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Sven Anders Bagge (born in Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden on 12 January 1968) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer and partner with Peer Åström. Bagge was is one of three jury members for Idol 2008, Idol 2009 and Idol 2010.

Bagge was in the early 1990s member of the group Legacy of Sound and Ruff 'N' Redy.. He has written and produced songs for Madonna, Janet Jackson, Santana, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Ace of Base and Ashley Tisdale.

Bagge with Laila Bagge Wahlgren]] and Andreas Carlsson was jury in Idol 2008, Idol 2009 and Idol 2010 in Sweden. In 2009 and 2010 he was with the program Made in Sweden, where Bagge, Carlsson and Laila Wahlgren would search to find recording artists. IN 2009, the program featured Kim Fransson and Janet Leon. In 2010, it was for recording a single by the Swedish girl pop group Play.

Åström co-wrote and co-produced two songs with Cyndi Lauper and Johan Bobäck for Lauper's 2008 album Bring Ya to the Brink. Also in 2008, Anders Bagge wrote the music for two Swedish-produced films Tomtar and Troll and Trolls.

Anders Bagge has also produced Safura Alizadeh in her song "Drip Drop" representing Azerbaijan's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

Personal life

Anders Bagge's father, Sven-Olof Bagge worked at the Metronome. Anders Bagge was once married to Laila Bagge Wahlgren. They divorced as Laila went on to marry Niclas Wahlgren in 2010.

References

1. Performance of Anders Bagge in Ruff 'N' Redy

• Swedish record producers
• Idol series judges
• Swedish songwriters