Siv Pettersson

Swedish pop singer, born March 3, 1955 in Sankt Matteus parish in Stockholm, died January 12, 1975 in Eriksfält parish in Malmö.

She had a big hit in 1972 with the Christmas song "Låt mig få tända ett ljus", with lyrics by Börje Carlsson, and a smaller one in 1974 with Evert Taube's "Så länge skutan kan gå". Several of her own songs appeared on her album.

She died, 19 years old, in a car accident during a tour on Europaväg 18 at Bysjön 20 km east of Årjäng in Värmland.