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About Jokkmokks-Jokke
- Bengt Djupbäck, better known as Jokkmokks-Jokke (20 May 1915 – 15 June 1998), was a Swedish musician who had his greatest successes during the 1960s–70s.
- He was born in the small village of Porsi in Jokkmokk Municipality as Bengt Simon Johansson, but changed his surname to Djupbäck in 1974.
- After he had been working as a railway navvy as well as a woodman, Jokkmokks-Jokke travelled to Stockholm to begin his career as a musician in 1954, and at the same time his friend gave Jokkmokks-Jokke his stage name.
- In Stockholm he was discovered by Topsy Lindholm, the manager of the entertainment establishment Nationalpalatset a.k.a.
- Nalen, where Jokkmokks-Jokke's Sami clothing was an exotic feature in the Swedish capital.
- In 1963, Jokkmokks-Jokke composed the song "Gulli-Gullan", which became his greatest hit ever, and which is also the song that most people remember him for.
- Jokkmokks-Jokke has performed "Gulli-Gullan" on stage in Japan and also in United States, during his American tour which took place in 1973. Jokkmokks-Jokke was never baptised or confirmed but he was active in church throughout his entire life.
- He also did a lot of charity work.
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