Career
He is also a skilled drummer, featured on several albums in Swedish 70"s and 80"s music He was the "Karlsson" of the Swedish jazz fusion/psychedelic rock duo Hansson & Karlsson that were active in the late 60s. Carlsson was born on March 12, 1937 in Stockholm, Sweden as January Edvard Carlsson, to Erik Carlsson (1893-1953) and Tyra Törnkvist (1901-1981).
He has a brother, Swedish artist Leopold Fare.
Carlsson got his nickname "Loffe" from the character named Loffe he played in Någonstans i Sverige (1973).