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Björn Skifs
real name Björn Nils Olof Skifs
Björn Skifs is credited on 505 releases across 110 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
505
Credits
110
Albums
7
Decades active
26
In collections
Biography
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Swedish former singer, songwriter, actor, screenwriter and TV presenter, born 20 April 1947 in Vansbro, Dalarna.
He was an active pop artist since the 1960s and achieved international success in 1974, mainly with the song "Hooked on a Feeling" which reached #1 in the Billboard 100, Swedens 1st performance to reach that position. Skifs has participated in Melodifestivalen four times, of which he won twice (1978 and 1981). He has appeared as an entertainer in various TV contexts and has acted as an actor both on the stage, in a number of successful films and on TV.
In 1984, Skifs received the Karamelodiktstipendiet and in 2008 the Litteris et Artibus.
In July 2025 he announced that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and retired his entertainment career instantly.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
505 releases · 110 albums · active 1966–2025
- Performance · 1,170
- Other credits · 91
- Production · 18
Studios: EMI Studios, Stockholm · Polar Studios · Sound Labs, Hollywood · CTS Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Björn Skifs & Blåblus
- Benny Andersson
- Blue Swede
- Lasse Lindbom Band
- Zkiffz
- Janne Önnerud & Co.
- Unknown Artist
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