"Rock Olga ended her carreer playing in a danceband. Quiet music for a former rock star."
from Stora Popboken, Bonniers, 397

Birgit Jacobsson

Sweden's first female rock-star Rock Olga was born in 1939. Her real name was Birgit Jacobsson.

In 1958 she took part in a contest that was called "Youth with Tone." By then rock'n'roll had just reached Sweden and Swedish kids were listening to Elvis Presley and Tommy Steele. She won and there she got the name Rock-Olga from the conferenciere. The same year she started to perform at Nalen in Stockholm and became a big favorite to youth in Stockholm.

On New Years Eve 1958 Rock-Olga also entered the big contest in the radio show "Timmen Tumba." She came third only beaten by Rock-Boris and Rock Ragge but before the four other female contestants. After that she was crowned the Queen of Swedish Rock'n Roll.

Her record debut came in 1959 with "My Dixieland Doll" and then she toured successfully until 1962 when she took a year off. She spent it devoting time to her great hobbies cars and motorbikes. She sporadically tried to make comeback especially in the beginning of the 70's together with other former rock stars.

Source: Bonniers pop lexikon