Viktoria Tolstoy



Louise Viktoria Tolstoy (born 29 July 1974) is a Swedish jazz singer of Russian ancestry. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy was a regular studio guest in season one of the television series Big Brother in 2000.

She was married to designer Per Holknekt from 2001 until they divorced in March 2008.

As leader

 * Smile, Love and Spice (Sittel, 1994)
 * Viktoria Tolstoy (EMI, 1996)
 * För Älskad (EMI, 1996)
 * White Russian (Blue Note, 1997)
 * Blame It On My Youth (EMI, 2001)
 * Shining On You (ACT, 2004)
 * My Swedish Heart (ACT, 2005)
 * Pictures of Me (ACT, 2006)
 * My Russian Soul (ACT, 2008)
 * Letters to Herbie (ACT, 2011)
 * A Moment of Now (ACT, 2013)
 * Meet Me at the Movies (ACT, 2017)
 * Stations (ACT, 2020)

As guest
With Nils Landgren
 * 2002 – Sentimental Journey
 * 2004 – Funky ABBA

With others
 * 1998 − Här kommer natten, Svante Thuresson
 * 2007 – Christmas with My Friends (ACT)
 * 2012 – Super Music, UMO Jazz Orchestra (Blue Note)
 * 2016 – Green Man, Beat Funktion
 * 2016 – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic V (ACT)