Thomas Koppel was born on April 27, 1944 in Örebro, Örebro län, Sweden as Thomas Herman Koppel. He was a composer, known for Everything Put Together (2000), Nitten røde roser (1974) and Lykken er en underlig fisk (1989). He was married to Annisette Hansen. He died on February 25, 2006 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.