Tore Johansson

Swedish musician, songwriter and producer, born November 6, 1959. He is best known for his work with The Cardigans, Franz Ferdinand and Norwegian a-ha. Johansson began his career in 7:e bandet in Staffanstorp. He was guitarist in the Malmö band Åke Octan in the early 1980s and guitarist and singer/songwriter in the Malmö band Hundarna. Together with Martin Gjerstad and Anouk, he has written "Birds", which was the Netherlands' entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.