Date of Birth: 31st March 1974

Nationality: Swedish

Place of Birth: Sweden

Instruments: Guitars, Bass, Keyboard

Musical Influences: Depeche Mode, Abba, Smashing Pumpkins and 'dodgy rock bands'
Additional info:

Stefan, Placebo's colossus of a bass player, began his journey to musical stardom in 1987 by playing the drums for his school orchestra. He soon realised though, that he'd feel so much happier if he could be playing up front in a band, rather than sitting at the back un-noticed. "So I got on to bass and played that for a while at the same time as learning piano. The first bass I bought was a Fender Precision, because of Iron Maiden's Steve Harris, but since then I've never really tried to emulate a particular sound or hero. I've always thought more about the creative side" he stated in an issue of Bassist magazine. Stefan, like Brian, also grew up in Luxembourg. He bumped into Brian by chance outside South Kensington tube station, two years after Brian had arrived in London. After discovering that they had a lot more in common than either of them could ever have imagined, the two of them formed Ashtray Heart. Stefan introduced Brian to Robert Schultzberg, whom he had played in a school band with, and thus Placebo was born. By the time they had played only five gigs together the men in suits (and not white ones either) were turning up. They signed to Hut records in January 1996.

(To be sure that the information is accurate this was taken from The Brick Shithouse)

Quotes about Stefan from Brian and Steve:

His Admirable Traits:

Brian: "I admire his patience and his all-encompassing kindness and gentleness."
Steve: "I admire his musicianship, he's one of the greatest people I have ever played with."

His Not So Admirable Traits:

Brian: "Stef's a ditherer, he can dither about a bit too much, which makes me lose my patience."
Steve: "The only thing with Stef is he can be too patient and too quiet sometimes, which frustrates me. I wanna kick his arse -- 'Say what you think, man, just fucking say it!"