Mikael Christian Wiehe, born on April 10, 1946, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, translator, and composer. He received piano lessons as a child but became self-taught on guitar and saxophone. In 1963, Wiehe played with the band Cooling's Traditional Jazzmen, followed by forming Bluncks Lucky Seven in 1964, which was replaced in 1967 by the Beatles-inspired band Moccers. Wiehe's own discography ranges from love songs and ballads to political songs. He has also performed works by other artists and often translated their lyrics into Swedish. Additionally, Mikael Christian Wiehe was the first artist to receive the Swedish Martin Luther King Jr. Prize for Hope and Reconciliation.
