MorMor


Seth Nyquist, better known as MorMor, is a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter.

Life

Seth Nyquist was born in Toronto, where he grew up with his adoptive mother, English professor Mary Nyquist, and his sister. He was in a foster home initially and then got adopted by a Swedish family. "Mormor" is a reference to his grandmother, with ”mormor” meaning grandmother in Swedish. Nyquist sang in the school choir and played trumpet in a band. After he finished school, Nyquist started to study sociology at Toronto's Ryerson University. He dropped out after one semester and decided to focus on his musical career instead. He took piano and vocal training.
In 2015, he released his debut EP Live for Nothing under the moniker MorMor, which was the name he used to call his late grandmother. In 2018, MorMor released the EP Heaven's Only Wishful through his own label Don't Guess.
In 2019, he received a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for the song "Whatever Comes to Mind".

Discography

EPs