Thord Dan Rickard Sundqvist (born September 10, 1958) is a Swedish music producer, songwriter and composer.
He is best known for Reeperbahn's Venuspassagen, Jakob Hellman's, "och stora havet", Wilmer X's #1 hit "Vem fÃÂ¥r nu se alla tÃÂ¥rar", 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 ÃÂr En Schlager and I Love Musicals.
Sundquist has produced over 70 albums 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.
Dan Sundquist was born to Swedish parents in Stockholm, Sweden and grew up in Näsby Park, RÃÂ¥gsved, 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. They got their first recording contract in 1979. He produced his first ever album in 1980 at 21 years old.
He has produced over 70 albums and his production work has earned him seven Swedish Grammy AwardsâÂÂincluding Producer of The Year, for which he was nominated three times. 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 (1981), Jakob Hellman's, "och stora havet" (1989), Wilmer X's #1 hit "Vem fÃÂ¥r nu se alla tÃÂ¥rar" (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 WhitneyâÂÂa 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 ÃÂr En Schlager, and Peter Jöback's I Love Musicals. 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 MÃÂ¥ns 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.
Albums, Singles, Tracks, TV & Film Scores