Björn Dixgård

Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård (born 8 May 1981) is a Swedish musician (vocals, guitar). He is the frontman of the Swedish band Mando Diao.

Biography

Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård was born on 8 May 1981, near Falun, Sweden, as the second child of Hans and Malin Dixgard. Some years later, the family moved to Romme, a town in the south of Borlänge. Björn attended elementary school and secondary school in Romme. One of his favorite activities as a young boy was fishing. Music was always omnipresent in the Dixgård house. With Malin Dixgård being a gifted singer, and Hans Dixgård playing guitar in a band, their talents and taste in music were passed on to their children. The first bands that had an influence on Björn were The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who. Later at school, where the two main topics were football and rock music, new bands like Nirvana were added, and since 1995 Britpop bands like Oasis and Blur. His relationship with his parents was never overshadowed by teenage rebellion; Hans and Malin as former hippies and occupied in social work had the skill to block conflicts.

Björn became a member of a band for the first time at the age of fourteen when he started playing guitar in a band called “Butler”, which he founded together with Daniel Haglund, who was to be the first keyboarder of Mando Diao. Björn and Daniel knew each other from school. in January 2008, at Södra Teatern in Stockholm. They have two children.

Björn's older sister Linnéa Dixgård is the singer of the band Twinflower Band.

Discography

Mando Diao

2002: Bring 'Em In 2004: Hurricane Bar 2006: Ode to Ochrasy 2007: Never Seen the Light of Day 2009: Give Me Fire! 2012: Infruset 2014: Aelita 2017: Good Times 2020: Bang

Caligola 2012 Back To Earth 2012 Back To Earth - Resurrection