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Jonas Petter Berggren (born 21 March 1967) is a Swedish musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, also known as Joker. He started writing songs when he was seven and continues to write for the band Ace of Base, which he is a founding member of, as well as for other artists. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Biography
= Early life
=Jonas Petter Berggren was the first child of three siblings; his younger sisters are Linn and Jenny. Jonas was born with a cleft lip, undergoing three surgeries within his first year. He became interested in music when he was 10, after his father started teaching him to play the guitar.
= Career
=A founding member of Ace of Base, Berggren has written all of their biggest hits, including "All That She Wants", "The Sign", and "Beautiful Life". He also plays the guitar and keyboards. Berggren also has his own recording studio, called The Barn. Two former members of Ace of Base, Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren, are his sisters. He has also worked with DJ Bobo, Army of Lovers, E-Type, and Meja.
Berggren produced and composed for the album Pride by Swedish pop group Yaki-Da in 1995.
Ace of Base
Berggren has contributed to writing all Ace of Base's material, except the following:
"Don't Turn Around" (Cover: Diane Warren & Albert Hammond)
"Edge of Heaven" (Ulf, John Ballard, & StoneStream)
"Strange Ways" (Malin)
"Ravine" (Jenny)
"Perfect World" (Ulf, John Ballard, & StoneStream)
"Whispers in Blindness" (Malin)
"Wave Wet Sand" (Jenny)
"Que Sera" (Ulf, John Ballard, & StoneStream)
"Just 'N' Image" (Malin)
"Experience Pearls" (Jenny)
"Mercy Mercy" (Ulf and John Ballard)
"He Decides" (Jenny)
"Everytime It Rains" (B. Steinberg, R. Nowels, M. Vidal)
"I Pray" (Ulf and John Ballard)
"Don't Go Away" (Ulf and John Ballard)
"Cruel Summer" (Cover: S. Dallin, S. Fahey, S. Jolley, A. Swain & K. Woodward)
"Wonderful Life" (Cover: Black)
"Juliet" (Cover; Henry Bergström & Peter Bergström)
Personal life
Berggren met Norwegian hairdresser Birthe Haugland during a cruise in Norway in the summer of 1996, and they were married on 12 July 2000. Together they have four children: Julia, born in 1999, Gabriel, born in 2001, Amanda, born in 2006, and Molly, born in 2008. After his divorce from Haugland, Berggren married Rosa Patriksson in 2024.
References
External links
Ace of Base official website
Jonas Berggren at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Liar (lagu Camila Cabello)
- Romance (album)
- Jakten på en mördare
- Model Nordik
- FK Haugesund
- Daftar ahli botani berdasarkan singkatan penulis
- Jonas Berggren
- Jenny Berggren
- Linn Berggren
- Ulf Ekberg
- Happy Nation (song)
- Ace of Base
- Singles of the 90s
- Yaki-Da
- The Sign (song)
- Beautiful Life (Ace of Base song)
