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Frida

Submitted by

Tar Heel

On October 11, 2017

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Frida

Sweden

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Bast... What is the SHS rule for "country" in the artist bio. Is it where they were born or where they first received fame?


Frida was actually born in Norway, not Sweden. If memory serves, she was a love child of a German officer and a Norwegian local. Frida and her mother fled to Sweden shortly after WWII to avoid backlash for being,,, er... "friendly" with the Nazi occupiers.


https://www.discogs.com/artist/267696-Frida


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

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Comment by Bastien
2017-10-14 09:49:25 UTC

We have a rather vague guideline about home country:

Country mostly associated with this artist.

Not necessarily the country of birth.

In this case, Swedish seems the best option.

 
Change by Bastien
2017-10-14 09:49:29 UTC
Status: open rejected
 
Comment by Tar Heel
submitter
2017-10-14 16:14:02 UTC

Not sure if the guideline is being consistently applied (hence this post), though I admit there would be judgement calls. In light of the current guideline, might I suggest:


a) Re-opening this matter and noting the country of birth in the comments, and


b) Changing the guideline to include noting the country of birth in the comments if different than the country of fame.



Another example would be Freddie Mercury

 
Comment by Bastien
2017-10-16 17:16:26 UTC

Added a comment about country of birth.