Nina Susann �str�m is a Finnish singer-songwriter who represented her native country in the Eurovision Song Contest in the year 2000 with the song ?A Little Bit? �str�m got into songwriting in her pre-teens and the years that followed saw the development of a singer accompanying herself with the piano. She began to perform regularly towards the end of the 1980s with this style. Her first album, Person 2 Person, was released in 1992, produced by Martin Kantola. �str�m's musical career got a boost when she was invited to perform at the Christian Artists Seminar in the Netherlands in 1992. Through this event she was invited to perform on a Dutch TV program. The producer of the program, Gerrit aan't Goor, liked the act so much that he offered to become her manager. Aan't Goor was then the main lyric writer for �str�m's compositions up until 2003. During these years �str�m collaborated with Luca Genta, Ralph van Manen, Buddy Miller, Julie Miller and Phil Keaggy, to name a few. Nina �str�m's pop/folk style of music has drawn influences from artists like James Taylor, The Carpenters, Stevie Wonder and Jennifer Warnes. 

January 1st, 1962 in Finland (Age 62)