Stan Hasselgård

Sten Åke Henry "Stan" Hasselgård (October 4, 1922 – November 23, 1948) was a Swedish jazz clarinetist. Hasselgård was heavily influenced by Benny Goodman, and he played swing jazz in his early years, before exploring bebop shortly before his death.

Biography Hasselgård was born in Sundsvall. His father was John Levin Johansson (1886–1923), a son of Johan Ludvig Persson who later changed his name to John Hasselgård; his mother was Linda Köhler (1893–1979), a daughter of Magnus Wilhelm Köhler. Åke Hasselgård's father died in a hunting accident in Gällivare when Åke was only a year old. Hasselgård grew up in Bollnäs, Sweden, and began playing clarinet at the age of 16. He attended college at the University of Uppsala and played in the there.

Having achieved international renown, he moved in 1947 to New York City, Hasselgård's niece Åsa Hasselgård-Rowe is married to Richard Rowe, an Australian who served simultaneously as ambassador (2003–2007) to Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania.