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Swedish singer, songwriter and guitar player. (1947–1999)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1947-01-27
Active to
1999-02-16
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Listeners
48,712
Total plays
1,110,549

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swedishsinger-songwriterproggpoliticalscandinavian

Björn Svante Afzelius (born 27 January 1947 in Huskvarna, Jönköping County, died 16 February 1999 in Gothenburg) was a Swedish singer-songwriter and guitar player. Politically he was a socialist. His songs are about love, politics and joys in life. His father was an engineer and his mother was a housewife. His only sibling is his brother Bengt (b. 1952) who is a music teacher. He came into contact with music from a very young age, because his mother and her side of the family were largely into

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Svante
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Place of birth
Huskvarna
Place of death
Gothenburg
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Swedish
Instrument
guitar
Official website
bjornafzelius.com
Image
Björn Afzelius 1994 001.jpg
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cause of death
lung cancer
date of birth
1947-01-27
date of death
1999-02-16
Commons category
Björn Afzelius
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Björn Svante Afzelius
start of work period
1970-00-00
end of work period
1999-00-00
name in native language
Björn Afzelius
copyright representative
STIM
social media followers
5070
medical condition
cancer
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