Hallberg was a fifteen-year-old high school student when he took part in his first recording session as a member of bassist Thore Jederby's quintet in the summer of 1948. Three years later he was ...

An historic meeting of two giants of modern jazz in Sweden. Bengt Hallberg, born 1932, helped to found the idiom via his work with alto saxophonist Arne Domnerus in the 1950s and attracted ...

The term lagom is essential to the Swedish soul. There's no direct translation into English or any other language, but positive connotations of the word include "in balance" and "just the right amount ...