref name="Back to Front Tour-Jennie+Linnea-Peter Gabriel">{{cite web |author=Peter Gabriel Ltd. |url=https://petergabriel.com/news/jennie-and-linnea-on-tour-with-peter/ |title=Jennie and Linnea on tour with Peter – 25th September, 2012 |publisher=PeterGabriel.com |date=2012-09-25 |language=en-GB |accessdate=2023-08-13}}</ref>
She was the singer for the 2019 rhythm-action video game ''Sayonara Wild Hearts'',<ref name="Linnea Olsson-Twitter">{{cite tweet|number=1072819216393359360|user=cellolinnea|title=Hi! I'm singing in a video game made by Simogo out 2019! ✨Sayonara Wild Hearts is a pop album video game about be…|date=12 December 2018}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}} with music composed by Daniel Olsén and Jonathan Eng.
==Discography== ===Albums=== *2012: ''Ah!'' (Götterfunk Produktion) *2014: ''Breaking and Shaking'' (Götterfunk Produktions, Sony) *2017: ''For Show'' (Götterfunk Produktions) *2019: ''Sayonara Wild Hearts'' (Simogo AB) *2024: ''Lorelei and the Laser Eyes'' (Simogo AB)
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==External links== {{Commons category|Linnea Olsson}} * {{cite web |author=Linnea Olsson (linneaolssoncello) |url= https://www.instagram.com/linneaolssoncello/ |title=Linnea Olsson – Cello, vocals |publisher=Instagram |date=24 May 2023 |language=English |url-access=registration |accessdate=17 July 2025}} * {{cite web |url=https://isni.oclc.org/DB=1.2//CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=8006&TRM=ISN%3A000000046179051X&TERMS_OF_USE_AGREED=Y&terms_of_use_agree=send&COOKIE=U51,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E7a71718a-14,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R92.194.84.157,FY |title=Linnea Olsson |publisher=ISNI |date=24 May 2023 |language=English |accessdate=30 May 2023}} * {{cite web |author= |url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e7397e1c-6eb9-4b79-b676-5a4dbd0e9e62 |title=Linnea Olsson |publisher=MusicBrainz.org |date=24 September 2021 |language=English |accessdate=30 May 2023}} * {{cite web |author= |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/756670-Linnea-Olsson |title=Linnea Olsson – Swedish singer-songwriter, cellist and multi-instrumentalist, born 1983 |publisher=Discogs |date=24 May 2023 |language=English |accessdate=30 May 2023}} * {{cite web |author= |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/5URaqWGLWi0maxmjctj8I0 |title=Linnea Olsson |publisher=Spotify |date=24 September 2021 |language=English |accessdate=30 May 2023}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Olsson, Linnea}} Category:Living people Category:21st-century Swedish singers Category:Alternative rock singers Category:Progressive rock musicians Category:Swedish avant-garde musicians Category:Avant-garde singers Category:Avant-garde cellists Category:Swedish women singer-songwriters Category:Swedish cellists Category:Women cellists Category:Musicians from Stockholm Category:21st-century Swedish women musicians Category:21st-century cellists Category:1983 births