Kjell Olov Lönnå (13 July 1936 – 10 May 2022) was a Swedish

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

leader,

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, and

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. Lönnå was one of the national conductors for the National Swedish Choir Association (Svenska körförbundet). He is best known for his hosting of several national television shows from the late 1970s until the late 1990s. Lönnå was a

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and is the writer of several

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s, at least one of which is included in the current edition of '' Den Svenska Psalmboken''. Lönnå died on 10 May 2022, at the age of 85.

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* * 1936 births 2022 deaths Swedish composers Swedish male composers Swedish television hosts Swedish choral conductors Swedish Baptists People from Sundsvall {{Sweden-composer-stub