YOU’VE PROBABLY SUNG HIS SONGS. YOU JUST NEVER KNEW HIS NAME.
Meet Swedish Songwriter Jonas Myrin. One of the most widely sung songwriters in the world.
Some people have never heard of Jonas Myrin.
But Barbra Streisand has. So has Andrea Bocelli, Diane Keaton, Lauren Daigle, Michael Bolton, Idina Menzel, Delta Goodrem, Nicole Scherzinger, Natasha Bedingfield, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and John Legend.
The people who move culture, the ones with the voices, the stages, the audiences of millions, know exactly who Jonas is.
Because at some point, he has been in the room with them.
At the piano.
Finding the song.
Jonas Myrin.
From Örebro to the World.
Jonas Myrin grew up in Örebro, Sweden, his parents worked as integration workers, helping newly arrived families find community, support and a path into society, and their home was often a place where people came for guidance, conversation and hope. Jonas father was also a journalist and photographer, which meant the family travelled widely to Russia, Iceland, South Africa and beyond, truly shaping Jonas's early global perspective and how he sees the world.
At seventeen he moved to London alone to study music and drama, no connections, no industry map, just an instinct that the songs were worth following.
They were.
In 2012, Jonas released his debut album Dreams Plans Everything on EMI Records — available only in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The lead single "Day of the Battle" went gold across the German-speaking markets, cracked the Top 40 on German radio, and sent Jonas on a run of television and radio performances across three countries. On New Year's Eve he performed to hundreds of thousands of people live at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin — broadcast nationally on ZDF — on a bill with Pet Shop Boys, Bonnie Tyler and Loreen.
That run caught the attention of Evan Lamberg, President of Universal Music Publishing USA, who offered Jonas a publishing deal with words that would prove prophetic:
"Jonas — I believe you can write the songs that will be sung by the greatest artists of our time."
He was right.
What followed was a Grammy nomination for "Our God," then two Grammy wins for "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" — co-written with Matt Redman, sung in churches on every continent, counting billions of streams. Then Barbra Streisand called. Jonas wrote and co-produced four songs on Walls, her first studio album in a decade, which debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200.
For a kid from Örebro, it was — as Jonas puts it — surreal.
His catalogue includes over 300 published songs and more than 6 billion streams worldwide.
The Streisand Effect.
Just under ten years ago, Jonas sat down for breakfast at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills with his publisher Evan Lamberg and legendary A&R Jay Landers.
Over coffee, Landers mentioned that Barbra Streisand was making a new record and asked if Jonas would be interested in writing something for it.
Jonas went straight into the studio with Carole Bayer Sager.
Together, they wrote "Better Angels."
A week later, Jonas found himself sitting at the piano in Barbra Streisand's studio at her home in Malibu, playing the song for Barbra and producer David Foster.
Halfway through, Barbra quietly joined in and began singing the lyrics.
Standing right beside him.
For a songwriter who had grown up in Örebro dreaming of writing songs that might one day reach someone, it was one of those moments where time seemed to pause.
During those sessions, Jonas ended up writing half of Barbra's album and singing many of the demo vocals. At one point, Barbra paused and told him something he had never expected to hear — that he had one of the most inspiring voices she had ever heard, and that he should stop hiding behind the piano and step forward as an artist.
That moment stayed with him.
Diane Keaton’s Final Song.
Then came one of the most unexpected collaborations of Jonas’s career.
Diane Keaton had always dreamed of recording an original song.
Jonas sat down with her and Carole Bayer Sager, and together they wrote
First Christmas.
Featuring the Stockholm Studio Orchestra, the song reached No.1 in 22 countries.
When Diane called Jonas in tears to tell him it was one of the greatest gifts of her career, neither of them knew it would become her final recording.
She passed on 11 October 2025.
The song carries her voice into the future.
"I’m heartbroken by Diane’s passing. To have been trusted to help bring her lifelong dream of recording an original song to life was a moment I’ll carry with me forever. In the studio she filled the room with laughter and little jokes that kept us smiling. I will never forget when she called me in tears telling me that getting to sing this song was one of the greatest gifts of her career.
Diane was fearless, curious and full of heart in everything she did. Her voice, her heart and her art will live on in those notes and in the legacy she leaves behind."— Jonas Myrin
The Right Song Always Finds Its Moment
Some of those rooms go back further than the credits suggest. Jonas and Natasha Bedingfield have been close friends since they were seventeen — two self-taught songwriters who met in London, read Songwriting for Dummies together, and made a pact with the craft long before anyone was listening. When Jonas composed "Together in This" — the end title track for the animated film Jungle Beat: The Movie — he wrote it with Natasha's voice in mind, and she felt it the moment she heard it. What neither planned was the timing: Jonas's father passed away from COVID-19 just days before they recorded together. Natasha had been his father's favourite singer in the world. Jonas showed up anyway.
"This would be the most beautiful gift I could give my dad at this time — because he just loved when we sang together."
— Jonas Myrin
In 2025, Lauren Daigle released "Let It Be a Hallelujah" — a song Jonas had co-written with her and the late producer Busbee back in 2019. It sat unreleased for six years before climbing to No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart. Jonas wasn't surprised.
"It's a beautiful reminder that the right song always finds its moment."
— Jonas Myrin
From Sweden to Australia and the World's Biggest Stage
In 2026, Australia called. Delta Goodrem was chosen to represent the country at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna — the world's largest live music television event, watched by hundreds of millions — and "Eclipse," co-written by her and Jonas alongside Ferras Alqaisi and Michael Fatkin, was the song she carried onto that stage.
"In a world that can feel so divided, love is one of the few things that truly unites us. An eclipse is one of those rare moments when the whole world stops and looks up together in wonder. When Delta jumped up to the mic and sang 'Eclipse' through for the first time, I had goosebumps all over my body. In that moment we all felt it. Something special had arrived in the room from somewhere beyond us."
— Jonas Myrin
Crafting Songs for Film & Television
Away from the collaborations, Jonas has also composed music for film and television.
He served as development music director and songwriter for the animated feature David, which grossed over $82 million worldwide and opened at No.2 at the US box office in 2025.
He wrote original music for Amazon Prime Video’s House of David, one of the platform’s most-watched series of 2025.
His screen credits also include Fatima, Jungle Beat: The Movie and The Three Wise Men.
Together, We're Never Alone
Jonas released his debut solo single Not Alone in 2020, co-written with Crispin Hunt and featuring Erik Arvinder conducting the Stockholm Symphony Orchestra.
The song grew from a deeply personal place.
"I originally wrote ‘Not Alone’ as a reminder to my own soul. I was living in London, walking down Oxford Street surrounded by people everywhere, yet overcome with this feeling of loneliness.
Sometimes the biggest city full of sounds and crowds can feel like the loneliest place.
I realised maybe I was not the only one feeling this way. I was not alone after all.
In the middle of my own grief, losing my dad, I chose to use my pain and turn it into purpose and into a song.
To me music is a way for us to feel connected to something bigger than ourselves. My desire is that ‘Not Alone’ will give others hope in what they’re going through.
Together we’re never alone."— Jonas Myrin
The Simple Power of a Song
"I grew up in a town in Sweden dreaming that one day I might write songs that could reach out and find someone who needed them.
As songwriters we spend thousands of hours chasing melodies and ideas in small rooms, often not really knowing where they will go or who they might reach.
So standing there on the Grammy stage, receiving awards for a song that had made an impact on so many people around the world, was one of those surreal moments where life suddenly feels bigger than you ever imagined.
Moments like that fill me with deep gratitude and remind me of the power of a song.
Can it touch one person?
Because if it can touch one person, it can touch millions.
That’s why whenever I sit down at the piano I try to remind myself of something simple.
Don’t reach for the charts.
Reach for hearts.”— Jonas Myrin