Peter Morén

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Peter Morén

Peter Morén (right) performing with Peter Bjorn and John
Background information
Born May 5, 1976 (1976-05-05) (age 35)
Mora, Sweden
Associated acts Peter Bjorn and John, Tutankamon

Peter Andreas Morén (born May 5, 1976 in Mora, Sweden) is a Swedish musician. He is the guitarist and vocalist of the indie rock trio Peter Bjorn and John.

He was born and raised in Mora and started his musical career playing the violin, which he soon changed to the guitar. His musical interest made him move to the town Västerås, where he entered a high school music programme at the Carlforsska gymnasiet and met Björn Yttling. Marit Bergman also studied at the high school at the same time.

In 1999, when Peter Morén was studying film science in Stockholm, he met John Eriksson at a party and they began discussing the comic Phantom and indie rock band Lilys. After the meeting, they started to jam together together with Morén's friend Björn Yttling, which ended up in the creation of Peter Bjorn and John.[1]

Morén has released two solo albums, in april 2008 he released a solo album in English, The Last Tycoon and in 2010 he released a solo album in Swedish, I spåren av tåren.

Peter Morén is a member of Tutankamon together with Adam Olenius of Shout Out Louds, Daniel Värjö of The Concretes, and Niklas Korsell.

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  1. ^ http://www.fanatic.se/pbj/press.php?PHPSESSID=905871bc202b48dc90ce0a716e03eed8


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