Sara Forslund

Sara Forslund (1981) was born in a small village called Borgvattnet in the northern part of Sweden. Borgvattnet is known for its haunted vicarage. At that time, Sara’s father, Tore Forslund, was the local priest, nicknamed `The ghost priest´ after offering to relieve the village of its ghosts that were said to reside in the old vicarage. As a young child Forslund would often sing religious hymns together with her family on the streets of Sweden.
In 2012 she visited a show of Glaswegian singer-songwriter Gareth Dickson that completely blew her away and changed her path. The fullness of hearing just one acoustic guitar, a story told with laid-back vocals was something that resonated deeply within her. His dreamy voice, so gentle one could hardly hear it but rather feel it, like a gentle breeze passing by in the desert. Never too strong but always comforting. Gareth also introduced Sara to Nick Drake’s music, and just a few weeks later her debut album Water Became Wild saw the light of day. Recording it felt like coming home after a long period of drought. Forslund released Water became wild at Volkoren in 2015 and the album ended up on several best of the year lists. 
Forslund also ventured on several music collaborations at the time releasing Butterflies and graves on Time released sound 2013 with David Wenngren, and Poems of despair with indie artist David Åhlén and Icelandic musician Lárus Sigurðsson on Kaip 2017. In august 2016, she began recording her second solo album, Summer is like a swallow, reconnecting with Nick Drake’s producer and sound engineer, John Wood, who also co-produced her album. For this album she collaborated with twice grammy-nominee, Johan Eckeborn, who steered the album in a slightly more experimental direction. Summer is like a swallow was released in November 2018 at KAIP, receiving favorable reviews from international press such as BBC radio, Les Inrockuptibles and NPR Music. Besides her bachelor’s degree in musicology from Stockholm University (2018) Forslund completed a bachelor’s in theology in 2022 and is currently working as a pastor in Sorbykyrkan in Munktorp outside of Köping in Sweden.