Born 1942. Living in Uppsala, Sweden.

Tenorsax, soprano and flute. Composer and arranger.

Became a member of the 12-piece Swedish Radio Jazz Group from its start in 1966, and was its artistic leader in the 80s and 90s.
He played with all the great Swedish jazz-musicians from the "golden generation" like Lars Gullin, Bengt Hallberg, Jan Johansson and Arne Domnerus.

In 1972 together with two of Swedens now most internationally renowned musicians, bass-player Palle Danielsson and pianist Bobo Stenson, he started one of the most important groups in Swedish jazz, Rena Rama, that existed and toured in the 70s and 80s into the 90s.

He also played ethnic and world-music from noneuropean countries with Okay Temiz, for several years in Oriental Wind, Don Cherry, Zakir Hussain, a.o.

He has cooperated many times with some of the most eminent American and European musicians like George Russel Sextet and Big Band, Red Mitchell 4tet (1970-72), Bob Brookmeyer, Don Cherry, Clark Terry, Kenny Wheeler, Billy Hart, John Scofield, Palle Mikkelborg, Carla Bley, etc.

He has composed for larger orchestra three times that resulted in the records
"Partial Solar Eclipse" (ECM/Japo) 1977
"Green Prints" (Caprice Records) 1986/2000
"Seven Pieces" (Phono Suecia) 2000, Swedish Grammy winner Feb. 2001, Record of the Year in the Swedish radio's jazz critics poll, feat. Peter Erskine, Palle Danielsson and Bobo Stenson.

In the 90s he has led his own quartet and other groups from solo, duo, trio up to the "7 pieces" band, besides being artistic leader of the Stockholm Jazz Festival.

In October 2001 he performed as a soloist in a new 30 minutes suite written for him by Bob Brookmeyer, together with B.B. and the NBB big band led by Tim Hagans (Django d'Or, March 2002).