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Daughter of actress Marianne Nielsen and actor Peter Lindgren.

Mother of actress Petra Nielsen and Paula Nielsen.

Was a guest at the show Go Kväll (May 24th 2006)

Was a guest on the talk show God Kväll (März 2006)

She was eight years old the first time she stepped onto a theater stage.

Monica Nielsen was also active as an artist, and participated with the entry "En röd vals" in Melodifestivalen 1966.

In 2006, Monica Nielsen was awarded the Royal Medal Litteris et Artibus, which is awarded for "outstanding artistic contributions, primarily in music, stage production and literature".

On June 6, 2006, Monica Nielsen was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal.

She appeared in several musicals, including the lead role as Sally Bowles in Cabaret at Maximteatern in 1969.

To the TV audience, she is known, among other things, as Bodil in the soap opera Varuhuset, a series that attracted many viewers in the late 1980s.

In recent years she has interpreted ballads by Lars Forssell and Brecht together with Monica Dominique.

Monica Nielsen appeared in more than 50 films and television shows from 1947 onwards.

In 1952 she began performing as a singer at Nalen and in 1956 she entered the Dramaten student school. She worked at Dramaten in various roles since 1957, including productions such as Hamlet, Tartuffe (Molière) and Blood Wedding ( Spanish : Bodas de Sangre ) a play by the Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca.

For many summers, she was a recurring guest on the variety show Carl-Anton in Vita Bergen.

In the 1970 election campaign, Monica Nielsen accompanied Olof Palme and entertained the audience with songs.

She played the role of the snippy Aurore in the folk play Söderkåkar at Boulevardteatern in 2005.

Nielsen was part of the permanent ensemble of the TV theatre in the early 1960s. This was followed by tours with the National Theatre, cabarets at the Hamburger Börse with Monica Zetterlund and Sonya Hedenbratt.

She made her film debut in Per G. Holmgren's Kvarterets olycksfågel in 1947.

Monica Nielsen made her debut at the age of eight at Helsingborg City Theatre and then began working as a child actress.

She was cohabitant with Adam Inczèdy-Gombos (1940-2020) for several decades before marrying antique dealer Torsten Björklund (1923-2013) in 1987.