Biography
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Sven Björk
Real name: Sven Emil Johansson
Effective period / Period of releases: 1949 - 1960
Swedish-American tenor (b. October 15, 1916 Ålesund, Norway – d. April 27, 1980 Denver, Colorado, USA)Born Sven Emil Johansson, Björk studied singing with John Forsell, Frey Lindblad, and Joseph Hislop. He recorded numerous religious songs for Cupol and Hemmets Härold, sometimes performing together with Einar Ekberg, Göran Stenlund or the KFUM-Chor. In 1951, he emigrated to the United States where he became a soloist with the American Pentecostal Assemblies of Gods Church in Denver, Colorado.