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Harpo

Swedish pop singer
Person human Q1167957

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
April 5, 1950
Place of birth
Brännkyrka parish
Country of citizenship
Sweden[8]
Occupation
pop singer, songwriter, recording artist, singer, musician
Genre
pop music[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Swedish[19]
Birth name
Jan Torsten Svensson[20]
Different from
Harpo, Jan Svensson[22][23]
Discography
Harpo discography[13]
Family name
Svensson[14]
Given name
Jan, Torsten[15][16]
Instrument
voice[18]
Name in native language
Jan Svensson[21]
Native language
Swedish[9]
P14750
A095-6D06-38E0-845C-78C8[25]
Pseudonym
Harpo[17]
Record label
RAK[12]
Start of work period
1973[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Harpo en Jan Harpo Svensson en Jan Svensson da Jan Svensson de Jan Svensson es Jan Svensson fi Jan Svensson fr Jan Svensson hu Jan Svensson it Jan Svensson nl Jan Svensson pl Jan Svensson pt Jan Harpo Torsten Svensson pt Jan Svensson ro Jan Svensson ru Харпо sv Jan Harpo Svensson sv Jan Svensson sv Jan Torsten "Harpo" Svensson tr Jan Svensson
🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
0000000095886860
VIAF cluster ID
141475120
Library of Congress authority ID
no2006108192
GND ID
134597265
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Harpo 2012.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000952239
Apple Music artist ID
14569042
BIBSYS ID
4020810
DBC author ID
87097990929291
DR music artist ID
47574
Deezer artist ID
244115
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134597265
Show all 40 identifiers +28
Discogs artist ID
180928
ELNET ID
a12493831
Europeana entity
agent/base/163287
Freebase ID
/m/0cg4pz
Genius artist ID
Harpo
IMDb ID
nm1859838
Instagram username
harpoofficial
JRC Names ID
418951
Jaxsta profile ID
36a546e1-3f86-42ad-93c7-ab534b66bf5e
KANTO ID
000195057
Last.fm ID
Harpo
LyricsTranslate ID
harpo-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
37c253e5-24fe-4415-9832-dd7bad675a97
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000048176
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007318061705171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:dSh;=Bv
Offizielle Deutsche Charts person ID
364
Rate Your Music artist ID
harpo
Runeberg author ID
svensjan
SecondHandSongs artist ID
13964
Shazam artist ID
14569042
Songkick artist ID
312374
SoundCloud ID
harpo-official
Spotify artist ID
6HsEXxUSqMXmIwbYVW6zdt
Swedish Film Database person ID
63428
Tidal artist ID
11051
Universal Music France artist ID
20000112843
WhoSampled artist ID
Harpo

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 5
Moviestar, Klassiker, Hits!, Moviestar, Portrait of Harpo
Occupation 3
songwriter, pop singer, recording artist
Given name 2
Jan, Torsten
Country of citizenship 1
Sweden
Family name 1
Svensson
Genre 1
pop music
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Swedish
Native language 1
Swedish
Record label 1
RAK
Sex or gender 1
male
← Lyricist 1
Moviestar
← Performer 1
Moviestar
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Summary

Harpo was born on April 5, 1950[1], in Brännkyrka parish[2]. He has worked as a pop singer[3], songwriter[4], recording artist[5], singer[6], and musician[7].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[26]

  • Country: SE[27]

  • Began / founded: 1950-04-05[28]

  • Genre(s): europop, pop[29]

  • Community tags: 70's, europop, pop[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 37c253e5-24fe-4415-9832-dd7bad675a97[31]

FAQs

Where was Harpo born?

Harpo was born in Brännkyrka parish[2].

What did Harpo do for work?

Harpo worked as a pop singer[3], songwriter[4], recording artist[5], singer[6], and musician[7].

Related Entities

Sweden

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Sveriges befolkning 2000. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Sveriges befolkning 2000. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Sveriges befolkning 2000. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Sveriges befolkning 2000. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Sveriges befolkning 2000. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 11051
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63220|batch #63220]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → A095-6D06-38E0-845C-78C8
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46467|batch #46467]]: HAND ID (7)"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Jan, Torsten
    Instrument → voice
    Place of birth → Brännkyrka parish
    Discography → Harpo discography
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31702|batch #31702]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (3)"
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