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Bill Öhrström

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Öhrström concentrating while performing at Fasching in 2012.
Öhrström in a 2015 Hair revival show in the Old Town of Stockholm

Bill Göran Fredrik Öhrström (born 2 April 1943) is a Swedish musician, singer, actor and former model.[1] He has performed with Jukka Tolonen and Mikael Ramel.[2][3] He started the club "Filips" in Stockholm in the 1960s, and also played the harmonica (for which he is known) in the Kent song "Kevlarsjäl".[4] He married actress Mona Seilitz in 1977 and has also been married to singer Lisa Ekdahl with whom he has a son born in 1994.[5]

Öhrström was a lead actor in Hår, the first European production of Hair, which opened in Stockholm on September 20, 1968 with Ulf Brunnberg in the cast,[6] produced and directed by Pierre Fränckel[7] and choreographed by Julie Arenal.[8] It ran for 134 performances until March 1969,[9] and there have been regular Stockholm revival shows since then.

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  1. ^ Sveriges befolkning
  2. ^ Trelleborgs Allehanda, På bananskal in i bluesen Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 28 March 2019
  3. ^ "Progg.se". Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ Kent konsert recension Archived 2019-03-28 at the Wayback Machine Aftonbladet Retrieved 28 March 2019
  5. ^ Lisa Ekdahls okända dotter Archived 2019-03-28 at the Wayback Machine hant.se Retrieved 28 March 2019
  6. ^ "Hår – musikalen (Hair)" Archived 2016-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, Affischerna.se, 1968, accessed October 25, 2016 (Swedish language)
  7. ^ Jahnsson, Bengt. "'Hår' på Scala: Bedövande vitalitet", Dagens Nyheter, September 21, 1968, p. 12
  8. ^ Linnarsson, Bengt. Wetool.se "Organisation" Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, Bengt "Bella" Linnarsson, accessed October 25, 2016 (Swedish language)
  9. ^ "Flummig musikal blir till scenisk rockfest" Archived 2016-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Dagens Nyheter March 17, 2011, accessed October 25, 2016 (Swedish language)