Gösta Törner (27 October 1912 – 11 October 1982 was a Swedish

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trumpeter and bandleader. He was born and died in

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, and was one of the first musicians to play hot jazz in Sweden.Erik Kjellberg, revised by Lars Westin (2003; print 20 January 2002). Törner, Gösta. ''

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'' He worked extensively both as a

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on recordings and with his own groups on Swedish national radio from the 1940s to the 1960s.

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