Olof Björner

Olof Björner (26 November 1942 – 12 September 2023) was a Swedish researcher who specialised in documenting the live performances and recording sessions of the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. In addition to operating bjorner.com, a website featuring detailed listings of Dylan's live concerts and studio recordings from 1956 to 2020, Björner authored a 13-volume set on these subjects, called ''Olof's Files: A Bob Dylan Performance Guide'', issued by UK publisher Hardinge Simpole.

Commenting on the quality of Björner's publications and his website, Dylan critic Michael Gray has written, "The detail is extraordinary, and the level of accuracy phenomenal."

Biography

Björner was born in Stockholm in 1942, and obtained a computer science degree in 1967. He first worked as a computer consultant and later became a management consultant specializing in internet technology strategies for the healthcare industry. In 2003, he and his wife Agneta bought a bookstore in Filipstad, a small town in the Swedish countryside. He became interested in Dylan in 1963. His first work on the recording artist, ''Words Fill My Head, Written, Spoken, Sung by Bob Dylan'' was self-published in 1989. Björner died on 12 September 2023, at the age of 80.

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1942 births
2023 deaths
20th-century Swedish male writers
21st-century Swedish male writers
Bob Dylan
Swedish writers about music
Writers from Stockholm