SARA FORSLUND

Sara Forslund (1981) was born in a small village called Borgvattnet in the northern part of Sweden. Borgvattnet is known for its haunted vicarage. At that time, Sara’s father Tore Forslund was the local priest and was nicknamed `The ghost priest´ after offering to relieve the village of its ghosts that were said to reside in the old vicarage. As a young child Forslund would often sing religious hymns together with her family on the streets of Sweden. In 2012 she visited a show of Glaswegian singer-songwriter Gareth Dickson that completely struck her and changed her path. The fullness of just one acoustic guitar, a story and low-voiced vocals was something that resonated deeply within her. His dreamful voice inspired her, so gentle one could hardly hear it but rather feel it, like a sweet breeze passing by in the desert. Never too strong but always comforting. On top of that, Gareth also introduced Sara to Nick Drake’s music and just a few weeks later, Water Became Wild saw the light of day, which felt like coming home after a long period of drought. Forslund released her debutalbum Water became wild at Volkoren in 2015 which ended up on several best album of 2015 lists. Other music collaborations are Butterflies and graves (Time released sound 2013) with David Wenngren and Poems of despair (Kaip 2017) with indie artist David Åhlén and icelandic musician Lárus Sigurðsson.In august 2016 Forslund started the recordings of her second soloalbum Summer is like a swallow where she has reconnected with Nick Drakes producer and soundengineer John Wood who this time also has coproduced. Another new collaborator on this album is twice grammy nominee Johan Eckeborn who takes the album towards a slightly more experimental direction. Summer is like a swallow will was released november 2018 at KAIP and received great reviews from international press such as BBC radio, Les Inrockuptibles and NPR Music. Besides her bachelor´s in musicology from Stockholm University (2018) she got her bachelor in theology 2022 and is currently working as a pastor in Sorbykyrkan in Munktorp, outside Köping.