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She also appears on the Swedish compilation Jul i folkton (BAM, 2005) in the song Det Är En Ros Utsprungen (III), and on another Swedish compilation Dubbel Trubbel (EMI, 2005) with Resan Hem (together with Eldkvarn) and Vad Tänker Han På.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecka Törnqvist was probably the most important artist in raising the interest in young female jazz vocalists in Sweden in the '90s,[citation needed] though her solo albums weren't pure jazz, but rather pop with heavy jazz influences. Apart from getting a number of followers in this style, she also revitalized the interest for the whole genre.[citation needed] In 1996 she was awarded Ulla Billquist Stipendiet (Swedish).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecka Törnqvist grew up in Africa where her father worked for the Swedish foreign aid organisation Sida.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Rebecka+Tornqvist","playStationPath":"/stations/126174487/play","stationId":126174487,"bioPath":"/music/Rebecka+Tornqvist/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Torun+Eriksen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a00/a0004ed31adc9b7193f3c87787c9ff30_md.jpg","artistName":"Torun Eriksen","artistId":462074,"station_id":401355507},{"musicPath":"/music/Dena+DeRose","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/74b/74b1d5a06c4add1f00ebb9d2360337e8_md.jpg","artistName":"Dena DeRose","artistId":132722,"station_id":285650702},{"musicPath":"/music/Peter+LeMarc","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cd6/cd6a5b6362a84cbe6df70d9b9eeac951_md.jpg","artistName":"Peter LeMarc","artistId":4940,"station_id":113264996},{"musicPath":"/music/Lars+Gullin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/97b/97b48face7291db9c184e8ae91b12b26_md.jpg","artistName":"Lars Gullin","artistId":3708,"station_id":113614331},{"musicPath":"/music/Britta+Persson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/352/3527192eefa6daad995c600f34559a25_md.jpg","artistName":"Britta Persson","artistId":80197,"station_id":267757204},{"musicPath":"/music/Eric+Gadd","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/98a/98ad44e1d46ddf6b14c69e411f56838c_md.jpg","artistName":"Eric Gadd","artistId":381,"station_id":115569076},{"musicPath":"/music/Tingsek","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/08a/08a5612b491794e877c12e2fb3ef1508_md.jpg","artistName":"Tingsek","artistId":80095,"station_id":267698771},{"musicPath":"/music/Orup","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8cf/8cf5db3d324e3e2935e968f81c8de576_md.jpg","artistName":"Orup","artistId":1754,"station_id":114148048},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Real+Group","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/70a/70ae8b0f93f3cba3723921929a4098c1_md.jpg","artistName":"The Real Group","artistId":101409,"station_id":280763726},{"musicPath":"/music/Sofia+Talvik","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ee2/ee2f3e0031accfff7172cd0f88d1995b_md.jpg","artistName":"Sofia Talvik","artistId":425577,"station_id":400335410},{"musicPath":"/music/Staffan+Hellstrand","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/48f/48fd3d519481b3441d1ff7fc8bbe1c71_md.jpg","artistName":"Staffan Hellstrand","artistId":4933,"station_id":115381523},{"musicPath":"/music/Mikael+Rickfors","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/285/28552275ee65899798103b148663e960_md.jpg","artistName":"Mikael Rickfors","artistId":3626,"station_id":115740584},{"musicPath":"/music/Asha+Ali","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c45/c45070ffe7b027c81f78281a4c75f01c_md.jpg","artistName":"Asha Ali","artistId":80104,"station_id":267650470},{"musicPath":"/music/Roberta+Gambarini","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5e2/5e208704734477f0697547d52abadcff_md.jpg","artistName":"Roberta Gambarini","artistId":104036,"station_id":281861581},{"musicPath":"/music/Di+Leva","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d79/d791f424d27873238a1e3571d9b3d700_md.jpg","artistName":"Di Leva","artistId":311,"station_id":114831650},{"musicPath":"/music/Mats+Ronander","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/286/28613bac76490901521d90b4a1530244_md.jpg","artistName":"Mats Ronander","artistId":4938,"station_id":247587742},{"musicPath":"/music/Magnus+Carlson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/413/41319d3f259928419d395f675075384c_md.jpg","artistName":"Magnus Carlson","artistId":1759,"station_id":115451028},{"musicPath":"/music/Olle+Ljungstrom","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b51/b513ee60ac9e6941bf11a5f82c701bd2_md.jpg","artistName":"Olle Ljungström","artistId":586,"station_id":114570285}]}