Hildur Höglind

Hildur Höglind, songwriter and artist from Blekinge (Sweden), has been awarded grants and scholarships from STIM (Sweden’s ASCAP), the Royal Academy of Music, Johnny Martinsson and her home region, Blekinge Municipality. She has also had great success in several music competitions, including winning the Blekinge finale of P4 Nästa two years in a row; In 2018 with S teal H er Away, one of five nominated songs in the international competition Independent Music Awards 2019 (IMA) in the Love Songs category with, among others, Tom Waits and Robert Smith (The Cure) as judges, and in 2019 with Further Apart which made it all the way to the Swedish final and was played extensively on radio nationwide. In the spring of 2023, Hildur participated in the songwriting show Songland on national TV, based on NBC’s show with the same name, and had her song Tigern released by acclaimed artist Titiyo. In the summer of 2023, Hildur’s first full-length album, Matters, was released and met with great reviews as well as radio play. In connection with the album release, Hildur went on her first USA tour with 15 shows in July-August 2023. The tour was very well received and thus she is planning on returning for the summer of 2024. With her own sound and a unique expression, Hildur performs her music both solo and together with other musicians. Carefully crafted fingerpicking patterns on the guitar and a clear, pure voice have become some of her main attributes. It is evident that the lyrics are in focus, but the melodies are not far behind; sometimes calm and ethereal, sometimes intense and grinding. Ideas, death, love and art inspire her songwriting and she delivers her songs with the greatest empathy and feeling. "...Hildur Höglind has a musical expression that feels completely unique” - Blekinge Region Newspaper ”The music becomes dreamlike, alluring and embracing, Hildur’s voice clean and pure, but with something distinctive...” - LIRA