Egil Johansen

About this artist

Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer, educator, composer and arranger (in Norway known by the nickname Egil "Bop"), born January 11, 1934 in Oslo, Norway, died April 12, 1998 in Huddinge, Sweden.

He played with Einar Stenberg, Egil Monn-Iversen, Arne Domnérus, Bengt Hallberg, Rune Gustafsson, Georg Riedel, Quincy Jones, Harry Arnold and others.

Played the role of the Captain in the advent calendar TV series "Julefergå" which ran on Norwegian TV in 1995 (the other members of played the other main characters of the series).

He is the father of .