Karin Glenmark has a musical career spanning more than 50 years. She has participated in Melodifestivalen five times – as a solo artist, in the group Glenmarks and with her brother Anders in the sibling duo Gemini.
One of the songs she is most associated with is the title song to the film "Mio min Mio" (1987), which was written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and performed by Gemini.
Karin Glenmark sang the role of Svetlana in the concert tour of “Chess” and also played Fantine in “Les Misérables.” Her last solo album, with songs by Michael Saxell and Jacques Werup, was released in 1996.
Tommy Körberg sang with Glenmark, including during the "Chess" tour, and remembers her as a skilled singer:
I liked her a lot. She sang well, had a good perception – musicality combined with human warmth that very few in this industry have, he tells TT.
He also remembers
when Karin Glenmark saved the performance after a soloist suffered from stage fright. Glenmark stepped in directly from her place in the choir and performed the role on a bounce.Elaine Page and I were on stage, Karin just said this, Elaine and I looked like two birdhouses, he remembers.
In her 50s, Glenmark partially abandoned her artistic career and worked in the healthcare industry in Ystad, where she lived. Being a household name was not a challenge in her hometown, but it was elsewhere in Sweden:
"In other places, people can be so afraid, they think you're something other than what you actually are. It's really boring," she told YA in 2006.
