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Proposed improvements — June 2026

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  1. Proposed improvements — June 2026

I have a conflict of interest with this article: I am the artist's partner and manager. I am disclosing this per WP:COI and am not editing the article directly. I request that uninvolved editors review the following proposed changes.

      1. Summary of changes

1. Expand the lead paragraph (currently two sentences, missing key facts) 2. Replace the thin ==Career== section with a full ==Life and career== section 3. Restructure ==Discography== (currently mislabels several releases; missing Wrapped in Paper 2025) 4. **Remove** the Grammy sentence — the album was not nominated; the only source is a self-published blog post 5. **Fix** the Lollapalooza sentence — reinstate "first Swedish female solo artist" per the existing DN source (already cited in the article, now properly attributed), add FameCast context 6. Update ==External links==

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      1. Proposed new lead paragraph

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``` Sofia Talvik (born 24 November 1978 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and founder of the independent record label Makaki Music. Her music blends folk and Americana with Nordic influences. Since her debut album Blue Moon in 2005, she has released ten studio albums and has performed across 49 US states. ```

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      1. Proposed new ==Life and career== section

Replace the existing ==Career== section with the following. This section incorporates all factual claims from the current article and adds properly sourced new material.

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Life and career

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Sofia Talvik was born on 24 November 1978 in Gothenburg, Sweden, and raised on Orust, an island on the Swedish west coast. She began performing in Stockholm in the early 2000s, and an early demo of "Ghosts" placed highly on Sveriges Radio P3's listener demo programme P3 Demo. Her debut album, Blue Moon, was released in 2005.

In 2006, Talvik founded Makaki Music, an artist-owned independent label through which she has released all subsequent work. Her second album, Street of Dreams (2007), featured a remote vocal collaboration with Bernard Butler — guitarist and co-founder of Suede — on the track "It's Just Love"; the two recorded their parts separately and never met in person. The album drew notice from major Swedish press, including Dagens Nyheter, which described Talvik as a distinctive Swedish voice who "makes the English language her own."

After reaching the final of the international singer-songwriter competition FameCast in December 2007, Talvik was offered a slot at the Lollapalooza festival. In August 2008, she became the first Swedish female solo artist to play Lollapalooza in Chicago, appearing alongside Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and Bloc Party.[1][2] Her third album, Jonestown (2008), was produced by Tobias Fröberg and accompanied by a twelve-artist video series in which Swedish musicians — including Christian Kjellvander, Wille Crafoord, and Jonna Lee (later known as iamamiwhoami) — each performed a song from the album alongside Talvik.

In late 2011, Talvik and her husband Jonas Westin set out on a self-booked tour of the United States in a converted motorhome, covering 37 states over 433 days. The tour was documented in the book Drivin' & Dreaming: One Artist's Odyssey Through America (Makaki Music, 2013).[3] Her first Daytrotter session, recorded in Rock Island, Illinois in August 2012, included a cover of Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman".[4]

Big Sky Country (2015), drawing on the people and places of that tour, was included in The Daily Telegraph's list of the year's best country and Americana albums[5] and received strong notices from UK and Swedish press, with Pennyblackmusic calling it "without a doubt, one of the strongest releases of 2015, in any genre."[6]

When Winter Comes (2017), a collection of annual Christmas singles, reached No. 5 on the US Folk Radio Albums Chart in December 2017, with "This Great Old Christmas Night" reaching No. 9 on the Songs Chart.[7] Her 2019 album Paws of a Bear received an exclusive video premiere from Billboard[8] and was reviewed by Americana Highways, Americana UK, [[Cowboys & Indians (magazine)|Cowboys & Indians]], and others. The lead single "Take Me Home" reached No. 7 on the US Folk Radio Songs Chart in May 2019.[9]

Center of the Universe (2023) reached No. 14 on the US Folk Radio Albums Chart.[10] Her tenth studio album, Wrapped in Paper (2025), a collection of Christmas singles compiled from several annual releases, was featured in [[The New York Times]] by critic Lindsay Zoladz[11] and reached No. 3 on the US Folk Radio Albums Chart in December 2025.[12]

Talvik has performed across 49 US states and toured internationally, including appearances in Japan, New Zealand, and Greenland. In 2025 she received the cultural stipend (kulturstipendium) of Orusts Sparbank.[13] She also records as half of the Swedish folk duo Hansan, alongside cellist David Floer. ```

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Discography

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Studio albums

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Year Title Label
2005 Blue Moon Makaki Music
2007 Street of Dreams Makaki Music
2008 Jonestown Makaki Music
2010 Florida Makaki Music
2012 The Owls Are Not What They Seem Makaki Music
2015 Big Sky Country Makaki Music
2017 When Winter Comes – A Christmas Album Makaki Music
2019 Paws of a Bear Makaki Music
2023 Center of the Universe Makaki Music
2025 Wrapped in Paper[11] Makaki Music

Live albums

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Year Title Label
2013 Drivin' & Dreaming Live Makaki Music

Acoustic and alternate-version albums

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Year Title Notes
2010 Florida Acoustic Solo acoustic versions of Florida
2013 There's a Man in a Smiling Bag Outdoor live-video recordings of The Owls Are Not What They Seem
2016 Acoustic Triple-CD box set; voice and guitar only. Disc 1: Florida; Disc 2: The Owls Are Not What They Seem; Disc 3: Big Sky Country. CD only, no digital release.
2020 Paws of a Bear Unplugged Acoustic versions of Paws of a Bear

EPs

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Year Title Notes
2007 Street of Dreamix Remix companion to Street of Dreams
2011 L.O.V.E (L, O, V, E) Four fan-funded EPs[14]
2011 H.A.T.E Rock reinterpretations of the L.O.V.E songs by other bands
2014 Folk Six traditional Swedish folk songs in new arrangements

Side project — Hansan

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Talvik also records as half of the Swedish folk duo Hansan (with cellist David Floer); see that article for the duo's discography.

Selected singles

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Year Title Notes
2010 "Om det flyter" Swedish election song, with Wille Crafoord and Mange Schmidt[15]
2019 "Take Me Home" No. 7, U.S. Folk Radio Charts (May 2019)[9]
2022 "Too Many Churches" No. 3, U.S. Folk Radio Charts (September 2022)[16]
2023 "Circle of Destruction" No. 9, U.S. Folk Radio Charts (August 2023)[10]
2025 "Let Peace Be the Song" No. 7, U.S. Folk Radio Songs Chart (December 2025)[12]

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      1. Proposed ==External links== update

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(Removes dead links: rust-magazine.com, hitquarters.com, indiecater.com, last.fm)

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      1. Specific correction — Grammy sentence
    • Remove** this entire sentence from the article:

> "The album was considered for a Grammy nomination in the category Best Folk Album."

The only source is a self-published blog post by Talvik (sofiatalvik.com, October 2023). The album was not nominated. This does not meet WP:RS or WP:SELFPUB standards for a factual claim about a major award.

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  2. ^ a b "Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West Lead Full Lollapalooza Lineup". Rolling Stone. April 2008. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  3. ^ a b "Drivin' and dreaming". Nordstjernan. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  4. ^ a b "Sofia Talvik — Daytrotter session". Daytrotter. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2026-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "The best country and Americana albums". The Daily Telegraph. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  6. ^ a b "Sofia Talvik — Big Sky Country". Pennyblackmusic. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  7. ^ a b "Folk DJ Top 50 Albums — December 2017". nwfolk.com. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  8. ^ a b "Sofia Talvik Shares 'Twin Peaks'-Inspired 'Blood Moon' Video: Premiere". Billboard. 2019. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
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  10. ^ a b c "Folk Radio Charts — August 2023". Folk Radio. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  11. ^ a b c Zoladz, Lindsay (15 December 2025). "11 New Holiday Albums That Will Make You Gasp, Laugh and Sway". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  12. ^ a b c "Folk Radio Charts — December 2025". Folk Radio. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  13. ^ a b "Orusts Sparbanks Kulturstipendium". Orusts Sparbank (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-06-28.
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