Photo album  [swedish]

Me and my co-contestant finished second in the talent contest "New faces" in Vasaparken 1967 My brother Christer and me as extras in Swedish TV's 'Röda rummet', 1967 My band 'Cognac & luke warm water' was the steady band on TV-show "Knuff", 1969 I worked at my dads alarm firm a few years, from 1973. Installed alarms at Ikea and at Halkan's Guitar Store. Dice was my progressive rockband during the 70's. 4 albums released by japanese label.
Between 1976 and 1980 I was a music teacher at Källbrinksskolan in Huddinge. In 1977 I worked in a Rikskonserter committee mapping preschool music in Sweden. I was signed in 1978 as a songwriter at 
Southern Music - later PeerMusic.
I had a short employment doing layout on Swedish mag 'Vi Båtägare' 1979. Was guitarist on a couple of TV-programmes 'Nöjeskväll på Ramona', 1980.
This is the group 'JetSet' in 1980, aimed at conquering ABBA with the help of producer Kim Fowley... In 1980 I also started my production company Vision & Sound. Through the 80's I produced around 50 logotypes for different companies. I also illustrated ads, books, magazines, record covers etc. I toured with Pugh Rogefeldt in the summer of 1981.
From a gig in Gotland. I wrote and produced the opening music for The Baltic Sea Conference in 1981. I made the jingles for the EssoMusicParty-cassettes plus the music for the ESSO kick-off in Sweden 1981. I wrote and produced the music
for the ICA conference in 1981.
I was the one-man-band behind Wallbom The Clown on his shows around Stockholm in 1981.
In a 2 day marathon me, Leif Larson and Kim Fowley wrote songs in our Stockholm appartment (1981). From the -82 centennial and throughout the decade I was the 'inhouse composer' for most of ASEA's divisions. In 1982 I made the music for the film launching the Scania Intercooler range. I was the musical arranger of Hillson's Swedish ESC entry "Då kommer min ängel", in 1982. In 1982 Dice's fake-punkband Kramp was awarded "Nr1 hit!" in the "Kungsan summerrock festival".
I was the main music producer with Producenterna, one of Swedens biggest AV-producers in 1982 - 1987. I did the music score for the feature  film 'The Witch Forest' for Swedish Television in 1982. In 1983 I wrote a scoring program in Basic that synchronized music with scene cuts. Received the 1983 Special Award at the Multi Image Festival, having composed for several awarded competing programs. I produced the music for the film promoting the Volvo Turbo Programme in 1983.
In 1984 I produced the music for Saab Scanias film on the company history. In 1984 I composed the music for the Kosta Boda presentation. I produced all music and sound ambience for ASEAs stationary exhibition "Creative World" in 1984. I produced the campaign music when Scandic Hotels where launched in1984. I wrote songs for the debut album with the Norwegian cartoon characters 'Gompene' in 1985.
Together with Christian Veltman I produced the album, the book and the musical 'The Secret Life of Vegetables', 1985. I was one of the members in 'Charlie Hillson Band' in the 80's. In 1985 I wrote the music for the Swedish pavillion at the World Expo in Tsukuba. In 1985 I also composed and produced the fanfares and jingles for the Swedish advertisers 'Guldägget' I received the STIM composers award in 1985.
In 1986 I produced the musical fanfare for Volvos international 'Volvo Traffic Safety Award'. In 1986 our video 'Pete Pepper Private Eye'
was broadcast on national television.
In 1986 I made the musical score for the Volvo 780 promo film. I draw the T-shirt for The Herrey summer tour in 1987. I composed & produced all campaign music when Esso became Statoil in Scandinavia in 1987.
Under the pseudonym 'Janne Vison', I wrote and got recorded a bunch of 'dansband' - songs in 1988-1989. I received my second STIM composers award in 1988. Invented and patented genimation in 1988. A method to produce cartoons through motion capture.  I received the Centas Award the same year for my invention. I founded the company GeniMator AB in 1989, a holding company for the patents.
I received in 1989 Trygghetsrådets award for having invented a universal computer keyboard. Around 1989 I produced demo-music for Roland synths. Between 1989 - 2000 I was the chairman for SMK, The Media Composers of Sweden. From 1989 to 2004 I wrote all dialogue + all song lyrics for Disney On Ice in Sweden. I arranged and produced the World Youth Choir hit single in 1989.
I was a board member of Skap between 1990 - 2005. I wrote some 50 articles on copyright and the music industry in Skap-Nytt 1990 - 2005. In 1990 I produced the music to Vattenfalls permanent exhibition "The Renewable". Made the sounds and music for the permanent exhibition "Sinneriket" in Hemavan, 1990. Designed the sound ambience for Trygg Hansas permanent exhibition in 1990.
In 1990 I initiated a working committee on Remixed music consisting of STIM, SAMI and IFPI. I produced Richard Herrey's debute single as a solo artist in 1990. I produced 1990 'Queen of the night' Queen-style, for the coloratura soprano Christina Knochenhauer. In 1991 I wrote the music for the "Famous Five"-adventures, on cassette and CD. -91 I performed in 'swedish folkpark' with rock legends Ted Åström, Tommy Blom, Lalla Hansson and Little Gerhard.
I co-produced and made music for Jonas Frick's movie "GAAAHHH!" in 1991. I was on the recording committee for the record company Phono Suecia, 1992 - 2005. In 1992 the TV-programme 'Beyond 2000' made a special on my invention GeniMator. Also swedish TV program Sigma, made a feature on me as inventor in 1992. I composed & produced all music for the laser show 'Aurora Borealis', performed in Montreal in 1992.
I received an Inventors Award from the city of Stockholm, also in 1992. In 1992 I produced all signatures and jingles for Radio SKAP. In 1992 I wrote the opening music for the Stockholm Film festival. In 1992 I produced for Christina Knochenhauer. This time 'Olympias Aria' from The Tales of Hoffman. In 1993 I participated in the Swedish Song Contest with the lyrics to 'välkommen till livet' (Bolyos).
I produced the music for the filmen on the Mälarbanan-enterprize in 1993. In 1993 my orchestral work 'The Saga of the Nordic Gods' was released. I composed all event music for the Swedish Employers Confederation Congress in 1993. I produced the musical score for the  1993 SAS group presentation. I composed festive ballet music for the Stockholm Globe Arena 10 year anniversary in 1994.
In 1994 I composed the orchestral score for the stationary presentation of Sweden's national parks. In 1994 I wrote the orchestral work 'The seasons of Sweden' for a firework show competing in Montreal. Board member of EMS - Elektro-acoustic Music in Sweden, 1994 - 1997. My company released "The carrols and songs of Christmas" in 1994. A MIDI album. I performed as a 'musical professor' on swedish TV-show 'Seven to Nine' in 1994.
In 1994 I produced the campaign music for the launch of the IBM operative system, OS/2. I made the music for the Absolute
Vodka laser-kick-off event in 1995.
In 1995 I produced the sound environment for the National Technical Museum exhibition 'the horizons of knowledge. In 1996 I composed the score for the TV documentary about the Sager Palace, residence for the prime minister. I composed the music for the Swedish Trade Unions congress inaugeration in 1996.
The same year I produced all musical illustrations for the Bonnier multimedia dictionary. In 1996 I made the music for the Nike kickoff in Stockholm. I composed the anniversary music for the Oskarshamn power plant in 1997. In 1997 I produced the scores for the KTH presentation films + sound logo. I produced the music score for the 1997 Wallman Xmas- & New Year show.
I was a board member of STIM between 1997 and 2005. In 1998 I designed all sounds for the Engsö Castle ghost exhibition. For STIMs 75 anniversary CD-box in -98 I was on the selection committee. In 1999 I co-produced and lectured on the international conference 'Music & Manipulation' in Stockholm. I wrote around 50 minutes of orchestral score for the computergame 'Codename: Eagle' in 1999.
The same year I wrote the music to the very last 'Stockholm Water Festival'. And directed it. In 1999 and 2006 I produced the show music for world-champion equistrienne Louise Nathhorst. I made all sounds & music for Telia's family site 'funplanet' in 1999. In 1999 I produced special functional sounds for  the Electrolux line of stoves. I produced all ambience and music for the RFSU exhibition in 1999.
.I wrote the music for the Zonta organization's Sweden presentation of 2000. I produced an album with the music of SKAPs board members in 2000'. I produced the music for the 2000 Sandvik group presentation 'This is Sandvik'. I co-founded MicroSound AB together with Fredrik Vildö in 2000. Ring tones! By the turn of the millennium, I had composed
some 2500 works to approx. 500 industrial films.
Contributed with three tracks to ABBA-genius Michael B. Tretow's X-mas record in 2000. Between 2001-2008 I produced close to 70% of all sounds in SonyEricssons cel phones. In 2001 I wrote the musical score for Sune Lund-Sørensens Sweden presentation on film. In 2001 I was project leader & producer of the popular music exhibition at the Museum of Music in Sthlm. This photo was taken in 2001 during Skap's 75-years anniversary. Many dear friends and colleagues!
Made ringtones from all swedish entries to the Eurovision Song Contest for SVT in 2002. I was on the jury of the Owe Thörnqvist jubilee foundation 2002 - 2005. Between 2002 - 2005 I worked with the reforming of STIMs distribution rules. At the Guldklappan Awards Ceremony in 2003 I held a lecture on scoring for films. In 2003 I produced all musical elements for the T610 app; 'MusicDJ'.
I designed the 75 year anniversary gift to the Swedish music publishers association in 2003. Around 2004 I was one of the pioneers behind the so called FunTones for cel phones. Our funtones sold 10 000 units per month on average in 2004-2005. In 2004 my company MicroSound made the very first video ringtones, and also a couple of silent ones(!). In 2005 I produced all SFX & jingles for the site pokerlistings.
I designed the sound ambience of the Museum of Peace in Uppsala 2005. In 2005 I was on the STIM delegation, negotiating the new standard publishing contract. In 2005 I received the SKAP composers award. In 2005 I produced the sound and music ambience for the NK malls. In 2006 I was a project leader at Interactive Institute, developing interactive gaming music.
I was a member of the Swedish Grammy jury in 2006 and 2007. In 2007 I developed a system for composing quality music through artificial intelligece. I was the auditor for SSES - the Swedish Sound Engineers Society between 2006-2013. Since 2009 I am the chairman for the Ecsa Coercion Work Group in Europe. I have designed/produced more than 20 web sites.
I was one of 57 producers contributing with 4 bars each to Håkan Lidbo's World Record Record 2011. Between 2011 and 2016 I was a board member of SAMI. (1:st vice chairman 2011-2014) Between 2011 and 2021 I was the chairman for STIK - Stockholms Innovators. I'm a frequent speaker and lecturer on music in commercial contexts. Teacher between 2011-2020 in several topics on the Music Business Programme at SAE institute in Stockholm.

        Håkan Lans  &  Georg Riedel    
I composed the inaugeration music for the National Tenants Association congress in 2012. In 2012 I organized the co-seminar in Stockholm between Swedens composers and Stockholms inventors. I did together with Dan Bornemark a national tour in 2013, lecturing on copyright. In 2013 I &STIK arranged the EUWIINs - European Woman Inventors & Innovators Networks - congress. Between 2013 and 2014 I was a board member of SUF - the national Swedish Inventors Society.
Closed in 2014 in Israel a cooperation agreement between STIK and StarTau - the worlds 3'd biggest incubator. As a composer I received the Atterberg Prize from STIM in 2014, "for extensive engagement for author's rights". In 2014 Håkan Lans and Ylva Ryngebo were appointed honorary members of STIK. As chairman I got to present the diplomas. I initiated the 2014 research study "Where did Swedens 100 greatest innovations originate?". I am, from 2014, again a member of STIMs distribution committee.
I am since 2014, a member of NCBs synchronization committee. I was project leader, producer and speaker at the international innovation conference in Stockholm 2015. In 2015 I signed the cooperation agreement between STIK and the Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network. Produced the video opener for GWIINs - the Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network - congress 2015. I was one of the lecturers at IFIAs 2nd world congress 2016 in Istanbul.
At the Polar Talks in 2016 I spoke on creativity. Between 2016 and 2021 I was the spokesperson for the Swedish National Innovators Council - 16 of Sweden's most prominent inventors. I founded 'Egenskapssamhället' in 2016, as a platform to propagate individual qualities and talent before academic status. As spokesman for said Innovators council, I participated in the governments closed hearing on the EU 9'th frame program on Research and Innovation, january 2017. From 2017, once again board member of SKAP - Swedens Composers and Lyricists.
At the GWIIN - the Global Women Inventors and Innovators Networks conference 2017, I was awarded 'Honorary Male Champion'. I am a member of the coalition council of the Swedish Small Enterprise National Coalition. I am consulted as a lecturer by DMG Education for the online education Music Business Developer. I was invited as a speaker at the 2nd World Invention and Innovation Forum 2017 in Foshan, China. I was member of the board for the magazine Orkesterjournalen between 2018 - 2019.
 
I was one of the lecturers at the international conferense on dyslexia in Stockholm 2019. By 2020 from 2011 I have written 50 + published articles on innovation, mostly debate articles. 2021-2022: KLYS' DSM-grupp, the referral response to the Justice Dep. prior to implementing the new copyright law. Ensured retroactivity of 20 years - not just 10. At the KMH conference 2022 "Innovation in music", I was in the panel with Linda Portnoff, Christian Råsmark and Thomas Arctaedius.