Anders Eljas

Anders Erik Gillis Eljas (born 15 January 1953 in Stockholm) is a Swedish musician, orchestrator and conductor.

Biography He was educated at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he studied piano and violin, began his musical career at Alexandra's and soon toured as keyboardist with Björn Skifs and on ABBA's world tours.

Eljas has conducted and acted as musical director for musicals such as Guys and Dolls, Les Misérables, and Mamma Mia!, and was a conductor for many of Povel Ramel's musical revues.

Movie music 1987: Mio in the Land of Faraway

Filmography 1977: ABBA: The Movie – musician

Musicals 1984 – Chess – arrangements & orchestration 1995 – Kristina från Duvemåla – orchestration 2017 – Chess – new orchestration (first performed in Kristianstad, Sweden, relaunching the musical globally)