Jonas Gladnikoff

Jonas Gladnikoff
Background information
Born (1985-01-11) 11 January 1985 (age 39)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)Songwriter, music producer
Years active2006-present

Jonas Gladnikoff (born 11 January 1985) is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. Born in Täby, he began songwriting at an early age. Later in life he moved to Åland in Finland before eventually moving to Stockholm. He has written several songs for singers from across Europe, but is best known for writing entries for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and for various national pre-selections. He studied songwriting at the Music Production Academy Musikmakarna, graduating in 2006. He co-wrote the songs that represented Ireland in 2009, 2010 and 2014: "Et Cetera" performed by Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy, "It's for You", performed by 1993 Eurovision winning Niamh Kavanagh, and "Heartbeat" sung by Can-linn.[1][2][3]

Among his entries in national pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest he is best known for having co-written the runner up in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009, the Danish final, with the song "Someday" performed by the Icelandic singer Hera Björk,[4][5] which became a big hit and also won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2009 for Denmark. Gladnikoff is a member of the jazz pop project Technicoloured Roses.[6] In 2021 he co-wrote and produced the song Llévame al cielo released by Drag Race España host Supremme de Luxe and which was later also used as the final challenge of the first season of the show where the top four recorded their own version of the song.

  1. ^ "RTÉ Television - Eurovision Song Contest 2009". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. ^ Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 | Special - 2009 Irish entry song writers meet esctoday.com
  3. ^ "Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy - Et Cetera (Ireland 2009) | Participant Profile | Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013". Eurovision.tv. 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". www.gasfabrik.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 | News - Denmark: Hera Bjork and her Nordic alliance in Danish final
  6. ^ "Technicoloured Roses - Keep on Playing". YouTube. 2011-02-08. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2012-12-26.