Sara Parkman

Sara Parkman

Sara Parkman is a Swedish folk musician from Sundsvall, born in 1989. She works as a violinist, singer and composer, and her music sits within contemporary Swedish folk while also drawing on pop. She is associated with Golden Offence Orchestra and Kraa.

Career

Parkman’s career spans more than 15 years. Her work is known for engaging with folk traditions while also reworking them into a personal style, and she is often linked with a wider contemporary Swedish folk scene. She also appears live in popular television programmes.

Solo releases

Her debut solo album is Sara Parkmans Skog (2016). It receives the title of Artist of the Year at Folk & Världsmusikgalan, the Swedish gala for folk and world music. Her second solo album, Vesper (2019), takes its name from the Christian evening prayer and explores the sacred through music. It attracts strong critical attention, earns a Swedish Grammy nomination, and receives Dagens Nyheter’s Culture Prize.

Style and reputation

Parkman’s music is described as both traditional and exploratory, with a sound that can move between folk and more experimental or art-pop settings. She is presented as an important figure in present-day Swedish folk music.