Svein Erik Børja
Bjørns older brother, Svein Erik, became a public figure in Norway.
Svein Erik Børja (born January 17, 1942 in Oslo, died June 17, 1992) was a Norwegian presenter, record producer, audio engineer, known from a number of recordings in the 60's and 70's. He was hired in the NRK in 1962 and was regarded as one of the driving forces behind the NRK program for the Children and Youth Department. (NRK is short for Norsk Riks Kringkasting - i.e. Norwegian National Broadcasting)
In his early years, he was a musician in the band of Per Elvis Granberg. He was a widely used producer at Polydor and Arne Bendiksen's recording studio, like with the artists The Sapphires (1965), The Vanguards (Phnoole, 1966), The Pussycats (Psst! Psst! 1965; Mrrr..Mrr 1966), The Dream (Get dreamy, 1967), The Mojo Blues (1967), initiated the cooperation between Jan Erik Vold and Jan Garbarek (Briskeby blues, 1967), the Morgans (1967), The Young Norwegians (Music, 1968), Lillebjørn Nilsen (Tilbake, 1971), Ketil Bjørnstad (Berget det blå, 1974; Early years; Leve Patagonia, 1978), Øystein Sunde (Klå, 1974), Karin Krog (Watermelon man), Kristin Berglund (I blåtimen, 1976).
Others at the Arne Bendiksen studio remembers Svein Erik Børja as a highly gifted Norwegian producer, who at the time continuously discussed sound and recording methods with many different musicians and producers.
Svein Erik Børja was promoted in the NRK as the head of the recording (1962) and directed jazz concerts (Moldejazz, 1967-), a work which resulted in the award Molderosen (1973). Thereby he discovered, among other the rock group Difference. He was also central in the "Children and Youth Division," where he led the breaking news TV pop magazine Pop-Corn (1966) and later, with Terje Mosnes, he was involved in the TV-program Flimra (1970-) on the NRK, as well as Halvsju ("Half Seven", meaning 6:30).
He was a jury member for the Eurovision Song Contest (1975, 78).
He authored two books, "Hi-Fi Stereo: Populær innføring" (HI-FI Stereo: A popular introduction, 1969) and "Stereo og hi-fi" (Stereo and hi-fi, 1978). He also contributed as a regular author in the Norwegian magazine "Radiobransjen" where he would, for example, report from the CES show (Consumer Eletronics Show) in the USA.
Svein Erik Børja was a central support for Per "ABE" Abrahamsen when establishing the amplifier-production in Electrocompaniet (1973). As a golden ear, he offered his consultancy for free. Svein Erik was never focused on benefiting financially. Svein Erik relied on his brother, Bjørn, for technical backup and together they found it mutually very beneficial to share experience within the field of hi-fi from different standpoints.
Svein Erik Børja wrote a scientific paper for the Journal of the AES (Audio Engineering Society), titled "How to Fool the Ear and Make Bad Recordings" (first published in 1976, later printed in the Journal 1977).
He is interviewed for the Willy B.'s book "Norge i rock, beat & blues - 1971-1983" (Norway in rock, beat & blues, Erik Sandberg AS, 1984), and you can hear him on the CD "Norsk rocks skattekammer" (The Treasury of Norwegian Rock) in an interview with Halland and Strømsæther. He was also involved in the music for the films Episode (1963), Hvis du bærer på en hjertesorg (1969) and Dager fra 1000 år (1970).
Svein Erik Børja died of cancer after about one year of illness. He was 50 years old.
You can find a bit more about Svein Eriks involvement in Electrocompaniet here: http://www.audiohigh.com/vendors/electrocompaniet.php
In spite of this "CV" being quite impressive, be aware that it is incomplete. The primary source is: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svein_Erik_Børja)