Alexander Bard (born March 17, 1961 in Motala) is a Swedish author, songwriter, producer, singer and actor. March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Motala (population 42,175) is a Municipality in Östergötland County, in southeast Sweden. ...

In his younger years he worked as a male prostitute in Amsterdam.

He began his music career in the 1980s with the a single "Life in a Goldfish Bowl" released under the name Baard. He later had some minor success as Barbie, which saw Bard in drag singing dance-oriented pop. After abandoning work on a second Barbie album, he formed Army of Lovers with two of Barbie's entourage, Farouk (Jean-Pierre Barda) and Katanga (La Camilla). Army of Lovers had over 20 pan-European hits, the biggest being "Crucified", "Obsession" and "Sexual Revolution", while their presence in the US and the UK was limited to repeated club chart successes. They released five studio albums before Bard disbanded the group to concentrate on his new group Vacuum. MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Army of Lovers is also a song by Lee Ryan Army of Lovers was a Swedish pop music group founded in 1987. ... Jean Pierre Barda (born March 7, 1967, Paris) is a Swedish pop star, actor, make up artist, and hair dresser. ... Queen La Camilla Camilla Henemark, also known as La Camilla, (born October 23, 1964) is Swedish singer, actress, and former fashion model. ... Vacuum is a Swedish synth pop musical group formed in 1996 by Alexander Bard. ...

Vacuum consisted of Alexander Bard, Marina Schiptjenko (formerly of synthpop group Page), and newcomer Mattias Lindblom. Their first single "I Breathe" did very well - it was one of the fastest selling singles in Sweden in 1996. Further releases did not do as well, except in Russia and Ukraine, and Bard left after only two albums. Later Bard reformed Army of Lovers briefly for a handful of new tracks and a greatest hits collection, and contributed to the first two Alcazar albums. Since 2005 he has been working and performing with a new band, Bodies Without Organs, with Marina Schiptjenko and new vocalist Martin Rolinski. Their debut album "Prototype" generated seven top 20 hit singles in Scandinavia and reached platinum status. Vacuum is a Swedish synth pop musical group formed in 1996 by Alexander Bard. ... Synthpop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ... Army of Lovers is also a song by Lee Ryan Army of Lovers was a Swedish pop music group founded in 1987. ... Alcazar is a Swedish pop group who had a string of hit singles during the early 2000s decade and are continuing successfully today. ... Bodies Without Organs (BWO) started in Sweden in 2003 as band of Alexander Bard, Martin Rolinski and Marina Schiptjenko. ... Martin Rolinski was born on the 23rd of June, 1982. ...

Besides the groups mentioned above, Alexander Bard has also worked as a songwriter and producer for several Swedish artists, in the early 1990s mainly with Anders Wollbeck and more recently mainly with Anders Hansson. He was a co-founder of Stockholm Records and currently has several internet and music-related businesses. Bard has written two books with Jan Söderqvist , the first called "Nätokraterna" (published in English as Netocracy: The New Power Elite & Life After Capitalism, as well as in other languages) and the second book titled "Det globala imperiet" (currently in translation to English as "The Global Empire") in which he presents his sociological theories on the interactive revolution. A former student of the The Stockholm School of Economics, he has given lectures on the subjects of the books as well as other topics, such as Zoroastrianism. He is a convert to that religion, and is active in that community. On several occasions, Alexander Bard has appeared on public service TV and radio, propagating the use of narcotic substances and a liberalisation of the relatively stringent Swedish drug laws. Anders Wollbeck, Swedish songwriter and producer also known under the alias Nuzak. ... Stockholm Records is a Swedish subsidiary of Universal Music Group. ... The Stockholm School of Economics or Handelshögskolan is a business school and private university in Stockholm, Sweden. ... Zoroastrianism is the name of the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to prophet Zoroaster (Zarathushtra, Zartosht). ...

Bard is the founder and head of the mailing list Elit, a private forum for Swedish celebrities and journalists. Though it has been covered in media several times during the last 15 years of its existence, it has recently seen extraordinary media attention due to an article in Dagens Nyheter, publicizing correspondence from the list where celebrities use harsh personal attacks against other celebrities and media personalities. The mailing list has been criticized for encouraging the spreading of rumors and intimate gossip about popular celebrities, but has been defended by its participants, who argue that the list is not a public forum and that the few slanderous or insulting examples that have been published in the press are not representative of the discussion as a whole. â–¶(?) (DN) (Swedish: lit. ...

External links

• The Shrine - A site dedicated to Bard and his current music project (Bodies Without Organs)
• Bodies Without Organs (BWO)
• The Army of Lovers Network - Army of Lovers fansite
• Army of Lovers - We Are The Universe - Fan website
• www.Bodies-Without-Organs.net

See also: List of Swedes in music This is a list of Swedish composers, musicians and singers: // Composers Johan Agrell (1701-1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén Claude Loyola Allgén (1920-1990) né Klas-Thure Allgén Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974) full name: Kurt Magnus...