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From Swedenwith loveEven in her tenderest years, she had no doubts: “I wanted tosing and perform on stage.” Today, Viktoria Tolstoy is acclaimed asone of the most outstanding jazz vocalists. Audi magazinemet the versatile singer in her home in Sweden.By Andreas Wrede (copy) & Mads Teglers (photos)It only takes a few minutes to cross the elevenkilometer-longbridge over the waters of the Øresund straitfrom Copenhagen to Malmö. Before you know it, you’veleft Denmark and are in the Swedish province of Scania—apiece of land which King Magnus Eriksson bought from aCount of Holstein in the 14th century for the then exorbitantsum of 34,000 silver marks.Viktoria Tolstoy’s house on the outskirts of Malmöis not old by those standards but does date back to 1850.On closer inspection of the interior, this fact leaps to thefore in the form of delicately carved door frames, woodenfloors that whisper mysteriously of times gone by and agarden blooming enchantingly from every corner. >>A year ago, when Viktoria Tolstoy was looking for a house for her family in Malmö,she instantly fell in love with this property. The house been her home ever since.043 / inspire / Audi magazine Audi magazine / 044