Biography

Iréne Eleonor Söderblom, born 19 November 1921 in Gothenburg, was a Swedish actress, singer and accordionist. Iréne Söderblom is the daughter of the ball bearing worker Erik Herman Söderblom and Hulda Maria, unmarried Ahl. She started playing accordion early, took lessons for Fredrik Tancred and was discovered when she won an accordion contest in Gothenburg in 1941. She then went to Åke Söderblom (with whom she is not related), Sickan Carlsson, Lasse Dahlquist, Maritta Marke and Thor Modéen. She was accordion soloist at Chinavarietén in 1944.