Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt (born 25 July 1958) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.

Early life

Niklas Strömstedt was born on 25 July 1958 in Lund as the first child of Margareta (née Henriksson) and Bo Strömstedt. Strömstedt's sister, Lotten, is four years his junior. Strömstedt was raised in the Stockholm suburb of

Hagsätra Hagsätra is a quarter in Söderort, the southern part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It borders with the quarters of Älvsjö, Örby and Rågsved in Stockholm, as well as Stuvsta in neighboring Huddinge Municipality. Hagsätra covers a ...

. Strömstedt attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm.

Career

Strömstedt played the keyboards on

Ulf Lundell Ulf Gerhard Lundell (born 20 November 1949) is a Swedish writer, poet, songwriter, composer, musician and artist. He made his debut in 1975 with the LP '' Vargmåne'' and was immediately hailed as "Sweden's Bob Dylan". In 1976 his first novel, t ...

's recordings and tours from the late 1970s to the end of the 1980s. Strömstedt's most recognised hit as a solo artist is the song " Om", reaching number one on the Swedish chart and

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 cha ...

in 1990. He also had success with the album ''Halvvägs till framtiden'' released in 1992 with the hits "Oslagbara" and "Bilderna av dej". In 1994 he formed the music group GES with

Orup Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like " Jag blir he ...

and Anders Glenmark.

Melodifestivalen

Strömstedt wrote music and lyrics to " I morgon är en annan dag", with which Christer Björkman won Melodifestivalen 1992. In

Melodifestivalen 2008 Melodifestivalen 2008 was the 47th Melodifestivalen, and the selection process for the 48th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. A new rule—''Lex Agnes''—went into effect in 2008 calling for each submitted entry to inclu ...

he participated himself as a wildcard in the fourth heat in Karlskrona. He finished last.

Personal life

In 1985, Strömstedt married

Efva Attling Efva Katarina Attling, (born on 18 February 1952) is a Swedish silversmith and jewellery designer. Early career In the early 1980s she played in the band "X Models" and released the hit single ''Två av oss'' ("Two of us"). She worked as a p ...

, a former model and

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designer. They had two children—Adam and Simon—born in 1987 and 1991, respectively. He also has a child with

Agneta Sjödin Agneta Sjödin (born 20 July 1967 in Norrbo, Hudiksvall, Sweden) is a Swedish television presenter and personality of the Swedish television channel TV4. She presented the first two seasons of the popular show '' Let's Dance'' with David Hellen ...

. Strömstedt married Jenny Strömstedt in

Trosa Trosa is a locality and the seat of Trosa Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 5,027 inhabitants in 2010 (town) and 11,417 in 2010 (municipality). The town is colloquially nicknamed ''Världens ände'' ("The world's end", specifically ...

on 16 July 2011.

Other work

* He wrote the title song for the TV-series ''

Nya tider ''Nya tider'' () is a Swedish soap opera which was broadcast on TV4. It began after ''Skilda världar'' became a one-episode-a-week show. The show premiered in 1999 and got good ratings the first season, but they soon dropped. Broadcast was moved ...

'' on TV4 1999–2003. * He wrote the Swedish lyrics for the musical Mamma Mia!.

Discography

Solo * ''Skjut inte... det är bara jag!'' (1981) * ''Andra äventyr'' (1983) * ''En gång i livet'' (1989) * '' Om!'' (1990) * ''Halvvägs till framtiden'' (1992) * ''Långt liv i lycka'' (1997) * ''Du blir du jag blir jag'' (2001) * ''Två vägar'' (2008) Triad * ''Triad'' (1988) Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt * '' Glenmark, Eriksson, Strömstedt'' (1995) * '' Den andra skivan'' (2003)

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Sources

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stromstedt, Niklas 1958 births Living people 20th-century Swedish guitarists 20th-century Swedish composers 20th-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish guitarists 21st-century Swedish composers 21st-century Swedish singers Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt members Swedish male guitarists Swedish male singers Swedish male singer-songwriters Swedish multi-instrumentalists Swedish pop guitarists Swedish pop rock singers Swedish pop singers Swedish rock guitarists Swedish rock singers Musicians from Lund Singers from Lund