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Anna Ternheim is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs in English. She began playing the guitar, writing songs and performing when she was only ten years old. During a year abroad in Atlanta, Georgia, Anna put together her first band "Sova" and played at smaller festivals and local clubs. Back in Stockholm she continued her song writing and later also in Lausanne, Switzerland where, besides from studying French, she also played a few gigs.

After almost two years abroad Anna returned to Sweden and began forming the band that produced her debut album together with Andreas Dahlbäck and Linus Larsson. She released her debut album Somebody Outside in 2004. The Swedish Grammy jury awarded her as Best Newcomer of the year and was nominated for Best Female Artist, Best Lyricist and Best Songwriter of 2005. She also won the P3 Guld award for Best Newcomer 2004. For her second album, Separation Road released on September 27, 2006, she was awarded Best Female Artist and Best Lyricist of the Swedish Grammy jury, and again she was nominated for Best Songwriter and Best Album. P3 Gold awarded her Best Female Artist the same year. On April 22, 2008 was released her US debut album Halfway to Fivepoints.

To Be Gone, My Secret, Girl Laying Down, Today is A Good Day and Shoreline (a Broder Daniel cover) remain her most popular songs.