Rigmor Elisabeth Gustafsson is a Swedish jazz singer born April 12, 1966, in Värmskogs socken, Värmland, Sweden. She began learning guitar at age eight at the municipal music school in Grums. She studied classical guitar before switching to vocal studies at Sundstagymnasiet in Karlstad. Following studies at Musikhögskolan Ingesund and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, she moved to New York to study at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and Mannes College of Music, graduating in 1995. While in New York, she formed the Rigmor Gustafsson Quintet, which toured Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland from 1996 to 1997. Gustafsson appeared on the children's album Sånger från TV-serien Planeten Pi (1994) before releasing her debut solo album, In the Light of Day (1996), and follow-up, Plan #46 (1998). In 2003, she signed with ACT and released I Will Wait for You featuring trombonist Nils Landgren. Her album Close to You (2004), featuring Jacky Terrasson's trio, certified gold in Sweden. She followed with the gold-certified albums On My Way to You (2006) and Alone with You (2007), with Alone with You winning a Grammis for Jazz Album of the Year in 2008. Gustafsson received the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Jazz Prize in 2013 and the Guldkatten in 2018.
