Claes Olof

af Geijerstam Geijer () is a Swedish family. According to the tradition, it immigrated from Austria in the early 17th century. The family includes the noble A noble is a member of the nobility. Noble may also refer to: Places Antarctica * Noble Glacier, ...

(; born 6 February 1946), nicknamed Clabbe (), is a Swedish musician, radio personality and DJ who is mostly famous for his talent of rapid speech and his many years as a radio DJ. He is also known for his role as jury member on the popular Swedish version of ''

Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and pa ...

'' during 2004–2006. After the 2006 season, he decided to leave the programme. Af Geijerstam was part of the pop group

Ola & the Janglers Ola & the Janglers were a garage rock and beat group, founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1962. Its lead member was Ola Håkansson. Guitarist Claes "Clabbe" af Geijerstam wrote many of their hits. He was later a member of the duo Nova (Swedish na ...

in the 1960s and formed the group

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(later renamed

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) together with Göran Fristorp. They competed in Melodifestivalen 1973 with the song "Sommar'n som aldrig säger nej." They won the contest over

ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The grou ...

, who finished in third place with their song " Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)." As a result of that victory, the duo represented Sweden in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1973 The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Après toi" by Vicky Leandros. Organised by the ...

, where they translated their song into English with the title "You're Summer (You Never Tell Me No)" and finished fifth. In 1979, af Geijerstam was sound engineer for ABBA's North American and European tour.

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