Jonas Berggren
Jonas Petter Berggren , also known as Joker or JP (born March 21, 1967 , Gothenburg , Sweden ) is a Swedish pop singer , keyboard player , guitarist , songwriter and music producer . He started writing songs when he was seven years old. He became known with his band Ace of Base .
As a founding member of Ace of Base, Berggren wrote all of their hits including All That She Wants , The Sign , and Beautiful Life . He also plays the guitar and keyboards and has worked with DJ BoBo , Army of Lovers , E-Type and Meja . Under the stage name “Joker” (or, in some later works, JP), Berggren now also has his own studio called The Barn . The former female members of Ace of Base, Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren are his sisters.
Berggren was also the producer and composer for the 1995 album "Pride" by the Swedish pop group Yaki-Da .
Bergren has been married since 2000 and has four children with his wife.
Web links
- Song list for Jonas Berggren at dutchhacrts.nl
- Entry at allmusic.com
- Jonas Berggren in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Jonas Berggren in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jonas Berggren at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ data sheet Jonas Berggren. Ace of Base, accessed July 17, 2011 .
- ↑ Jonas Berggren. (No longer available online.) ULTIMATE Ace of Base, archived from the original on August 1, 2011 ; accessed on July 17, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Berggren, Jonas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berggren, Jonas Petter (full name); Joker, Buddha (nicknames) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish musician, songwriter and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg |