Edda Karin Hjartardóttir Magnason (born 22 August 1984) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, musician and film actress of Icelandic descent.

Edda Magnason was one of the best albums of 2010 according to Ingrid Strömdahl,[2] a music critic at the national Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet: "A stylish and quirky melting pot of jazz, folk, pop.

Lyrics, composition, vocals, piano playing, arrangement – everything is at a high artistic level".Magnason released her second album, Goods, in March 2011, on the Adrian Recordings label.

Between 2005 and 2010, Edda Magnason collaborated with singer-songwriter, spoken word artist and film actor Emil Jensen, often taking part in his performances and recordings.

[6] The film follows Zetterlund's early career, moving from small-town Sweden to the jazz clubs of New York and Stockholm, rubbing shoulders with such celebrities as Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis.

This is a visionary work by the British choreographer Ben Wright, based on the album Go by Jónsi, the Icelandic pop artist and lead singer in Sigur Rós.

[17] In 2013, Magnason received Spelmannen, a Swedish culture prize established by the evening newspaper Expressen, previously awarded to such artists as ABBA (1982), Anne Sofie von Otter (1997) and Georg Riedel (2003).

She received a Guldbagge Award in the category Best Actress in a Leading Role from the Swedish Film Institute[19] for her portrayal of Monica Zetterlund.

[13] In December 2013, it was announced that she had been chosen as one of ten young European actors to win a Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2014.