The breathy vocals of Nina Persson helped launch The Cardigans onto the music scene in the 1990s. The band developed its dreamy pop sound in the Southern Swedish town of Malmo.

Nina Persson is most famous for singing one memorable phrase: “Love me, love me, say that you love me.” The song, “Lovefool,” by the Swedish band the Cardigans, was a huge hit in 1997.