Mats Ronander

Mats Ronander
Mats Ronander in Örebro, Sweden on August 30, 2008.
Background information
Birth name	Mats Sture Ronander
Born	1 April 1954 (1954-04-01) (age 57) Sundsvall, Sweden
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Guitarist, Vocalist
Instruments	Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Website	www.matsronander.se/

Mats Ronander, born 1 April 1954 in Sundsvall, Sweden, is a Swedish rock musician, guitar player, producer and composer.

Biography

Mats was born in Sundsvall, but grew up in Örebro. At the age of sixteen he succeeded Peps Persson as singer in the band Blues Quality. He was a member in the band Nature. The band backed up Ulf Lundell on a tour and three of Lundells studio album as well as released a few records of their own. In 1979 he was one of ABBA's guitarists on their world tour.

The 1992 single "Gör mig lycklig nu" (written and performed with Dane Kim Larsen) and the album Himlen gråter för Elmore James produced by Max Lorentz was Ronanders most successful solo project. Ronander was also a member in Low budget blues band that released three albums. He was also a member of Grymlings.

Ronander produced Py Bäckmans breakthrough record Sista föreställningen, toured with ABBA in USA and starred in the screen adaption of Ulf Lundells novel Sömnen.

Discography

Album

• Hård kärlek 1981
• God bok 1982
• 50/50 1984
• Tokig 1985
• Reality 1987
• Rock'n'roll Biznis 1989
• Himlen gråter för Elmore James 1992
• Svenska popfavoriter Mats Ronander (Best of-album) 1995
• Innanför staden 1996
• Mats 2001
• Bästa (Best of-album) 2003
• Ronander Live 2006

Soundtrack

• Dödlig drift 1999

Singles

• "Gör mig lycklig nu" (performed with Kim Larsen) 1992

External links

• Official website

Mats Ronander at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Ronander, Mats
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Date of birth	1 April 1954
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