{{short description|Swedish songwriter, bassist and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Fredrik Thomander | image = FredrikThomanderPic1.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|03|15|df=y}} | birth_place = | occupation = Songwriter, record producer | instrument = Vocals, bass | known_for = | height = }}
'''Fredrik Thomander''' is a Swedish songwriter,<ref name="Inc.2000">"Epicenter of attention". {{cite magazine|author=Irv Lichtman|title=Epicenter of attention|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ag4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43|date=26 February 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=43–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref><ref>[http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/7030/20120330/britney-spears-btob-collaborates-famous-compser.htm "BTOB Collaborates With Composer of Britney Spears"]. ''KPOP Starz''. By Staff Writer | March 30, 2012</ref> bassist and producer.<ref>[http://www.tv4.se/lets-dance/artiklar/linda-sundblad-g%C3%B6r-lets-dance-kampanjl%C3%A5t-4fbf8adb04bf725194002eab "Linda Sundblad gör Let's dance kampanjlåt artikel"]. ''TV4'', 2009-12-22</ref> For many years he performed in Swedish pop bands. He has written and produced songs, mainly of pop music, for various singers and bands,<ref>[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/search?q=%28Thomander%2C+Fredrik%29 Discography at Swedish national library]</ref><ref>[http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/t_2/the-poodles-tour-de.htm "The Poodles - Tour de Force"]. ''Metal Temple'', by Katarzyna Zakolska at 20 May 2013</ref> and he operates a recording studio in Mallorca.
==Early life== Thomander grew up in Tångaberg. As a teenager he played in a band called White Line.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martinell|first1=Henrik|title=Lita aldrig på ett rockband|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=128&artikel=5914386|publisher=Sveriges Radio|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref>
==Career== After playing together in local bands in the 1980s, Thomander and writer Anders Wilkström continued to write songs, sometimes under the name Epicenter.<ref name="Inc.2000" /> Epicenter songwriting collaborations have included Lamont Dozier, Anne Roboff, and Robbie Nevil.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lofthus|first1=Kai|title=Swedes Team With US For Hits|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Q8EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22fredrik+thomander%22&pg=PA96|accessdate=3 August 2014|agency=Billboard Magazine|date=12 January 2002}}</ref> Many of the pair's songs have been recorded by pop music bands, including ATC, Dream Street, A*Teens and LMNT.<ref>[http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/into-the-mouths-of-babes-6411003 "Into the Mouths of Babes"]. ''Phoenix New Times'' Jimmy Magahern | July 18, 2002</ref>
Thomander recorded with Rachel Platten on her album ''Be Here''.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rachel-platten-mn0000881556/biography "Rachel Platten"]. ''AllMusic'' Biography by Marcy Donelson</ref>
Thomander sang and played bass in the band Vildsvin (Wild Boar) in the 1990s.<ref>[https://studio.idg.se/2.1078/1.553677/sa-skrev-jag-hitlaten "Så skrev jag hitlåten"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121000013/https://studio.idg.se/2.1078/1.553677/sa-skrev-jag-hitlaten |date=2018-01-21 }}. ''Studio'', 2010-02-09</ref><ref>[http://www.hallandsposten.se/n%C3%B6je-kultur/tv/dubbla-schlagerbidrag-fr%C3%A5n-varberg-1.1623677 "Dubbla schlagerbidrag från Varberg"]. ''Hallensposten'', Martin Erlandsson, 19 FFeb 2011</ref>
He is the co-composer of ''Leaving Home'' by Nicke Borg which was in the finals of the Swedish preselection to the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest<ref>{{cite web|last1=Posten|first1=Hallands|title=Leaving Home in finals|url=http://hallandsposten.se/nojekultur/tv/1.1148518-ikvall-galler-det-for-fredrik-thomander|website=hallandsposten.se|publisher=Hallandsposten|accessdate=11 August 2014|archive-date=1 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901153914/http://hallandsposten.se/nojekultur/tv/1.1148518-ikvall-galler-det-for-fredrik-thomander|url-status=dead}}</ref> and spent 9 weeks on the Swedish charts, peaking at #9<ref>[http://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nicke+Borg Swedish Charts entry for "Leaving Home", 2011-02-27]</ref> He played bass in the band Treat beginning in 2013.<ref>[https://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/43199-treat-endangered-vom-ghost-of-graceland-album-im-stream.html "Treat: 'Endangered' vom "Ghost Of Graceland"-Album im Stream"]. ''RockHard'', 09.03.2016</ref>
In 2016 Thomander opened Palma Music Studios in Mallorca.<ref>[http://www.audiomediainternational.com/recording/palma-music-studios-takes-delivery-of-first-unity-monitors-in-mallorca/07168 "Palma Music Studios takes delivery of first Unity monitors in Mallorca"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071219/http://www.audiomediainternational.com/recording/palma-music-studios-takes-delivery-of-first-unity-monitors-in-mallorca/07168 |date=2018-01-21 }}. ''Audio Media International'', 19 December 2017: By Colby Ramsey</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.palmamusicstudios.com/ Palma Music Studios] * [http://www.epicentre.se Epicentre] *[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fredrik-thomander-mn0001950018 "Fredrik Thomander - Credits"]. ''AllMusic''
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