Jonas Berggren

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Jonas Petter Berggren was born on March 21, 1967. He started writing songs when he was seven, and continues to write for the Swedish band Ace of Base, as well as other bands. As the founding member of Ace of Base, Jonas has written all of their biggest hits, including All That She Wants, The Sign, and Beautiful Life. He also plays the guitar and keyboards. Working under the artistname of Joker (or, in some later works, JP), Jonas nowadays also has his own studio, The Barn. The female members of Ace of Base, Linn and Jenny Berggren, are his sisters.

He is married to Norwegian Birthe Haugland (date of marriage 12-th of July 2000) and together they have two children: Julia, born in 1999, and Gabriel, born in 2001. They currently live in Göteborg, Sweden.

[edit] Writing for Ace of Base

Jonas has contributed to writing all Ace of Base's material except the following:

• Don't Turn Around (Cover: Diane Warren & Albert Hammond)
• Edge of Heaven (Ulf, John Ballard, & Stonestream)
• Strange Ways (Malin)
• Ravine (Jenny)
• Perfect World (Ulf, John Ballard, & Stonestream)
• Whispers In Blindness (Malin)
• Wave Wet Sand (Jenny)
• Que Sera (Ulf, John Ballard, & Stonestream)
• Just An Image (Malin)
• Experience Pearls (Jenny)
• Mercy Mercy (Ulf and John Ballard)
• He Decides (Jenny)
• Everytime It Rains (B. Steinberg, R. Nowels, M. Vidal)
• I Pray (Ulf and John Ballard)
• Don't Go Away (Ulf and John Ballard)
• Cruel Summer (Cover: S. Dallin, S. Fahey, S. Jolley, A. Swain & K. Woodward)
• Wonderful Life (Cover: Black)

[edit] Vocals

Jonas has also contributed vocals to the following Ace of Base songs.

• The Sign
• Fashion Party
• Happy Nation
• Münchhausen (Just Chaos)
• Waiting For Magic
• Angel Eyes
• Beautiful Life
• You and I
• My Deja Vu
• Life Is a Flower
• Travel to Romantis
• Dr. Sun
• Tokyo Girl
• Donnie
• Love For Sale
• Hallo Hallo
• Da Capo
• Hey Darling