Dan Sundquist Last updated August 30, 2025 Swedish music producer, songwriter and composer
Dan Sundquist
Sundquist at Big Shadow Studio
Birth name Thord Dan Rickard Sundquist Born (1958-09-10 ) 10 September 1958 (age 66) Stockholm , Sweden, June 2015Genres Pop , dance , rock , film score Occupations producer songwriter composer Years active 1979–present Labels
Musical artist
Thord Dan Rickard Sundqvist (born September 10, 1958) is a Swedish music producer , songwriter and composer . [ 1]
He is best known for Reeperbahn's Venuspassagen, [ 2] [ 3] Jakob Hellman 's, "och stora havet ", Wilmer X 's #1 hit "Vem får nu se alla tårar", [ 4] Anne-Lie Rydé 's Stulna Kyssar, Uno Svenningsson's "Under ytan ", Melody Club 's debut, and #1 hit "Electric ". His work as film composer includes the American film Whitney , and as a producer of musicals includes Livet Är En Schlager and I Love Musicals. [ 5]
Sundquist has produced over 70 albums [ 6] with 15 #1 hits in Sweden, numerous top 10's, and 18 Gold and 11 Platinum certifications. He has seven Swedish Grammy Awards, including Producer of The Year, and three nominations. [ 7]
Early life and education Dan Sundquist was born to Swedish parents in Stockholm , Sweden and grew up in Näsby Park , Rågsved , Vikarbyn , Hägersten and Vaxholm , Sweden as well as in Barcelona , Spain . Having other musicians in his family led to him developing an early interest in music and the arts. He started playing the guitar at age 7 and the piano at age 11.
After a year in Nyckelviksskolan Art School in 1976, he decided to quit art studies and start his band, called "Reeperbahn" with co-creator Olle Ljungström . [ 8] They got their first recording contract in 1979. He produced his first ever album in 1980 at 21 years old.
Career He has produced over 70 albums [ 6] and his production work has earned him seven Swedish Grammy Awards—including Producer of The Year, for which he was nominated three times. [ 7] He has 15 #1 hits in Sweden and countless top 10's, certifying at least 18 Gold and 11 Platinum awards.
These include Reeperbahn's Venuspassagen [ 2] (1981), Jakob Hellman's, "och stora havet" (1989), Wilmer X's #1 hit "Vem får nu se alla tårar" [ 4] (1991), Anne-Lie Rydé's Stulna Kyssar (1992), Uno Svenningsson's "Under ytan", Melody Club's debut, and #1 hit "Electric" (2003).
His work includes the film score for the American film Whitney [ 9] —a biopic on the love story of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown for Lifetime TV , production work on Jonas Gardell 's and Fredrik Kempe 's musical Livet Är En Schlager , and Peter Jöback 's I Love Musicals. [ 5] He also composed a 31-minute running track, "The Chase", on Spotify's smartphone pioneer Running application, alongside Tiësto . He has also produced and written songs with other Swedish artists such as Måns Zelmerlöw , Sanna Nielsen , Helen Sjöholm , Molly Sandén , Linus Svenning , Anna Bergendahl , Andreas Weise , Fredrik Kempe , Jay Smith , and more.
He has composed the scores for several Swedish feature films, including Vinterviken (1996), Adam & Eva (1997), and Bästa Sommaren (2000).
He is the founder of Big Shadow Music Production Company, a music production and publishing company that is the holding company of his works.
Swedish Grammy Awards Year Category Artist/Album Result 1996 Producer of the Year Dan Sundquist Nominated 1994 Producer of the Year Dan Sundquist Nominated 1992 Rock Group of the Year Wilmer X - Mambo Feber Won 1990 Rock Artist (Male) Jakob Hellman ...och stora havet Won 1989 Producer of the Year Dan Sundquist Won 1989 Christian Music Freda' - Tusen eldar Won 1989 Newcomer Of The Year Jakob Hellman Won 1989 Rock Group of the Year Wilmer X - Teknikens under Won 1988 Christian Music Laila Dahl - Efter regn Won
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2010 Didrik Solli-Tangen - "My Heart Is Yours ". #1 ESC Norway. Gold sales. 2010 Anna Bergendahl - "This Is My Life" . (Lionheart) #1 ESC Sweden, Gold sales. 2002 Melody Club - "Electric ” (Virgin/EMI) #1 Hit Tracks & Gold sales. 1996 Jumper - När hela världen står utanför (Warner) #1 Hit Tracks & Platinum sales. 1996 Jumper - Tapetklister (Warner) #1 Hit Tracks & Platinum sales. 1995 Uno Svenningsson - ”Under ytan” (Record Station/BMG). 1994 Orup - "”Vid min faders grav” " (Warner) #1 HIT Gold sales and voter’s choice on Tracks radio show. 1994 Orup - "”Som Isarna När Det Blir Vår” " (Warner) #1 HIT Gold sales and voter’s choice on Tracks radio show. 1991 Wilmer X - "Vem Får Nu Se Alla Tårar " (EMI) #1 Hit, Gold Sales, 10 consecutive weeks on Svensktoppen. 1991 Anne-Lie Rydé - En sån karl (EMI) #1 Hit on Svensktoppen. 1989 Jakob Hellman - "Vara Vänner" (EMI) #1 Hit on Tracks, Gold sales, 2-time Grammy awards. 1989 Desperados - "Louise" (EMI) #1 Hit on Tracks & Sommartoppen radio shows. 1988 Fredá - "I en annan del av världen ” (Record Station/Cantio) #1 Hit on Tracks, Platinum sales, Grammy Award. 1988 Wilmer X - "Teknikens Under" (EMI) #1 on Tracks, Grammy #1 Hit on Tracks, Gold sales, Grammy Award. 1986 Fredá - "Vindarna" (Cantio) #1 on Sommartoppen Radio Show - voter's choice. 1983 Anne-Lie Rydé - "Segla PÅ Ett Moln" (EMI) #1 Hit on Tracks Radio Show - voter's choice. 1981 Reeperbahn - Venuspassagen (Mercury) Cult Status/ Massive great reviews/Over 25.000 sold. [ 11] [ 12]
Film scores 2014- Whitney - (RedOne Productions/LifeTime) Directed by Angela Bassett [ 13] 2014- Att Skära Mig Fri (SVT) Directed by Setareh Persson 2013- My Stolen Revolution (Min Stulna Revolution) Directed by Nahid Persson-Sarvestani 2009- En Film Om Olle Ljungström (SVT Documentary) Directed by Jacob Frössén 2000- A Summer Tale (Memfis/Sonet) Directed by Ulf Malmros [ 14] 1997- Adam & Eva (SF) Directed by Hannes Holm & Måns Herngren 1996- Vinterviken (Filmlance/Sonet) Directed by Harald Hamrell 1995- One In A Million (SF) Directed by Hannes Holm & Måns Herngren [ 15] 1992- Hassel- Botgörarna (SVT) Directed by Mikael Håfström 1992- Hassel- De Giriga (SVT) Directed by Mikael Håfström [ 16]
References ↑ "Reeperbahn släpper låt till Olle Ljungström" . 7 August 2021. 1 2 punkprovider (2012-07-17). Reeperbahn - Venuspassagen (1981) . Retrieved 2025-08-05 – via YouTube. ↑ "[ RELEASE] Reeperbahn: Nostalgi på hög nivå" . BLASKOTEKET (in Swedish). 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2025-08-05 . 1 2 Wilmer X - Mambo Feber , retrieved 2025-08-05 1 2 "Peter Jöback - Official site - Discography - English" . www.peterjoback.com . Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2025-08-05 . 1 2 "Artist - Popfakta" . www.popfakta.se . Retrieved 2025-08-05 . 1 2 www.ifpi.se https://web.archive.org/web/20110517215722/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/100428-lc-vinnare-genom-%C3%A5ren.pdf . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2025-08-05 . ↑ Sako, Natalija; Domellöf-Wik, Maria (2016-05-04). "Vännerna i chock över Olle Ljungströms död" . Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-05 . ↑ Staff, Billboard (2015-01-07). "Whitney Houston Lifetime Biopic Marks RedOne's Film-Scoring Debut" . Billboard . Retrieved 2025-08-05 . ↑ "Nominerade Amason, Smith & Thell och Benjamin Ingrosso gör exklusiva liveframträdanden på Grammis" . 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. ↑ "Reeperbahn- Förnedringen 1981 Youtube" . YouTube . ↑ Swedish Charts ↑ Staff, Billboard (2015-01-07). "Whitney Houston Lifetime Biopic Marks RedOne's Film-Scoring Debut" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2025-08-05 . ↑ Rehlin, Gunnar (Apr 17, 2000). "Film Reviews: IN BRIEF - A SUMMER TALE" . Variety . ProQuest 1286239153 . ↑ Rehlin, Gunnar (Nov 13, 1995). "Film Reviews: ONE IN A MILLION" . Variety . ProQuest 1401395657 . 1 2 "Dan Sundquist Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mo..." AllMusic . Retrieved 2025-08-05 . ↑ "45cat - Track Producer - Dan Sundquist" . ↑ Billboard ↑ JINNEMO, GREGER (2010-11-03). "Black Jack" . Hallands Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-05 . ↑ "...och stora havet - Nöjesguiden 1991" . home.swipnet.se . Archived from the original on 2004-02-10. Retrieved 2025-08-05 . External links
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