[1][2][3] Born in Malmö on 25 January 1976, Elisabet Strid showed interest in music as a child, singing rock and roll songs with her younger brother.
She was then awarded a scholarship from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music to tour ten cities in the USA with a pianist.
[4] While studying, Strid made her debut in July 2003 at the Vadstena Academy in the title role of Carl Unander-Scharin's opera Byrgitta.
[2] She made her official debut in 2005 in the Nordlandsopera in Umeå as Liu in Puccini's Turandot.
[4] Strid has performed in the world's major opera houses, including those in Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Madrid, Moscow, and in London, where she appeared for the first time in 2024.