Björn Sten Ågren was the guitarist for the British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 band Razorlight

Razorlight

Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...

.

He is originally from Lidköping

Lidköping

Lidköping is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 27,941 inhabitants in 2005.It is neatly situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from Linköping near...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 where he met Carl Dalemo

Carl Dalemo

Carl Gustaf Dalemo was the bassist of the Anglo-Swedish band Razorlight.In his native Lidköping, Sweden, he wrote songs, sang and played guitar with different bands, most notably Lo-Fi outfit Spiral Stairs. Shortly after arriving in England in the summer of 2002, he was called by a friend, the...

, the bassist of the band. Ågren encouraged Dalemo to audition for the band in 2002, when Ågren was already a member.
He joined Razorlight after replying to an ad in the NME saying "Guitarist wanted. the Stooges

The Stooges

The Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...

, Velvet Underground, Lenny Kaye

Lenny Kaye

Lenny Kaye is an American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.- Early life :...

. No pentatonics"

He co-wrote the songs "Stumble and Fall

Stumble and Fall

"Stumble and Fall" is a song by English indie rock band Razorlight and is the ninth track on their 2004 debut album Up All Night. It was released as a single on 26 January, reaching number 27 in the UK singles chart....

" and "To The Sea" on Razorlight's debut album, "Up All Night

Up All Night (Razorlight album)

Up All Night is the debut album by English indie rock band Razorlight, first released in June 2004. The album reached #3 in the UK Albums Chart upon initial release...

", and "I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got

I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got

"I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got" is a song by English indie rock band Razorlight, and is the sixth track on their 2006 self-titled second album. The song was released 19 March 2007 as the fourth single from that album in the United Kingdom, peaking at #44 in the UK Singles Chart...

" on their second album Razorlight

Razorlight (album)

Razorlight is the self-titled second album by English indie band Razorlight. The album was released on 17 July 2006 in the United Kingdom and debuted at #1 in the UK Albums Chart a week later ....

with Johnny Borrell.

External links

• Razorlight official site