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Kenneth Gärdestad
     
John Charles Kenneth Gärdestad was born on 9th of May 1948 and was named after his grandfather.

He is married to Christina and has three children: Christoffer, Alexander and Madeleine.
The family of Kenneth also have cats.

     
   
 
 
     
Kenneth wrote all the lyrics for Ted’s songs but now works as an architect. When he was younger he played basketball for Turebergs IF but nowadays he only plays golf.

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In 2006, Kenneth got an award from SKAP, Swedish composers of popmusic. This acknowledged that his lyrics were an important part of Ted’s musical career.

Kenneth also released a tribute single, “Kom, kom i min famn”, about a Swedish harbour town called Grisslehamn.

     
   
 
 
     
 © Susan Gotensparre ~ english translation
     
   
 
 
   
 

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