About: Bengan Janson

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Bengt Åke "Bengan" Jansson (born 23 February 1963, in Stockholm) is a Swedish accordionist. He plays Swedish folk music, Swedish ballads, pop, rock, and jazz, and has performed with artists such as Kalle Moraeus, Anne Sofie von Otter, Björn Skifs, Loa Falkman, and Allan Edwall. Moraeus and Janson form the duo Kalle & Bengan. Janson and Per Gudmundson received the Grammis award for Folk Music of the Year in 2019, for their album Hjeltamôs. He was the recipient of the 2020 Karamelodiktstipendiet in memory of Povel Ramel, which was not awarded until 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  • Bengt Åke "Bengan" Jansson (born 23 February 1963, in Stockholm) is a Swedish accordionist. He plays Swedish folk music, Swedish ballads, pop, rock, and jazz, and has performed with artists such as Kalle Moraeus, Anne Sofie von Otter, Björn Skifs, Loa Falkman, and Allan Edwall. Moraeus and Janson form the duo Kalle & Bengan. At the age of eight, Janson started to play the accordion, when his brother tired of the instrument and gave his accordion to Bengan. He moved to Järvsö with his family in 1979, and met the jazz pianist Gösta Svensson who became influential for his musical development. In the late 1980s, he was a member of the band Östen med Resten. Janson and Per Gudmundson received the Grammis award for Folk Music of the Year in 2019, for their album Hjeltamôs. He was the recipient of the 2020 Karamelodiktstipendiet in memory of Povel Ramel, which was not awarded until 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Janson lives in Leksand with his wife Eva, who is also a musician, and their children. (en)
  • Bengan Janson, folkbokförd Bengt Åke Jansson, född 23 februari 1963 i Stockholm, är en svensk dragspelare och sångare. Tillsammans med Kalle Moraeus bildar Janson duon Kalle & Bengan. Han var tidigare medlem i Östen med Resten. Janson utsågs 1995 till i Sverige. Under hösten 2012 var han körledare för Visby i Körslaget 2012. (sv)
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  • Bengan Janson, folkbokförd Bengt Åke Jansson, född 23 februari 1963 i Stockholm, är en svensk dragspelare och sångare. Tillsammans med Kalle Moraeus bildar Janson duon Kalle & Bengan. Han var tidigare medlem i Östen med Resten. Janson utsågs 1995 till i Sverige. Under hösten 2012 var han körledare för Visby i Körslaget 2012. (sv)
  • Bengt Åke "Bengan" Jansson (born 23 February 1963, in Stockholm) is a Swedish accordionist. He plays Swedish folk music, Swedish ballads, pop, rock, and jazz, and has performed with artists such as Kalle Moraeus, Anne Sofie von Otter, Björn Skifs, Loa Falkman, and Allan Edwall. Moraeus and Janson form the duo Kalle & Bengan. Janson and Per Gudmundson received the Grammis award for Folk Music of the Year in 2019, for their album Hjeltamôs. He was the recipient of the 2020 Karamelodiktstipendiet in memory of Povel Ramel, which was not awarded until 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (en)
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