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Jan Johansson

1931 - 1968

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Jan Johansson (16 September 1931 – 9 November 1968) was a Swedish jazz pianist. His album Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish) is the best selling jazz release ever in Sweden; it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and has been streamed more than 50 million times on Spotify. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Johansson has received more than 18,299 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Johansson is the 782nd most popular musician (down from 703rd in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 387th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Musician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jan Johansson ranks 782 out of 2,662. Before him are Gerd Albrecht, Theodore Thomas, Jim Croce, Mischa Elman, Hide, and Desmond Dekker. After him are Tommy Dorsey, Dave Grohl, Mulatu Astatke, Julian Bream, Herman Rarebell, and Roy Buchanan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Jan Johansson ranks 216. Before him are Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Caroline Graham, Janosch, Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Ted Kotcheff, and Rolf Hochhuth. After him are David Janssen, Jean Béliveau, Yulian Semyonov, Christian Metz, Yevgeny Grishin, and Ole-Johan Dahl. Among people deceased in 1968, Jan Johansson ranks 102. Before him are Herbert Read, Hitoshi Imamura, Camille Huysmans, Sigfried Giedion, Zaki al-Arsuzi, and Lina Stern. After him are Gunnar Ekelöf, Mercedes de Acosta, Khuang Aphaiwong, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Joseph Keilberth, and Ivan Pyryev.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jan Johansson ranks 412 out of 1,612. Before him are Bengt Gustavsson (1928), Kennet Andersson (1967), Richard Bergh (1858), Lars Norén (1944), Dead (1969), and Hillevi Rombin (1933). After him are Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), Marika Green (1943), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), Gunilla Bergström (1942), and Amalia Lindegren (1814).

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Among MUSICIANS In Sweden

Among musicians born in Sweden, Jan Johansson ranks 10. Before him are Per Gessle (1959), Stig Anderson (1931), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Mikkey Dee (1963), and Avicii (1989). After him are Eric Ericson (1918), Åse Kleveland (1949), Peter Tägtgren (1970), Mic Michaeli (1962), Max Martin (1971), and Kee Marcello (1960).

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