Victoria Bergsman is a Swedish

Sweden

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 songwriter

Songwriter

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, musician

Musician

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, and vocalist best known as singer of the indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 band The Concretes

The Concretes

The Concretes are a popular Swedish indie pop band from Stockholm, currently composed of eight members.-History:The Concretes began with Victoria Bergsman, Maria Eriksson, and Lisa Milberg. Since their formation in 1995, they have gradually acquired new members, growing into an eight piece band...

 from 1995 to 2006. Since announcing her departure from the band

Band (music)

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 on 24 July 2006 she has been recording for her new solo project Taken by Trees

Taken By Trees

Taken by Trees is the solo project of Victoria Bergsman, former lead singer for the Concretes. The act's debut album Open Field was released on 18 June 2007...

. Bergsman also provided guest vocals for the hit Peter Bjorn and John

Peter Bjorn and John

Peter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named after the first names of the band's members: Peter Morén , Björn Yttling and John Eriksson .They are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which...

 single "Young Folks

Young Folks

"Young Folks" is the first single from Peter Bjorn and John's third album, Writer's Block . The single features Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes as a guest vocalist.-Reception:...

" from the album

Album

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 Writers Block. She also starred in a video she conceived for herself set to the song "Temptation

Temptation (New Order song)

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" by New Order

New Order

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. The video is viewable on YouTube under the title "The Temptation of Victoria".

In 2009, her solo project Taken by Trees

Taken By Trees

Taken by Trees is the solo project of Victoria Bergsman, former lead singer for the Concretes. The act's debut album Open Field was released on 18 June 2007...

 released East of Eden

East of Eden (album)

East of Eden is the second album by Victoria Bergsman's solo-project Taken by Trees. Victoria travelled to Pakistan to record the follow-up to her last record Open Field. It includes a track called "My Boys", a cover of the Animal Collective song "My Girls" with some minor lyric changes...

, a collaboration with Pakistani musicians. A version of the album will be released with a short documentary about its recording.