Has been on tour (Gitte Wencke Siw) with Danish Gitte Hænning and Norwegian
Wenche Myhre since 2004.
Her biggest hit "Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht" (It isn`t worth to be
lovesick) ranked #1 in Germany`s single charts (1964).
Has a daughter, Tove Christel, from her first and a son, Henrik, from
her second marriage.
Malmkvist was the second of three female Scandinavian schlager artists to represent Germany in the Contest in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the first being Norwegian Wenche Myhre in 1968 with "Ein Hoch der Liebe" and the third Danish Gitte Hænning with "Junger Tag in 1973.
Malmkvist represented her native Sweden in the 1960 European Song Contest with "Alla andra får varann".