[1] Parmlid was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and educated at Göteborgs Högre Samskola and Chaparral High in Scottsdale, Arizona.

[2] Parmlid was an economics major at University of Southern California 1999–2003 and played with the USC Trojans women's golf team.

She recorded an LPGA career-best tie for eighth at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in 2009, where she also carded a career-low 62 (-9) in the third round.

A win proving elusive, in 2013, her last season on the LET, she matched her career-best result as runner-up at the Open de España Femenino, a stroke behind Lee-Anne Pace.

[9][10] Parmlid won the Gothenburg stop on the Swedish Golf Tour, the Delsjö Ladies Open, in 2013 and defended her title in 2014.