Tomas Andersson Wij (born 6 February 1972, birthname: ''Tomas Per Andersson''), often abbreviated as TAW, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and journalist.
Early life
He was born on 6 February 1972 in
Stockholm
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, Sweden and raised in the south suburbs
Fruängen
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All the streets are named after famous Swedish women like Agnes Lagerstedt, ...
Between years 1990 and 1997, Tomas Andersson Wij was a writer in ''
Svenska Dagbladet
''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.
History and profile
The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the ...
'', as well as Swedish music magazine ''Pop'' and Swedish entertainment publication '' Nöjesguiden''. In the mid 1990s, he was editor of the television show ''Knesset'' on ZTV. He also worked as a DJ for ''
Sveriges Radio
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'' in the summer of 2000.
He has edited two anthologies, ''Solidaritet'' (Cordia 1998) and ''Boken om Recovery'' (Libris, 2002). He is cofounder and coeditor alongside Sven-Gösta Holst for the existentialist journal ''Von Oben'', which published two issues in 2002 and 2003.
Music
Producer Lars Halapi discovered Tomas Andersson Wij through a simple demo tape in 1995 and went on to produce Tomas Andersson Wij's first two albums. After the breakthrough album ''Ett slag för dig'' he toured regularly, usually as a solo act with his guitar. He was nominated for the Swedish Grammies for four times. TAW was also known as a great literature and poetry writer.
TAW attracted much more attention with in 2000 with his Swedish lyrics of
Billy Joel
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Melodifestivalen
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interpreting Carola's winning song ''Evighet'' also known as " Invincible" at the final in Globen.
The same year he received the '' Café Magazine'''s category for "best dressed artist".
He has also written songs or translated lyrics for other artists and translations into other Swedish artists such as Freddie Wadling,
Totta Näslund
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Biography
Näslund was born in Sandviken and grew up in the small northern town Köpmanholmen, but moved to Gothenburg in 1970 to find wo ...
and
Bo Kaspers Orkester
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Discography Alb ...
* 1998: ''Ebeneser''
* 2000: ''Ett slag för dig''
* 2002: ''Vi är värda så mycket mer''
* 2004: ''Stjärnorna i oss''
* 2005: ''Live på Rival''
* 2005: ''Tomas Andersson Wij''
* 2007: ''En introduktion till Tomas Andersson Wij''
* 2008: ''En sommar på speed''
* 2010: ''Spår''
* 2012: ''Romantiken''
* 2014: ''Mörkrets hastighet''
* 2018: ''Avsändare okänd''
* 2019: ''Splitter, Vol. 1''
* 2020: ''Högre än händerna når''
* 2022: ''Åskan i hjärtat''
Singles and EPs
* 1997: "Varelser i vattnet"
* 1998: "Tusen sätt att försvinna"
* 1998: "Väljer dig"
* 2000: ''Landet vi föddes i EP''
* 2000: "Du skulle tagit det helt fel"
* 2000: "Gör nånting vackert"
* 2000: "Hej då"
* 2001: "Ett slag för dig"
* 2002: "Jag börjar minnas mig"
* 2002: "Slå"
* 2002: "Vissa dagar"
* 2003: "Blues från Sverige"
* 2004: "Tommy och hans mamma"
* 2004: "Sången om dig och mig"
* 2005: "Oroshjärta"
* 2006: ''En hel värld inom mig'' (EP)
* 2007: "1980"
* 2007: "Hälsingland"
* 2007: "Evighet"
* 2007: "Mellanstora mellansvenska städer"
* 2008: "Jag har simmat långt ut från land"
* 2008: "Sena tåg"
* 2008: "När ditt tåg kommer"
* 2009: "Det ligger i luften"
* 2010: "Allt är bättre än ingenting"
* 2011: "Jag är på väg till dig"
* 2012: "Sturm Und Drang"
* 2012: "Romantiken" (EP)
* 2013: "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)"
* 2016: "Vi får dö en annan dag"
* 2017: "Jag nådde aldrig riktigt fram till dig"
* 2018: "Just idag känns du nära (Saras sång)
* 2019: "Stockholmssommar"
* 2020: "Jag var ett konstigt barn"
* 2020: "Dit du går"
* 2020: "Högdalen Centrum"
* 2020: "Sträck ut dina armar"
* 2020: "Sträck ut dina armar (akustisk)
* 2021: "Diamanter"