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www.ingemarolsson.se BIOGRAPHY
Ingemar Olsson
Ingemar starts as a singer and guitarist in local bands in Stockholm, Sweden, performes at pop clubs, theaters and ballrooms, goes through high school and college, falls in love, wonders about life, studies theology, hitch-hikes around Europe, visits the USA, dresses as he likes, says what he feels and expresses it all through his music.
the 70:s
He's discovered as a solo artist, makes his first records, appeares on national radio and TV and is recognized in Scandinavia as a unique artist with his own songs about life and God, society and human relations. Gets married, has children, tours with his music and develops as an artist and a person.
Rock poet
His music is in the pop/rock tradition, with influences also from latin and black gospel.
the 80:s
He tours with his band in Europe and the USA. Two albums are recorded in Hollywood, California, one in English, one in Swedish. He writes a musical - Pappa. It gets recorded and is performed all over Scandinavia. His songs are sung by groups and choirs that invites him to give concerts together with them. One of these concerts, in the Stockholm Concert Hall, gets recorded and released as a live album. He performs and hosts national and international music festivals and gets involved in a human aid program in Pakistan, tours with his own Peace Show - including songs, drama and film and makes his first music video.
ageless
His songs have proven to be long-lived and are sung all over the world. Reviewers have called him both "ageless" and "immortal". All of his songs may not live up to such standards, but he's been very particular about recordings and his production is
large, but not excessive.
the 90:s
A three weeks' tour of the Philippines in the early nineties, including concerts in churches, prisons and universities, meetings with farmers, sugar workers and other people, gives new inputs to Ingemar's life, music and lyrics. It also leads to the translation and recording of the "unofficial national anthem" of the Philippines, the beautiful Bayan Ko.
When performing at a youth festival in Harare, Zimbabwe, he instantly falls in love with the pop music of southern Africa. This new discovery leads to a close cooperation with South African musicians and singers, music recordings and tours in South Africa and in Sweden.
Ingemar's African nick-name becomes Ngema
A CD release just before the millennium shift bears the title "Cry for life" and is recorded in the Swedish and Norwegian languages together with members of theOslo Gospel Choir. When performed live, all songs in sequence assume the form of a church mass. Pop, fusion and soul "Ingemar Olsson style", that is broadcast on Swedish TV and becomes a Music Video
the 2000:s
Many of Ingemar's songs reach high positions in the Swedish charts and are among the top ten for months.
A new album in Swedish leads to TV performances and a tour with band, horn section and a dance group.
"Cry for life" renders a Spanish translation by Luis Alfredo Días and is released under the title Grito por la vida.
New songs on the radio hit list; concerts and tours - solo and with band. Sometimes in cooperation with local choirs and musicians; TV and radio performances.
A tour in Thailand, with concerts in Chiang Mai, Mae Na Chon and Sop Moi
• 2005
A new CD in Swedish - Eller Hur ! -  - involves new concert tours, solo and with band
• 2008 - 2010 ...
A new songbook OK.gif) , an autobigraphical book in Swedish OK.gif)
The musical mass  is translated into English
• 2011 ...
Back in South Africa to record audio and video for an album with his mbaqanga-pop-songs in English.
 • The new album is entitled 
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