Honours and awards
| 1954 | Royal Court Singer, Stockholm |
| 1958 | Gold Medal, Teatro Liceo, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1960 | Royal Medal ‘Litteris et Artibus’, Stockholm |
| 1960 | Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm |
| 1966 | Sonning Music Prize, Denmark |
| 1967 | Gold Medal ‘För tonkonstens främjande’(‘For the promotion of the art of music’) of the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm |
| 1968 | Austrian Kammersängerin |
| 1968 | Honorary Member of the Vienna State Opera |
| 1970 | Honorary doctorate from Andover University, Andover, Mass. USA |
| 1970 | Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, London |
| 1970 | Bavarian Kammersängerin, Munich |
| 1972 | Royal medal ‘Ingenio et Arte’, Denmark |
| 1974 | Commander of the Order of Vasa, first class, Stockholm |
| 1975 | Commander of the Order of St. Olav, first class, Norway |
| 1981 | ‘Illis Quorum’ gold medal, 18th grade with chain, Stockholm |
| 1981 | Gold medal of the Kungliga Teatern, Stockholm |
| 1982 | Honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, New York |
| 1982 | Honorary doctorate from Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA |
| 1982 | ‘Swedish-American of the Year’ award, New York |
| 1988 | Cross of merit, first class, of the Land of Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 1991 | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, France |
| 1993 | Royal Opera House Silver Medal for 25 year’s service as a Guest Artist, London |
| 1994 | Award of the American-Swedish Foundation, New York |
| 1997 | Honorary doctorate of the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland |
| 1999 | Honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic |
