{"id":15317,"date":"2025-12-10T11:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=15317"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:26:50","slug":"helen-sjoholm-is-keeping-a-low-profile-after-the-ordeal-with-lasse-kroner-terrible","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/interviews-2025\/helen-sjoholm-is-keeping-a-low-profile-after-the-ordeal-with-lasse-kroner-terrible\/","title":{"rendered":"“Helen Sj\u00f6holm is keeping a low profile after the ordeal with Lasse Kron\u00e9r: “Terrible!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

H\u00e4nt 2025-10-03<\/strong><\/p>\n

By: OLA LAGERSTR\u00d6M<\/p>\n

She has an unknown past as a cleaner, bookkeeper, and home-care assistant. In an exclusive interview, Helen Sj\u00f6holm talks about her on-air brain freeze, the 50th-birthday party where she met the love of her life, and the scent that transports her back to childhood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How are you doing, the world\u2019s best Helen?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI\u2019m doing great! Right now, as you and I are talking, I\u2019m at the Liseberg Theatre where I\u2019m performing in N\u00e5n m\u00e5ste g\u00f6ra det, the play. I\u2019m having an insanely fun time with Gunilla Backman and Sissela Kyle \u2014 I actually feel privileged. I\u2019m so happy and proud to be doing this! It feels wonderful that Gunilla and I have Sissela as our director. She has both the seriousness and the humor that Gunilla and I want to capture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are you and Gunilla Backman friends in private life?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve become friends. We\u2019d never spent time together before. We knew of each other but only met through others. It\u2019s a new friendship \u2014 both on stage and in private!\u201d<\/p>\n

What was your family situation like when you were little?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI grew up with two siblings and with parents who are still alive and still together.\u201d<\/p>\n

What can you tell us about your dear mother?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cShe\u2019s a major role model for me. A very vibrant person with a strong temperament.\u201d<\/p>\n

And your dear father?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cA whole lot of silliness,\u201d she laughs. \u201cI definitely got that side from him, and it\u2019s served me well. Seriousness and silliness \u2014 Dad has both sides. I think I inherited them both.\u201d’<\/p>\n

At what age did it become clear that you sang better than your peers?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI don\u2019t know, but I sang constantly! It\u2019s probably one of my earliest memories \u2014 that I was singing. I remember being at my dad\u2019s sheet-metal workshop. I\u2019d sing among all the metal sheets. Beautiful acoustics, almost like singing in a church. I sang so loudly it echoed!\u201d<\/p>\n

What were you like as a young teen?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cVery serious, actually. I was quite earnest and solemn.\u201d<\/p>\n

What happened after ninth grade?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cEverything got better \u2014 I became happier. High school was great!\u201d<\/p>\n

Moved by Tommy K\u00f6rberg<\/h3>\n

Did you have any regular, everyday jobs before entering the music industry?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cYes, I did all sorts of things. I cleaned offices, served school lunches, and did bookkeeping. I babysat, I worked in home care\u2026 I did quite a bit of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

(\u2026)<\/p>\n

What was it like going from unknown to famous?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI\u2019ve been lucky \u2014 I slip easily into the crowd. I\u2019ve never felt bothered by it. Recognition is nothing I\u2019ve ever sought or wished for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whose music has meant the most to you?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cFor me, it\u2019s always been Tommy K\u00f6rberg \u2014 not just his voice. When I was in my very serious phase as a fifteen-year-old, K\u00f6rberg\u2019s songs were there. His big, fairly dramatic songs were important to me. I was incredibly moved by his voice. As an adult I\u2019ve been able to work with him \u2014 I\u2019ve really had to pinch myself standing next to him. Another artist who meant a lot to me is Olle Adolphson. Of course I listened a lot to Depeche Mode and Peter LeMarc in the \u201980s, but I also listened to Olle Adolphson.\u201d<\/p>\n

As an artist you avoid TV\u2019s silly game shows, and you almost never give interviews. Respect! What\u2019s the secret to keeping a low profile?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cYou know what, I did Doobidoo once. I had such a brain freeze \u2014 it was awful!\u201d she laughs. \u201cThere I was with Henrik Dorsin and I remembered nothing! How hard can it be? I like Lasse Kron\u00e9r enormously, but I\u2019d rather not be in those kinds of settings. Silly shows can be hilarious, but the genre is tricky. It stresses me out. And sure, I do give interviews, but I\u2019m not terribly interested in showing my home and things like that\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanking the friend who brought her love, David<\/h3>\n

What is \u2018home\u2019 to you?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI actually think it\u2019s Aln\u00f6n outside Sundsvall. That\u2019s where I grew up. Then Stockholm, where I live in my house, has become my fortress.\u201d<\/p>\n

(\u2026)<\/p>\n

How did David enter your life?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cWe met in the autumn of 2003 at a 50th-birthday party. We call that friend every year to say thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

What have you come to appreciate with age?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cPauses and silence. I\u2019ve always been very restless and quick. Now I\u2019m working on finding some kind of balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, Helen, what\u2019s the best moment of your day?<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cIt varies, but breakfast is usually a lovely moment. That\u2019s when the day begins!\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is Helen Sj\u00f6holm<\/h4>\n

(…)<\/p>\n

To my zodiac sign:<\/strong> Cancer.<\/p>\n

My family consists of:<\/strong> My husband David Granditsky, 59, and our three teenage children.<\/p>\n

How I live:<\/strong> A house on the outskirts of Stockholm.<\/p>\n

Current project:<\/strong> The play N\u00e5n m\u00e5ste g\u00f6ra det. I\u2019m so happy that Gunilla Backman and I \u2014 who had never worked together before, only crossed paths in passing \u2014 get to do this. And with Sissela Kyle as well! It feels incredibly joyful and exciting.<\/p>\n

What I value most in myself:<\/strong> Others should probably answer that\u2026 but I could probably get better at valuing myself.<\/p>\n

What bothers me most about myself:<\/strong> I\u2019m a perfectionist and have a lot of excess energy. Most of the time that\u2019s good, but the perfectionist side can be a bit challenging \u2014 both for me and for my family.<\/p>\n

The scent that takes me back to childhood:<\/strong> Boiled coffee. The pot ready at Grandma\u2019s house\u2026<\/p>\n

The sound that annoys me:<\/strong> Beeping mobile phones. It stresses me out.<\/p>\n

My hope for the future:<\/strong> To live a long life!<\/p>\n

(The entire interview is not reproduced for copyright reasons)<\/em><\/p>\n

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