Biography

Jan-Olof Andersson
Real name: Jan-Olof Sixten Andersson
Swedish singer, guitarist, educator and composer, born 2 February 1954 in Skövde.He is a trained song teacher at the University of Music Education in Stockholm, SMI.
For his way of interpreting the Swedish song, he has been awarded, for example, with:
• Vispråmen Storken Stipendium
• Ferlinsällskapet's Trubadur Prize
• Lilliebror Söderlundh scholarship
• Ulf Peder Olrog scholarship
• Alf Hambe scholarship
• Visans Vänner scholarship and cultural scholarships from Skövde municipality and Skaraborg county council.
• Einar Westling scholarship, awarded by the Swedish Popular Composers Association (SKAP)
• Olle Adolphson scholarship
He has also been awarded a badge of honor in silver by Samfundet Visans Vänner in Stockholm.