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Nils Landgren

Person · male · Sweden · Degerfors · born 1956 · recording since 1983

Swedish musician

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Also known as Landgren, Nils · Nils Lansgren · 尼爾斯·蘭德格林

Debut: 1983
Recording span: 43 years
Release groups: 57
Awards: 4
Timeline events: 43
Wiki language versions: 13

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Timeline

43 events▣ Album 38✦ Award 3◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1950s
1. 15 February 1956 · Birth
  Born 1956-02-15
  source: wikidata
1980s
1. 1983 · Debut release
  Debut release: Get Serious, Get a Job! / Sex Machine
  First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1984 · Album
  Album: Streetfighter
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1985 · Album
  Album: You're My Number One
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1986 · Album
  Album: Miles From Duke
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1989 · Album
  Album: Chapter 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 24 September 1990 · Album
  Album: Follow Your Heart
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1992 · Album
  Album: Red Horn
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1995 · Album
  Album: Norrbotten Big Band
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1996 · Album
  Album: Gotland
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 5 February 1998 · Album
  Album: Swedish Folk Modern
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1 April 1999 · Album
  Album: Ballads
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 22 January 2001 · Album
  Album: Layers of Light
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1 September 2002 · Album
  Album: Sentimental Journey
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 25 August 2003 · Album
  Album: I Will Wait for You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2005 · Album
  Album: Fyra kungar, en dam & Bohuslän Big Band - Evergreen på svenska
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 28 October 2005 · Album
  Album: Creole Love Call
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1 November 2005 · Album
  Album: Creole Love Call
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2006 · Album
  Album: Salzau Music on the Water
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 26 May 2006 · Album
  Album: Shapes
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 17 November 2006 · Album
  Album: Christmas With My Friends
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 2008 · Award
  Won: honorary doctor at Karlstad University
  source: wikidata
11. 31 October 2008 · Album
  Album: Christmas With My Friends II
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 18 May 2011 · Album
  Album: Fragile At Schloss Elmau
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 26 August 2011 · Album
  Album: The Moon, the Stars and you
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2013 · Album
  Album: New Eyes on Baroque
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2014 · Album
  Album: Christmas With My Friends IV
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 31 January 2014 · Album
  Album: Eternal Beauty
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2016 · Album
  Album: Christmas With My Friends V
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 29 January 2016 · Album
  Album: Some Other Time: A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 16 November 2018 · Album
  Album: Christmas With My Friends VI
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 2019 · Award
  Won: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  source: wikidata
10. 15 March 2019 · Album
  Album: 4 Wheel Drive
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 10 January 2020 · Album
  Album: Kristallen
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 30 October 2020 · Album
  Album: Christmas With My Friends VII
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2021 · Award
  Won: Q1570184
  source: wikidata
4. 24 September 2021 · Album
  Album: Nature Boy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 11 November 2022 · Album
  Album: 3 Generations
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 29 September 2023 · Album
  Album: 4 Wheel Drive II
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 26 October 2023 · Album
  Album: Christmas with My Friends VIII
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 31 October 2025 · Album
  Album: Christmas with My Friends IX
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 7 November 2025 · Album
  Album: A Letter to Eje Thelin
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 13 February 2026 · Album
  Album: Love of My Life
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography956 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1349771634

Biography

Nils Landgren (born 15 February, 1956) is a Swedish R&B, funk, and jazz trombone player and singer. He is known as The Man with the Red Horn because he plays a red trombone.

Early life

Landgren was born on 15 February 1956 in Degerfors.

Career

Between 1972 and 1978 he studied classical trombone at the music college in Karlstad, Sweden, and continued his education at the university of Arvika. After meeting the Swedish folk-jazz pioneer Bengt-Arne Wallin and trombonist Eje Thelin, Landgren was persuaded to move from his strictly classical studies to improvisation and to begin developing his own sound and approach to music.
After his graduation, Landgren moved to Stockholm to work as a professional trombone player. He was soon touring with Swedish pop star Björn Skifs. Skifs's band, Blue Swede, recorded a number one hit song in the U.S. pop charts with Hooked on a Feeling. In 1981, Thad Jones invited Landgren to join his big band, called Ball of Fire, as the lead trombonist. Landgren has worked in many genres: jazz, rock, soul, hip hop, and big band. By his own reckoning, he has contributed to at least 500 albums by such international groups and musicians as ABBA, The Crusaders, Eddie Harris, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Wyclef Jean, and Herbie Hancock.
In 1983, he recorded and released his debut album as a solo artist, Planet Rock. It was followed by Streetfighter (1984), You're My Number One (1985), Miles from Duke (1987) with Bengt-Arne Wallin, Chapter Two 1 (1987), Chapter Two 2 and Follow Your Heart (1989). Between 1985 and 1987, Landgren performed as an actor, singer, trombonist, and dancer in over 360 performances of SKÅL, the Swedish play of the year. He has also appeared in several TV-films as an actor.
In 1992, the first performances and recordings of the Nils Landgren Unit took place. Its breakthrough beyond Scandinavia occurred in 1994 at the Jazz Baltica Festival at Salzau, Germany. The group then became the Nils Landgren Funk Unit. The album Live in Stockholm was released that year and was the foundation for the collaboration with Siegfried Loch and his then nascent label ACT Music.
In 2006, Landgren organized a Christmas with My Friends concert in the Odensala Church in Stockholm which was recorded and released as an album. It became the first album in a series. Landgren has released a new Christmas with My Friends album accompanied by a Christmas season tour in Sweden or Germany every other year.
In September 2007 Landgren opened the Jazz It Up Shanghai Jazz Festival with his band Funk Unit, playing a swing party, funk jazz show at the He Luting Concert Hall of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Awards and honors

German Jazz Award for Paint It Blue, 1997
Tore Ehrling Prize, Swedish Society of Popular Composers, 2002
Nils Landgren receives Sir George Martin Music Award, 2012
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2019

Solo albums

1983: Planet Rock (Frituna/ACT)
1984: Streetfighter (Frituna/ACT)
1985: You're My Number One (Frituna/ACT)
1990: Follow Your Heart (Caprice/ACT)
1992: Red Horn (Caprice/ACT)
1993: Ballads (ACT, 1993/98)
1996: Gotland (ACT)
2001: The First Unit (ACT)
2002: Sentimental Journey (ACT)
2016: Some Other Time – A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein (ACT)
2026: Love Of My Life (ACT)

Nils Landgren Funk Unit

1995: Live in Stockholm (ACT, 1994–1995), with Maceo Parker
1996: Paint It Blue (ACT)
1998: Live in Montreux (ACT)
1999: 5000 Miles (1999) (ACT)
2001: Fonk Da World (ACT)
2004: Funky ABBA (ACT)
2007: License to Funk (ACT)
2010: Funk for Life (ACT)
2013: Teamwork (ACT)
2014: Eternal Beauty (ACT)
2017: Unbreakable (ACT)
2021: Funk Is My Religion (ACT)

Collaborative works

1985: Skål! (Frituna/ACT), with Martin Ljung, Siw Malmkvist, Thomas Hellberg, Beatrice Järås, Örjan Ramberg & Sharon Dyall
1987: Miles from Duke (Phono Suecia/ACT), with Bengt-Arne Wallin
1987: Chapter Two 1 (ACT) with Johan Norberg
1989: Chapter Two 2 (ACT) with Johan Norberg
1991: Untitled Sketches (ACT), with Tomasz Stanko
1997: Swedish Folk Modern (ACT, 1997–98) with Esbjörn Svensson
2000: Layers of Light (ACT, 1999–2001), with Esbjörn Svensson
2003: I Will Wait For You (ACT), with Rigmor Gustafsson & Flæskekvartetten
2004: Close To You (ACT), with Rigmor Gustafsson & The Jacky Terrasson Trio – Celebrating Dionne Warwick
2005: Creole Love Call (ACT), with Joe Sample & Ray Parker Jr.
2005: Salzau Music on the Water (ACT), with Lars Danielsson & Christopher Dell
2006: Shapes (ATC), with Wolfgang Haffner, feat. Landgren & Lars Danielsson
2006: Christmas with My Friends (ACT) with Viktoria Tolstoy, Jeanette Köhn, Sharon Dyall, Ida Sandlund et al.
2008: Acoustic Shapes (ACT), with Wolfgang Haffner, feat. Landgren & Hubert Nuss
2008: Christmas with My Friends II (ACT), with Jeanette Köhn, Jessica Pilnäs, Sharon Dyall, Ida Sand, Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg & Eva Kruse
2009: Chapter Two (ACT), with Johan Norberg
2011: The Moon, the Stars and You (ACT), with Richard Galliano, Lars Danielsson, Joe Sample, Michael Wollny, Rasmus Kihlberg, Steve Gadd and Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
2012: Christmas with My Friends III (ACT), with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, and Johan Norberg
2014: Christmas with My Friends IV (ACT), with Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg, Jeanette Köhn, Jessica Pilnäs, Sharon Dyall, Eva Kruse and Ida Sand
2016: Christmas with My Friends V (ACT), with Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg, Jeanette Köhn, Jessica Pilnäs, Sharon Dyall, Eva Kruse and Ida Sand
2016: Christmas with My Friends Jubilee Collection
2018: Christmas with My Friends VI (ACT), with Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg, Jeanette Köhn, Jessica Pilnäs, Sharon Dyall, Eva Kruse and Ida Sand
2020: Christmas with My Friends VII (ACT), with Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg, Jeanette Köhn, Jessica Pilnäs, Sharon Dyall, Eva Kruse and Ida Sand
2023: Christmas with My Friends VIII (ACT), with Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg, Jeanette Köhn, Jessica Pilnäs, Sharon Dyall, Eva Kruse and Ida Sand

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	13	67.6th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	57	95.2th
Studio albums	38	98.8th
Awards recorded	4	96.3th
Timeline events	43	98.4th
Recording span (years)	43	83.8th
Genres	3	80.4th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (57 release groups · 38 studio albums)

Albums · 38

Streetfighter
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 49:34
A1Streetfighter4:17
A2Get Serious, Get a Job!5:51
A3Amsterdam Blue6:12
A4Right On3:32
A5Three Cool Cats4:52
B1The Hit4:35
B2Sex Machine5:31
B3There Is a Time5:22
B4Computer Love4:25
B5The End4:57
You're My Number One
1985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:29
A1Your My Number One4:19
A2Sabotage3:42
A3I Need You3:13
A4I'm Yours5:29
A5Siberia4:16
B1If Ever I Needed You4:09
B2Double Talk3:56
B3Working Girls5:15
B4Hurricane3:19
B5Foreigner3:51
Miles From Duke
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 38:46
A1Miles From Duke11:45
A2Waermeland7:36
B1Time and Duty5:51
B2Chorale5:02
B3The Dreamer8:32
Chapter 2
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 45:20
1Only Love Can Break Your Heart4:00
2Eleanor Rigby4:09
3Dead Simple5:15
4My Funny Valentine6:45
5Stomp1:06
6There Goes My Heart3:14
7Get Out of My Life Woman2:34
8That's All There Is3:35
9Life in the Modern World4:51
10Out of the Frying Pan3:34
11Beep3:07
12Dedication3:10
Follow Your Heart
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 57:29
1Walkin' in the Rain3:37
2All We Need Is Time4:25
3Give It Up2:50
4First Time3:58
5Callin' Your Name4:26
6You've Got a Friend5:51
7Ain't Nobody3:56
8Fall5:20
9Blow Man Blow4:57
10Pickin' Up the Pieces4:33
11Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow3:59
12Bad Times3:31
13In a Sentimental Mood6:06
Red Horn
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:45
1Traci4:58
2Cheyenne3:56
3Eyes Of Love3:41
4Red Horn6:14
5Simple Life3:32
6Mr. M5:03
7Hold On5:11
8Baby Let Me Kiss You5:05
9Soundcheck3:36
10Ouch5:29
Norrbotten Big Band
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:06:07
1Impressions8:58
2Lament6:27
3Stonefree9:23
4Twice a Week7:39
5Day Tripper4:35
6Naima8:42
7Central Park North12:13
8The Midnight Sun Never Sets5:14
9Tango Erotique2:56
Gotland
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:03
1Den blomstertid nu kommer4:24
2Gotland4:04
3Tjelvar3:53
4Älskar Barnet Modernfamnen4:32
5Olu5:30
6Guldrupe4:20
7Ainbusk4:12
8Vänge5:54
9Rank6:36
10Emil Kahl2:38
Swedish Folk Modern
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 51:26
1Hornlåt3:26
2Vallåt från Jämtland4:36
3Lapp‐Nils Polska4:21
4Free Esbjörn1:41
5Midsommarvaka From Swedish Rhapsody no. 15:17
6Hymn: Morgon mellan fjällen3:31
7Halling2:09
8The Winters Tale (epilogue)5:08
9Vallåt från Härjedalen5:23
10Gärdebylåten5:18
11Visa från Leksand4:20
12Vaggvisa3:03
13Free Nils3:13
Ballads
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 59:16
1You Stole My Heart6:07
2Don't Go To Strangers4:39
3Lament8:23
4There Will Never Be Another You4:21
5Here's That Rainy Day4:55
6Once Upon A Summertime5:27
7Everything Happens To Me4:47
8Killing Me Softly6:12
9They Say It's Wonderful4:25
10A Child Is Born6:11
11I Thought About You3:49
Layers of Light
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 58:13
1Song From the Valley3:36
2Calling the Goats3:42
3Kauk4:10
4Kristallen4:29
5Mattmar3:03
6Lakk4:36
7Höpsi2:56
8Calling the Cows4:19
9Lullaby3:26
10Simple Song3:06
11Layers of Light5:07
12Lonely at the Lakeside3:43
13Norwegian Fox Trot4:25
14Nils Walksong4:01
15The Farewell3:34
Sentimental Journey
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 59:42
1Speak Low4:34
2Ghost in This House4:47
3This Masquerade4:08
4Nature Boy5:08
5Fragile3:15
6In a Sentimental Mood5:26
7The Ballad of the Sad Young Men5:23
8My Foolish Heart4:44
9Should I Care4:14
10Be There for You4:04
11Sentimental Journey4:44
12Everything Must Change4:43
13I Will Survive4:32
I Will Wait for You
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:18
1Empty Hearts5:25
2Is It a Crime4:01
3If You Go Away3:51
4Makin' Whoopee4:05
5Fire and Rain4:25
6It Never Entered My Mind4:53
7Fever4:15
8The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress5:49
9I Will Wait for You4:46
10It's Been So Long4:04
11Black Coffee4:38
12The More I See5:06
Fyra kungar, en dam & Bohuslän Big Band - Evergreen på svenska
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks
1Blues in Hoss' Flat
2Ångbåtsblues
3Liten fe under kudden
4In a Mellow Tone
5Grön kväll i margretelund
6Mackie Kniven
7Marlowe's Theme
8Ode Till Billie (The Man I Love)
9Moten Swing
10Stolta Stad
11Goldfinger
12Nocturne
13Svartvit Calypso
14Count 'em
15Sov
16Vad en liten gumma kan gno
Creole Love Call
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 57:37
1Get Out of My Life Woman4:17
2(Sittin' On The) Dock of the Bay4:33
3Nightlife4:35
4Soul Shadows5:17
5The Brightest Smile in Town6:24
6Don't Take Your Love to Hollywood3:15
7One Day I Fly Away4:01
8With You in Mind3:14
9I Can't Get Enough of Your Love5:35
10Love the One You're With3:22
11Same Old Story4:40
12Creole Love Call2:53
13Jesse5:31
Creole Love Call
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:05
1Get Out of My Life Woman4:17
2(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay4:33
3Nightlife4:35
4Soul Shadows5:17
5The Brightest Smile in Town6:24
6Don't Take Your Love to Hollywood3:15
7One Day I Fly Away4:01
8With You in Mind3:14
9I Can't Get Enough of Your Love5:35
10Love the One You're With3:22
11Same Old Story4:40
12Creole Love Call2:52
Salzau Music on the Water
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:02:39
1Part I9:17
2Part II4:51
3Part III7:39
4Part IV6:54
5Part V2:45
6Part VI5:53
7Part VII6:18
8Part VIII1:48
9Part IX3:21
10Part X3:04
11Part XI10:49
Shapes
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:01:03
1Faithless7:23
2Shapes5:20
3Crusin4:59
4New Life3:36
5Desire4:23
6Blue Bar4:32
7Ning4:33
8Space Calzone8:36
9Some Other Time4:37
1024 Hours3:36
11Tomorrow Never Knows4:48
12Silent Way4:40
Christmas With My Friends
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:12:01
1Maybe This Christmas2:50
2Ave maris stella3:39
3Bereden väg för Herran2:07
4Jul, jul, strålande jul2:03
5When You Wish Upon a Star4:52
6Christmas Song3:46
7Lascia ch'io pianga3:55
8Nu tändas tusen juleljus3:01
9In dulci jubilo/Det kimer nå til julefest8:43
10Gläns över sjö och strand4:04
11Det strålar en stjärna2:32
12Es ist ein Ros entsprungen5:27
13White Christmas3:38
14What Child Is This?3:43
15När juldagsmorgon glimmar3:10
16Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:54
17Till Betlehem3:56
18Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht5:41
Christmas With My Friends II
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 54:44
1A Child Is Born3:48
2Maria gar i törnesnar3:22
3Ding Dong Merrily On High3:23
4Jul jul stralande jul4:24
5Himmel3:20
6Det är en ros utsprungen3:18
7Oh Little Town of Bethlehem3:49
8Veni veni Emanuel2:58
9In dulce jubilo3:48
10This Christmas4:44
11Candlelight Carol4:23
12Kristallen3:09
13Christmas Hymn4:18
14Mariä Wiegenlied2:31
15Peace on Earth3:29
Fragile At Schloss Elmau
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 30:35
1Der Wanderer2:37
2In A Nutshell8:32
3Fragile6:51
4Letter to Joao6:55
5Everything Must Change5:40
The Moon, the Stars and you
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:36
1Moonshadow5:11
2The Moon, the Stars and You3:28
3Oh, You Crazy Moon3:35
4Joes Moonblues3:58
5Angels of Fortune4:52
6Moon River4:32
7'til There Was You3:19
8Stars in Your Eyes4:28
9Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends4:37
10The Moon's a Harsh Mistress4:46
11Holofotes5:28
12Lost in the Stars7:22
New Eyes on Baroque
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 58:17
1Jesu bleibet meine Freude4:30
2Quia in respexit6:31
3Music for a While3:14
4Gia nel seno4:41
5Ode to Queen Anne3:20
6Air (bass solo intro)1:49
7Air on a G-String3:24
8Wachet auf3:48
9Bist du bei mir4:47
10Bachpolska2:34
11In deine Hände4:18
12When I am laid3:56
13With drooping wings2:24
14Lascia ch’io pianga5:37
15Ach Herr lass dein lieb Englein3:24
Christmas With My Friends IV
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 54:30
1I Wish It Was Christmas3:11
2The First Noel3:59
3Come Sunday4:16
4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town2:27
5What a Wonderful World4:05
6Angel's Carol4:02
7Last Christmas3:26
8If Anybody Ask You2:48
9Icicles2:53
10Maria durch ein Dornwald ging2:24
11In the Bleak Midwinter3:32
12Who Would Imagine a King4:20
13Det brinner en stjärna3:35
14O helga natt5:00
15O du saliga / O du Fröhliche4:32
Eternal Beauty
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:45
1Love of My Life2:50
2Another Kind of Blue3:20
3Broken Wings4:08
4Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight4:38
5Green Fields4:24
6One Frozen Moment3:13
7Eternal Beauty4:00
8Isn't It a Pity3:56
9Get Here4:19
10One More Angel3:36
11We Don't Need Another Hero4:37
12For Your Love4:40
13Dear Diary4:32
14Love Is Real3:32
Christmas With My Friends V
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 56:45
1Morgenstern und Morgenlicht2:02
2Let the Stars Come Out Tonight3:27
3Joy to the World2:39
4Baby It’s Cold Outside2:31
5Everyday Is Christmas3:21
6Go Tell It on the Mountain2:51
7Sleigh Ride2:47
8O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf3:05
9Auld Lang Syne3:06
10Love Is Born3:30
11Gläns över sjö och strand3:23
12Hosianna3:37
13Härlig är jorden2:42
14Seven Stains From Christmas Eve3:05
15There Is No Rose3:22
16Kokles Christmas3:24
17Now the Time Is Here3:46
18Bereden väg för Herren4:07
Some Other Time: A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:08
1Overture: America0:43
2Some Other Time5:21
3Cool3:44
4Maria3:16
5Somewhere5:08
6The Story of My Life4:26
7One Hand, One Heart4:30
8Something’s Coming3:58
9Lonely Town4:42
10A Quiet Girl7:13
11Lucky to Be Me4:26
12A Simple Song5:41
Christmas With My Friends VI
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 51:32
1Christmas Is3:00
2Oh No, It's Christmas Again2:34
3Who Comes This Night3:47
4Wie Soll ich Dich empfangen2:02
5Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth3:16
6Come One, Come All4:01
7What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?3:31
8The Story of Christmas2:57
9I Have a Dream2:58
10Merry Christmas Baby3:00
11Christmas Lullaby3:58
12When This Night Is Over3:56
13I'd Like You for Christmas3:05
14Hymn No III1:51
15Den Signade Dag3:25
16Hark! The Herald Angels Sing4:11
4 Wheel Drive
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:43
1Polygon3:42
2Another Day in Paradise4:34
3Lady Madonna4:14
4Shadows in the Rain3:54
5Lobito3:35
6Maybe I'm Amazed3:47
7She's Always a Woman5:42
8Le chat sur toit5:28
9Just the Way You Are4:01
10If You Love Somebody Set Them Free3:54
11That's All4:25
124WD3:27
Kristallen
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:17
1Blekinge3:51
2Byssan Lull3:49
3Country4:15
4Didn't We5:20
5Hornlatar3:04
6I Will4:24
7Värmlandsvisan3:45
8Why Did You Let Me Go4:18
9Lovers Parade4:56
10Norwegian Wood3:42
11Olu4:36
12The Nearness of You5:24
13The Wedding4:53
Christmas With My Friends VII
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 47:12
A1This Christmas1:50
A2Comin' Home for Christmas4:27
A3Ave Maria4:12
A4This Endris Night2:49
A5The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree2:29
A6Gdy Śliczna Panna / Listen to My Lullaby3:35
A7Sizalelwe Indodana / Unto Us a Son Is Born3:12
B1Sweet Was the Song3:39
B2Hin Fyrstu Jól2:58
B3Hodie Christus3:48
B4Just Another Christmas Song3:21
B5Sylvian Joululaulu3:21
B6En Förtvivlad Vän4:08
B7Feliz Navidad3:23
Nature Boy
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 44:49
1Morning Has Broken2:52
2Nature Boy4:07
3A Minor3:33
4In a Sentimental Mood4:31
5Solitude3:37
6Värmlandsvisan2:56
7Allt Under Himmelens Fäste3:19
8Der Mond Ist Aufgegangen2:55
9Nu Sjunker Bullret3:11
10Din Klara Sol Går Åter Opp2:05
11Som Stjärnor Små3:17
12Den Blomstertid Nu Kommer3:23
13Jag Lyfter Ögat Mot Himmelen2:58
14Sov På Min Arm2:05
3 Generations
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 2:14:19
Disc 110 tracks · 40:29
1Lets Act Together4:14
2Little Jump4:45
3You Are a Friend of Mine4:34
4White Moon3:04
5Eternal Beauty4:09
6Lenny3:21
7Hurt4:52
8Gammal Fäbodpsalm2:29
9Send in the Clowns4:55
10Greta (Live)4:06
Disc 210 tracks · 47:01
1Dear Diary3:43
2Hide and Seek4:43
3Dannys Dream3:52
4Bizarre4:27
5The Return of Mohammed5:41
6Mountain4:05
7Olu4:49
8Fire and Rain4:03
9Riverendings4:27
10My Heart's in the Highlands7:11
Disc 310 tracks · 46:49
1Weltall5:51
2And so It Goes3:37
3Blue Corner4:20
4Mosaique Bleu4:01
5Modal Submission4:13
6Früchte3:40
7Doll of the Bride8:15
8Silent Way (Live)4:51
9Don't Stop (Live)4:51
10Young at Heart3:10
4 Wheel Drive II
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:20
1Chapter II3:04
2Still Crazy After All These Years5:27
3Hold on My Heart5:17
4The Sound of Silence5:40
5Just Another Minute3:44
6Sunrise4:13
7Spring Dance3:00
8Fields of Gold4:41
9April Rain5:18
10Your Song4:31
11The Wheelers4:25
Christmas with My Friends VIII
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 47:26
1Blue Christmas3:19
2That's How I Picture Christmas Eve2:39
3Santa Baby2:59
4Lully, Lulla, Lullay3:33
5Most of All3:45
6Soon After Christmas6:17
7Bells Are Ringing3:32
8Little Town of Bethlehem2:50
9O Tannenbaum3:16
10Julgånglåt2:51
11Förunderligt och nära3:24
12In Dulce Jubilo5:55
13It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year3:06
Christmas with My Friends IX
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 45:43
1Trombone Choir3:36
2Christmas Is Here Again2:25
3Christmas with My Friends3:52
4Dormi, Jesu3:47
5All the Things I Know About Christmas2:50
6Grown-Up Christmas List5:21
7It's That Time of the Year4:09
8Some Children See Him3:21
9Said Santa Claus to Mrs. Claus4:11
10Winter Wonderland2:50
11Corpus Christi Carol4:44
12Santa Will Sing the Blues1:33
13Music Speaks3:04
A Letter to Eje Thelin
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:34
1Raggruppamento I2:55
2Vision5:34
3Gumption6:20
4Things5:57
5Gloomy6:39
6Neoteny4:04
7Rain6:11
8Jumnien3:41
9Indeed1:35
10Poem3:05
11Raggruppamento II2:34
12A Letter to Eje Thelin6:59
Love of My Life
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:08:50
1Lost in the Stars7:09
2Moonshadow5:00
3Get Here6:14
4Waiting6:25
5The Moon, the Stars and You5:13
6Speak Low6:48
7Jessica5:01
8Joe's Moonblues6:07
9Love of My Life3:32
10One Day I'll Fly Away5:37
11Same Old Story, Same Old Song6:25
12Somewhere5:19

Single · 10

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1983	Get Serious, Get a Job! / Sex MachineSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 11:30 AGet Serious, Get a Job!6:05 BSex Machine5:25	1983
1984	Time After Time / Street JazzSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 10:23 ATime After Time5:18 BStreet Jazz5:05	1984
1984	Right On! / There Is a TimeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:54 ARight On3:32 BThere Is a Time5:22	1984
1984	Streetfighter / The HitSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:52 AStreetfighter4:17 BThe Hit4:35	1984
1985	Working Girls / I'm YoursSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 9:14 AWorking Girls3:45 BI’m Yours5:29	1985
1986	If I Ever Needed You / I'm a ManSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:23 AIf Ever I Needed You (Re-mix)3:43 BI’m a Man3:40	1986
1990	All We Need Is Time / Give It UpSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:12 AAll We Need Is Time4:25 BGive It Up2:47	1990
1994	Release YourselfSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 12:15 1Release Yourself3:20 2One Heart Leads to Another3:58 3Second Home4:57	1994
2002	Ghost in This HouseSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:43 1Ghost in This House4:43	2002
2004	Voulez-VousSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 10:50 1Voulez-Vous (radio edit)3:23 2Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (radio edit)3:36 3Summer Night City (radio edit)3:51	2004

Album · 9

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
2012	The ACT Jubilee ConcertSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:43:22 Disc 17 tracks · 48:36 1Pasodoble4:56 2Sleep Safe and Warm5:52 3Svantetic6:03 4The Tears of Billie Blue - Clair de Lune6:37 5Stars in Your Eyes6:45 6Hymn7:00 7The One Goes in Four11:23 Disc 27 tracks · 54:46 1Little Wing7:49 2Lonely Dancer4:58 3ZigZag Blues5:47 4Silent Way6:14 5Dodge the Dodo8:50 6Love Is Real5:42 7Purple Haze15:26	Live	2012
2012	Christmas With My Friends IIISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 54:46 1Christmas Is Here3:10 2Degen är kommen3:42 3Ett barn är fött3:19 4Imagine3:52 5Someday at Christmas4:02 6Someday Talkin’2:55 7Giv mig ej glans3:54 8Ich steh’ an Deiner Krippen hier3:11 9Away in a Manger2:46 10Gläd dig, du Kristi brud3:35 11River4:18 12Nativity Carol4:23 13Bethlehem Down2:46 14Tochter Zion3:31 15Infant Holy, Infant Lowly5:22	Live	2012
2013	Christmas With My Friends I - IIISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 52 tracks · 3:16:23 Disc 118 tracks · 1:12:01 1Maybe This Christmas2:50 2Ave Maris Stella3:39 3Bereden Väg För Herran2:07 4Jul Jul Strålande Jul2:03 5When You Wish Upon a Star4:52 6Christmas Song3:46 7Lascia Ch'io Pianga3:55 8Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus3:01 9Medley "In Dulce Jubilo" And "Det Kimer Nå Til Julefest"8:43 10Gläns över Sjö Och Strand4:04 11Det Strålar En Stjärna2:32 12Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen5:27 13White Christmas3:38 14What Child Is This?3:43 15När Juldagsmorgon Glimmar3:10 16Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:54 17Till Betlehem3:56 18Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht5:41 Disc 215 tracks · 54:13 1A Child Is Born3:47 2Maria Går I Törnesnår3:21 3Ding Dong Merrily on High3:20 4Jul Jul Strålande Jul4:22 5Himmel [Psalm 130]3:19 6Det Är En Ros Utsprungen = Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen3:17 7Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem3:47 8Veni Veni Emanuel2:55 9In Dulce Jubilo3:45 10This Christmas4:40 11Candlelight Carol4:20 12Kristallen3:07 13Christmas Hymn [Psalm 112]4:16 14Mariä Wiegenlied [Marias Vaggsång]2:28 15Peace on Earth3:29 Disc 315 tracks · 54:12 1Christmas Is Here3:08 2Dagen Är Kommen3:40 3Ett Barn Är Fött3:16 4Imagine3:50 5Someday at Christmas4:00 6Somebody Talkin'2:52 7Giv Mig Ej Glans3:51 8Ich Steh' an deiner Krippen hier3:09 9Away in a Manger2:44 10Gläd Dig, Du Kristi Brud3:32 11River4:16 12Nativity Carol4:20 13Bethlehem Down2:43 14Tochter Zion3:29 15Infant Holy, Infant Lowly5:22 Disc 44 tracks · 15:57 1Jesu Bleibet meine Freude4:32 2With Drooping Wings2:24 3Lascia Chio Pianga5:37 4Air on a G-String3:24	Compilation	2013
2014	Redhorn CollectionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:57:00 Disc 114 tracks · 59:43 1Traci1:03 2Simple Life3:16 3You Dig5:05 4Da Fonk4:51 5Six Beauties on a Rooftop5:40 6Riders on the Storm4:40 7Knowing Me, Knowing You4:28 8House Party5:09 9Stuff Like That5:42 10Kibera Sunrise1:23 11Mag Runs the Voodoo Down5:34 12Get Serious Get a Job4:54 13Ain't Nobody3:53 14Ack Värmeland, Du Sköna (Mr. Redhorn Solo)4:05 Disc 212 tracks · 57:17 1Song From the Valley3:35 2Love of My Life2:48 3This Masquerade4:09 4The Moon's a Harsh Mistress4:46 5Silent Way4:42 6Fire & Rain4:05 7Fragile6:51 8Imagine3:52 9You Stole My Heart6:03 10The Brightest Smile in Town6:23 11I Will Survive4:32 12Get Here (live @ Philharmonie Berlin)5:31	Compilation	10 October 2014
2016	Christmas With My Friends / The Jubilee CollectionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music	Compilation	2016
2016	New Eyes on Martin LutherSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:02:55 1Da Pacem Domine0:30 2Verleih uns Frieden I1:04 3Verleih uns Frieden II0:51 4Gott heilger Geist, Herre Gott1:59 5Aliot Nouvelle2:51 6Verleith uns Frieden III3:11 7Christ lag in Todesbanden2:53 8Wir gläuben all an einen Gott3:05 9Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu Dir2:43 10L’Innamorato1:44 11An hellen Tagen2:53 12Tanzen und Springen2:32 13In Dir ist Freude3:59 14Jesu bleibet meine Freude4:39 15Passamezzo5:34 16Innsbruck, ich muss Dich lassen5:09 17Nun ruhen alle Wälder3:25 18Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit2:40 19Ostinato2:41 20Die Gedanken sind frei4:38 21Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott3:54	Live	26 May 2016
2019	4 Wheel Drive LiveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 56:21 14WD10:24 2Lobito6:13 3That's All8:06 4Shadows in the Rain5:45 5Polygon12:31 6Le chat sur toit1:52 7If You Love Somebody Set Them Free6:39 8Silent Way4:51	Live	25 October 2019
2025	Sonnets of Darkness and LoveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:37 1Sonnets of Darkness and Love: Full Many a Glorious Morning4:06 2Sonnets of Darkness and Love: My Dove7:04 3Sonnets of Darkness and Love: All Night Long5:39 4Sonnets of Darkness and Love: Oh Secret Voice2:48 5Sonnets of Darkness and Love: Who Still Warms Me4:00 6Sonnets of Darkness and Love: Trombone Solo3:34 7Sonnets of Darkness and Love: A Garland2:22 8Sonnets of Darkness and Love: Being Your Slave4:40 9Sonnets of Darkness and Love: This Blazing Light3:20 10Sonnets of Darkness and Love: Until the Day Break2:40 11Sonnets of Darkness and Love: Awake, o North Wind2:40 12Sonnets of Darkness and Love: A Full Moon4:44	Live	30 May 2025
2026	Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIX - Nils Landgren 70Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:11:41 1Soul Shadows (live)9:12 2Keep That Same Old Feeling (live)7:05 3One Day I'll Fly Away (live)6:44 4Don't Take Your Love to Hollywood (live)13:03 5Street Life (live)11:00 6Same Old Story (live)8:27 7Ain't Nobody (live)11:37 8Good Night Berlin (live)4:33	Live	28 August 2026

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nils Landgren head-to-head →

Nils Landgren metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	13	67.6th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	57	95.2th
Studio albums	38	98.8th
Awards recorded	4	96.3th
Timeline events	43	98.4th
Recording span (years)	43	83.8th
Genres	3	80.4th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Result
2008	honorary doctor at Karlstad University	won
2019	Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany	won
2021	Q1570184	won
—	Litteris et Artibus	won

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Nils Landgren Funk Unit(band)	—	present	lead vocals,trombone
Chapter Two(band)	—	present	lead vocals,trombone,trumpet
Alfons Bandage(band)	—	present
Michael Ruff Band(band)	—	present
Wolfgang Haffner Dream Band(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aed70c67-7e5a-42e6-9103-b8c2942e98a2
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650668
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Timeline

1950s

Born 1956-02-15

1980s

Debut release: Get Serious, Get a Job! / Sex Machine

Album: Streetfighter

Album: You're My Number One

Album: Miles From Duke

Album: Chapter 2

1990s

Album: Follow Your Heart

Album: Red Horn

Album: Norrbotten Big Band

Album: Gotland

Album: Swedish Folk Modern

Album: Ballads

2000s

Album: Layers of Light

Album: Sentimental Journey

Album: I Will Wait for You

Album: Fyra kungar, en dam & Bohuslän Big Band - Evergreen på svenska

Album: Creole Love Call

Album: Creole Love Call

Album: Salzau Music on the Water

Album: Shapes

Album: Christmas With My Friends

Won: honorary doctor at Karlstad University

Album: Christmas With My Friends II

2010s

Album: Fragile At Schloss Elmau

Album: The Moon, the Stars and you

Album: New Eyes on Baroque

Album: Christmas With My Friends IV

Album: Eternal Beauty

Album: Christmas With My Friends V

Album: Some Other Time: A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein

Album: Christmas With My Friends VI

Won: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Album: 4 Wheel Drive

2020s

Album: Kristallen

Album: Christmas With My Friends VII

Won: Q1570184

Album: Nature Boy

Album: 3 Generations

Album: 4 Wheel Drive II

Album: Christmas with My Friends VIII

Album: Christmas with My Friends IX

Album: A Letter to Eje Thelin

Album: Love of My Life

Biography

Biography

Early life

Career

Awards and honors

Solo albums

Nils Landgren Funk Unit

Collaborative works

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (57 release groups · 38 studio albums)

Albums · 38

Single · 10

Album · 9

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

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