Dan Sundquist

Thord Dan Rickard Sundqvist (born September 10, 1958) is a Swedish music producer, songwriter and composer.

He has produced over 70 albums and his production work has earned him seven Swedish Grammy Awards—including Producer of The Year, which he was nominated three times for. He has 15 #1 hits in Sweden and countless top 10's, certifying at least 18 Gold and 11 Platinum awards.

These include Reeperbahn's Venuspassagen (1981), Jakob Hellman's, "och stora havet" (1989), Wilmer X's #1 hit "Vem får nu se alla tårar" (1991), Anne-Lie Rydé's Stulna Kyssar (1992), Uno Svenningsson's "Under ytan", a Super Smash of (1994), Melody Club's debut, and #1 hit "Electric" (2003).

Some of his latest work includes the film score for the American film Whitney—a biopic on the love story of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown for Lifetime TV, production work on Jonas Gardell's and Fredrik Kempe's musical Livet Är En Schlager, and Peter Jöback's I Love Musicals. He also composed a 31-minute running track, "The Chase", on Spotify's smartphone pioneer Running application, alongside Tiësto. He has also produced and written songs with other Swedish artists such as Måns Zelmerlöw, Sanna Nielsen, Helen Sjöholm, Molly Sandén, Linus Svenning, Anna Bergendahl, Andreas Weise, Fredrik Kempe, Jay Smith, and more.

Additionally, he is responsible for the score music of several Swedish feature films, including Vinterviken (1996), Adam & Eva (1997), and Bästa Sommaren (2000).

He runs his own business called Big Shadow Music Production Company.