As a member of Hoola Bandoola Band, Björn Afzelius was central in the Swedish music movement of the '70s that stressed a political (socialist) message. As a solo artist, and together with Mikael Wiehe, he kept his fame during the '80s and also reached a high popularity in Norway and Denmark. Unlike many other artists from the '70s, he kept a highly political profile through the '80s and '90s, something that at times earned him scorn from the critics. His later albums were commercially successful, if often seen as simple and sentimental, but his last two albums in the '90s fared good with the critics.
Björn Afzelius was born in the small town of Huskvarna, Sweden, in 1947. After moving a number of times with his family, he ended up in Malmö. There he started studying to become a journalist while he sang in the cover bands Moxie and the Thunders. Together with Peter Clemmendson he formed the band Spridda Skurar and they summoned Mikael Wiehe to help them with the songwriting.
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