Real name: Hans Thomas Eriksson

Effective period / Period of releases: 1987 - 2019

Swedish pop singer, songwriter and guitarist, born November 29, 1958 in Huddinge.

He has enjoyed major success in his native country in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like "M.B.", "Då står pojkarna på rad", "Magaluf", "Stockholm" and "Regn hos mej." Orup has also written several songs for other performers. He wrote the winning song of Melodifestivalen 2004, "Det gör ont" performed by Lena Philipsson. Orup has been married with Swedish TV host Sofia Eklöf. In 2012 he was one of the judges on X Factor (Sweden).