in 1971, törnell sang at the opening of the local restaurant in söderhamn that her father then opened along with a friend. at the same time, cornelis vreeswijk was across the street, which led to him discovering törnell, although she was already relatively well known in the area. after meeting vreeswijk, she quit as a photography student, which she had been for seven months after primary school. during the latter part of 1971 and beginning of 1972 she made a major tour in both sweden and denmark.