About Swedish poet, singer/songwriter Dan Andersson (1888 - 1920). As his nom de plume he sometimes used was Black Jim. He took on odd jobs and found it hard to make a living.

About Swedish poet, singer/songwriter Dan Andersson (1888 - 1920). As his nom de plume he sometimes used was Black Jim. He took on odd jobs and found it hard to make a living. His family considered trying to find a better life in the United States, and Dan was sent there as a 14-year-old in 1902 to see if it would be possible. Soon he was back in the "Finn Woods" of southern Dalarna, Sweden. In 1918 Andersson married primary school teacher Olga Turesson, the sister of troubadour Gunnar Turesson. He died in room 11 at Hotel Hellman in Stockholm on 16 September 1920, where he had gone to look for a job at the newspaper Social-Demokraten. The hotel staff had used hydrogen cyanide against bedbugs and hadn't cleared the room as prescribed.—Ulf Kjell Gür