Jonas "Joker" Berggren

born on 21/3/1967 in Göteborg, Sweden

Jonas Berggren

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Jonas Berggren

Jonas Petter Berggren (born 21 March 1967), is a Swedish musician, also known as Joker. He started writing songs when he was seven, and continues to write for the Swedish band Ace of Base, as well as other bands. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Career

As the 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.[1] Working under the artist name of "Joker" (or, in some later works, JP), Berggren nowadays also has his own studio, called The Barn. The former female members of Ace of Base, Linn and Jenny Berggren, are his sisters. He walso worked with DJ Bobo, Army & Lovers, E-Type and Meja.[2]

Jonas was also the producer and composer for the album Pride by Swedish pop group Yaki-Da in 1995.

Writing for 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

He is married to Norwegian hairdresser Birthe Haugland (date of marriage 12 July 2000) whom he met during a cruise in Norway in the summer of 1996. Together they have four children: Julia, born in 1999, and Gabriel, born in 2001, third child born in 2006 and fourth child born in 2008.[3] Berggren is an avid Blackpool F.C. fan.

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [Jonas Berggren at All Music Guide Biography: Ace of Base]. AMG. Retrieved on 20 May 2010.
  2. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showperson.asp?name=Jonas+%22Joker%22+Berggren
  3. http://www.aceisland.de/band/profiles/jonas/profilejonas.htm

External links

Ace of Base
Jonas Berggren | Jenny Berggren | Linn Berggren | Ulf Ekberg
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