Sylvia Vrethammar

Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born 22 August 1945)[1] is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer.

In 1969, she released a Swedish-language cover version of Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man", entitled "En lärling på våran gård".

In the 1970s, she occasionally appeared as guest singer with the Bert Kaempfert orchestra, singing in English.

[3] After a series of tribute concerts in Germany in 2006 and 2008, where she returned to the bandleader's music with ex-Kaempfert trombonist Jiggs Whigham and other former orchestra members (playing as the HR Big Band),[4] in 2012, she recorded numbers from the tours.

[9] She participated again in Melodifestivalen 2013 in the hope of representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 which was held in Malmö.