Linnea Olsson

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Linnea Olsson

| image = Peter Gabriel Back To Front-Tour Linnea Olsson 29042014.JPG

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| birth_date = 1983

| birth_place = Sweden

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| instrument = Vocals, cello, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion

| genre = Indie folk, art rock, world music, worldbeat, pop, neo-classical, progressive rock

| occupation = Musician, songwriter

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| label = Sony Music

| associated_acts = Isildurs Bane, Jennie Abrahamson, Peter Gabriel

| website = {{URL|www.linneaolsson.net}}

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File:Peter Gabriel Back To Front-Tour Jennie Abrahamson+Linnea Olsson 29042014.jpg during the Back to Front Tour of Peter Gabriel 2014 in Festhalle Frankfurt]]

Linnea Matilda Olsson is a Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known and acclaimed as a cellist. A former member of the band {{ill|Isildurs Bane|de}}, she released her first album, Ah!, in 2012,{{cite web |author=NPR Staff |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/01/21/264525736/a-gifted-cellist-sails-beyond-sweden-across-fields-of-love |title=A Gifted Cellist Sails Beyond Sweden, Across 'Fields Of Love' |work=NPR |date=2014-01-22 |language=English |accessdate=2023-05-30}} followed by a second album Breaking and Shaking in 2014.

Together with Jennie Abrahamson, she was an opening act Jennie + Linnea and background singer and tour cellist on Peter Gabriel's Back to Front-So tour from 2012 to the end of 2014. Both thus replaced the originally scheduled Ane Brun with her band as support act, which would have also included Linnea Olsson,{{cite web |author=Jennie Abrahamson |url=https://jennieabrahamson.com/2012/09/opening-for-peter-gabriel-at-the-back-to-front-tour/ |title=Opening for Peter Gabriel on the Back To Front tour! |work=Jennie Abrahamson web site |date=2012-09-19 |language=en |accessdate=2023-05-30}} and Linnea Olsson replaced Ane Brun as background singer.{{cite web |author=Jennie Abrahamson |url=https://jennieabrahamson.com/2012/09/so-back-to-front-tour-with-peter-gabriel/ |title=SO! Back to Front tour with Peter Gabriel |work=Jennie Abrahamson web site |date=2012-09-13 |language=English |accessdate=2023-05-30}}{{cite web |author=Jennie Abrahamson |url=https://jennieabrahamson.com/2014/12/the-back-to-front-tour-is-over/ |title=Peter Gabriel's So Back to Front Tour is over |work=Jennie Abrahamson wen site |date=2014-12-20 |language=English |accessdate=2023-05-24}}{{cite web |author=Peter Gabriel Ltd. |url=https://petergabriel.com/news/jennie-and-linnea-on-tour-with-peter/ |title=Jennie and Linnea on tour with Peter – 25th September, 2012 |publisher=PeterGabriel.com |date=2012-09-25 |language=en-GB |accessdate=2023-08-13}}

She was the singer for the 2019 rhythm-action video game Sayonara Wild Hearts,{{cite tweet|number=1072819216393359360|user=cellolinnea|title=Hi! I'm singing in a video game made by Simogo out 2019! ✨Sayonara Wild Hearts is a pop album video game about be…|date=12 December 2018}}{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}} with music composed by Daniel Olsén and Jonathan Eng.