Thomas Gustafsson
Writing
Swedish composer and musician from Skövde, Västergötland, Sweden, north-east of Gothenburg. However, he is much more known nationally and internationally simply as Thomas G:son, his artistic name. Since 1998, Thomas has worked full-time as a songwriter for the company G:songs. In addition to writing and composing songs for a living, he plays the guitar in the hard rock band, Masquerade. Thomas G:son is best known for the 69 songs he has written for national finals of twelve different countries for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC): 39 for Sweden, eleven for Spain, six for Norway, five for Denmark, four for Finland, two for Georgia, two for Poland, one for Cyprus, one for Latvia, one for Romania, one for Belgium, and one for Malta. He has also reached the Eurovision Song Contest ten times, three times for Sweden, three for Spain, once for Norway, twice for Georgia and once for Denmark. In 2012, G:son won the Eurovision Song Contest as a composer with the entry "Euphoria" making his first victory in the competition.
