Jonas Berggren

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Jonas Berggren, a.k.a. Joker, (born Jonas Petter Berggren, 21 March 1967, in Göteborg, Sweden) 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, Berggren 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 artist name of "Joker" (or, in some later works, JP), Berggren nowadays also has his own studio, called The Barn. The female members of Ace of Base, former member Linn and current member Jenny Berggren, are his sisters.

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

[edit] Writing for Ace of Base

Berggren 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 'N' 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

Berggren 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"

[edit] Other projects

Jonas was also the producer and composer for the album Pride by Swedish pop group Yaki-Da in 1995.

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