Olof Björner (born November 26, 1942 in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
, Sweden) is a Swedish researcher who has specialized in documenting the live performances and recording sessions of American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
. In addition to operating bjorner.com, a website featuring detailed listings of Dylan's live concerts and studio recordings from 1956 to 2020, Björner has 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
Born in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
in 1942, Björner 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 health care industry. In 2003, he and his wife Agneta bought a bookstore in
Filipstad
Filipstad is a locality and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, with 10,644 inhabitants in 2019.
Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Duke Carl Philip (1601&n ...
, a small town in the Swedish countryside.
Olof Björner 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.
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20th-century Swedish writers
20th-century male writers
Bob Dylan
Living people
1942 births
Writers about music
Writers from Stockholm
21st-century Swedish writers