Gösta Törner (October 27, 1912,

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- November 11, 1982, Stockholm) was a Swedish

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trumpeter and bandleader. He was one of the first musicians to play

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in Sweden,Erik Kjellberg, revised by Lars Westin (2003; print 20 January 2002). Törner, Gösta. ''

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'' and worked extensively both as a

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on recordings and with his own groups on Swedish national radio from the 1940s to the 1960s.

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