1. Jenny Cecilia Petren, professionally known as Jenny Berggren and Jenny from Ace of Base is a Swedish mezzo-soprano singer and former lead singer in the Swedish pop band Ace of Base.
21 Facts About Jenny Berggren
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Jenny Berggren was raised in a Christian family in the Gothenburg suburbs.
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Jenny Berggren attended university, with the intention of becoming a teacher.
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Jenny Berggren put her plans to become a teacher on hold when Ace of Base was signed to Danish label Mega Records, with the band's debut album eventually selling more than 30 million copies worldwide.
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Jenny Berggren later composed several songs for the band's The Bridge album, including "Ravine", a song about an attack that occurred the night of 27 April 1994.
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Jenny Berggren's mother was stabbed in the hands, and the woman, a 21-year-old German named Manuela Behrendt, was banned from returning to Sweden.
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Jenny Berggren then continued to compose songs for the band's albums, and her compositions have been included on each successive album.
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Later, with sister Linn's sudden withdrawal from the spotlight and beginning with the single "Life Is a Flower" in 1998, Jenny Berggren was forced into a more prominent vocal role.
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The band remained out of the spotlight throughout 2003 and 2004, although Jenny Berggren kept busy by performing solo live performances in several Christian shows with her husband, and released an album as a vocalist with the Swedish group Arose.
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The trio did not get a record contract with the songs that were produced and Jenny Berggren continued working on her own solo material.
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In 2009 Jenny Berggren announced via Twitter that she was working on new songs for a solo album.
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When this came to the fans' attention, Jonas and Jenny Berggren independently stated that this new group would not be called Ace of Base, but would use another name.
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Jenny Berggren said that she wasn't allowed by Jonas and Ulf to participate in the songwriting for the band's album.
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In late 2009, Jenny Berggren published her autobiography Vinna hela varlden.
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On New Year's Day 2010, Jenny Berggren released her solo song, "Free Me", as a free download to her fans via her new website.
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Jenny Berggren was revealed on 3 February to be a wildcard for the Danish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with her entry "Let Your Heart Be Mine".
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In 2015 Jenny Berggren participated in the TV4 show Sa mycket battre.
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Jenny Berggren continues to volunteer her time to various humanitarian charities and has staged several Christian concerts as well as regularly singing in churches.
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On 18 September 2004, Jenny Berggren married her long-time boyfriend Jakob Petren, a Swedish pianist.
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Jenny Berggren has contributed vocals for all original Ace of Base songs except:.
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Jenny Berggren has contributed music and lyrics to the following Ace of Base songs:.