Jack Vreeswijk

Jack Vreeswijk
Vreeswijk in 2015
Background information
Born	Lars Jacob Jack Vreeswijk (1964-01-25)25 January 1964 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	3 April 2023(2023-04-03) (aged 59) Uddevalla, Sweden
Genres	Folk music
Occupations	Singer, songwriter

Lars Jacob Jack Vreeswijk (25 January 1964 – 3 April 2023) was a Swedish ballad singer, song lyricist and composer. The son of troubadour Cornelis Vreeswijk, he followed in his father's footsteps and released three albums of his own, often singing his father's songs. He was usually accompanied by guitarist Love Tholin.

In summer 2006, Jack Vreeswijk appeared in a biographical musical show about his father Från James Dean till Nationalskald (meaning From James Dean to National Bard), on Lundsbrunns Health Resort in Götene. The screenplay was written by him and he also played the lead role as the older Cornelis. The acting was interspersed with songs.

Vreeswijk composed music for a film about Cornelis Vreeswijk's life, and produced eight of the tracks on Hans-Erik Dyvik Husbys' album I ljuset av Cornelis (meaning In light of Cornelis). In 2009, he released a tribute album to his father's music titled Jack Vreeswijk sjunger Vreeswijk.¹

Jack Vreeswijk lived in Uddevalla with his wife and two sons, Calle and Olle. In 2000, he received the Cornelis Vreeswijk scholarship and in 2008, the Fred Åkerström scholarship.

Vreeswijk died from colorectal cancer on 3 April 2023, at the age of 59.²³

• 2010: Cornelis (composer)