Jan Johansson
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Jan Johansson (September 16, 1931 – November 9, 1968) was a Swedish jazz pianist. He is little known outside Scandinavia, and his records are not widely available, though Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish) has sold more than a quarter of a million copies, and is the best selling jazz release ever in Sweden. Johansson was a native of Söderhamn, in the Hälsingland province of Sweden. Studying classical piano as a child, he would also go on to master the guitar, organ and accordion, before turning
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Family name
- Johansson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Söderhamn
- Place of death
- Stockholm
- Child
- Jens Johansson
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Award
- Gyllene Skivan
- Notable work
- Här kommer Pippi Långstrump
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.janjohansson.org
- Image
- Jan Johansson Hawi.jpg
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- place of burial
- Skogskyrkogården
- date of birth
- 1931-09-16
- date of death
- 1968-11-09
- Commons category
- Jan Johansson (musician)
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- different from
- Jan Johansson
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Jan Johansson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana