Joakim Berg
Herbert Joakim "Jocke" Berg (born 16 March 1970) is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Kent.
Also recorded as Herbert Joakim Berg
Joakim Berg

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- Born
- 1970 · Eskilstuna.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- composer · singer · songwriter · musician
- Fields
- rock music
- Languages
- Swedish
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Herbert Joakim "Jocke" Berg (born 16 March 1970) is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Kent.
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Joakim Berg (born 1970) is a Swedish composer, musician and singer, among other activities. The composer was born in Eskilstuna. Joakim Berg is a member of Kent.
Genres include rock music. Languages used include Swedish.
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Biography
Biography
Berg was born and grew up in Eskilstuna. He moved to Stockholm in 1993 after the founding of Kent, and has lived there since. Berg was the main songwriter, lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the band, which officially disbanded on 17 December 2016, according to the band's official web site. He is the older brother of director Adam Berg, who has directed several of Kent's music videos.
Artistic collaboration and side projects
Artistic collaboration and side projects
Berg has written songs for Veronica Maggio, Lisa Miskovsky, Petra Marklund and Smith & Thell. Besides his role in Kent, he also had a side project called Paus with the Cardigans guitarist Peter Svensson. Paus released a self-titled album in 1998. In 2012, Petra Marklund (internationally known as September) released a Swedish-language record in Sweden; Berg wrote the songs Händerna mot himlen and Sanningen. The record reached the Swedish Top 10 immediately after release. In 2015, Joakim Berg collaborated with Avicii in the song "I'll Be Gone", and debuted on Tiësto's Club Life podcast, and was the first track on December's installment of Avicii's LE7ELS podcast.
Kent
Kent
Kent (1995) Verkligen (1996) Isola (1997) Hagnesta Hill (1999) B-sidor 95-00 (2000) Vapen & ammunition (2002) Du & jag döden (2005) The hjärta & smärta EP (2005) Tillbaka till samtiden (2007) Box 1991–2008 (2008) Röd (2009) En plats i solen (2010) Jag är inte rädd för mörkret (2012) Tigerdrottningen (2014) Då som nu för alltid (2016) Best Of (2016)
Dead People
Dead People
We Love (2022)
Solo
Solo
Jag fortsätter glömma (2022) Framtiden som aldrig blev av (2026)

Joakim Berg at Oslo Live Festival in 2010
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Awards
As a member of Kent, Berg has received 22 Swedish Grammy Awards. The Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet has awarded Kent with 11 Rockbjörnen awards. In 2003, The Swedish Music Publishers Association awarded Berg for the songwriter/composer of the Year. In 2014 H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden awarded Joakim Berg the H.M. The King's Medal 8th size with a bright blue ribbon for his outstanding contributions to Swedish popular music.
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- 1.Kent Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More AllM. AllMusic.
- 2.Kent Official Home Page.
- 3.Startsidan. 3 January 2014.
- 4.Medal presentations - Sveriges Kungahus.
- 5.Sverigetopplistan. Veckolista Singlar, vecka 17, 2026.
- 6.Sverigetopplistan. Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 45.
- 7.Sverigetopplistan. Veckolista Singlar, vecka 23, 2026.
- 8.Sverigetopplistan. Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 23, 2026.
- 9.Jocke Berg byter Kent mot Disney-film
- 10.Erik Hassle - Mariefred sessions
- 11.Jeg er en sær faen
- 12.September och Jocke Berg gör album ihop
- 13.Smith & Thell – Hotel WallsDiscogs.
- 14.SMITH & THELL DANSAR ENSAMMA MEN SJUNGER IHOP
- 15.Eva Dahlgren i samarbete med Jocke Berg – avslöjar framtida planer.
- 16.Joakim Berg gästar Miriam Bryant-låt
- 17.Jocke Berg medverkar på nya Ghost-albumet
- 18.Lars Winnerbäck gör platta med Kent-profilerna Joakim Berg och Martin Sköld
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