Bengt Åke "Bengan" Janson, born on February 23, 1963, in Stockholm, Sweden, is
an accordion player and singer. He began playing the accordion at eight; Janson
moved to Järvsö in 1979 and met Gösta Svensson, a jazz pianist who influenced
his musical development. He gained prominence as part of the band Östen med
Resten in the late 1980s. In 2003, Janson released his solo album Detlof.
Notably, he received the Grammis award for Folk Music of the Year in 2019
alongside Per Gudmundson for their album Hjeltamôs and was awarded the
Karamelodiktstipendiet in memory of Povel Ramel.