Bror Östen Tommy Eriksson (born 1 March 1958 in

Enånger Enånger is a locality situated in Hudiksvall Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 629 inhabitants in 2018. ''Enånger Court District'', or ''Enångers tingslag'', was a district of Hälsingland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were ne ...

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) is a Swedish musician. He is member of the song group ''

Östen med Resten Östen med Resten (sometimes spelt ''Östen mä Resten'') is a Sweden, Swedish music group from Hälsingland. It was formed in 1985. The original members were Östen Eriksson, Jens Kristensen and Nisse Damberg. The name, which literally means "Ös ...

'' and he works in the organization '' Hälsinge Akademi''. Eriksson started with entertainments when he was 3 years old. When he was 6 years old, he sang at Enångers bygdegård together with

Jokkmokks-Jokke Bengt Djupbäck (20 May 1915 – 15 June 1998), better known as Jokkmokks-Jokke, was a Swedish musician who had his greatest successes during the 1960s and 1970s. He was born in the small village of Porsi in Jokkmokk Municipality as Bengt Simon ...

. He educated at Bromangymnasiet 1974–76. He released his first

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in 1976 when he played in the band ''Hälsingband''. He worked at Iggesunds Bruk until 1980, when he wanted a new career as musician. During 5 years he was member of the group '' Iggesundsgänget'' and one of his performances was in the TV program '' Nygammalt'' together with

Bosse Larsson Bo Einar "Bosse" Larsson (2 February 1934 – 12 July 2015) was a Swedish television presenter. Larsson started working at ''Sparbanken'' in Drottninggatan, Stockholm and after that he worked as a janitor. In 1959, he worked as a United Nation ...

. He told funny stories in the TV program '' Har du hört den förut?''.

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