Ola Brunkert

Swedish drummer, painter, and photographer. Born 15 September 1946 in Örebro, Sweden; died 16 March 2008 in Mallorca, Spain.

Member of the blues band [a=Slim's Blues Gang], before joining pop group [a=Science Poption] in the mid-1960s. Then, through working with guitarist [a=Janne Schaffer] in the jazz-pop group [a=Opus III (2)] later in the decade, he started getting work as a session musician from 1970 onwards.

Ola’s first known ABBA-related session was also the group’s very first single, "[m=644]". Together with bass player [a=Rutger Gunnarsson], Ola is probably the only musician to appear on all [a=ABBA] albums, and he was among the most frequently used Swedish session musicians during the 1970s. He also toured with ABBA in 1977, 1979, and 1980.

He was married to [a=Eva Rydberg] from 1969 to 1972.