John Terry Norum (born 23 February 1964) is a Norwegian-Swedish[2] guitarist and one of the founders of the rock band Europe.

As an infant, Norum moved with his parents to Upplands Väsby (a Stockholm suburb), where he grew up and has spent most of his life.

[citation needed] During his career in music, Norum has played with Eddie Meduza & the Roaring Cadillacs, Dokken, Don Dokken's solo band, as well as collaborated with other well-known artists on his solo albums, including Glenn Hughes, Kelly Keeling, Peter Baltes, Simon Wright and Göran Edman.

His influences include Gary Moore, Michael Schenker, Frank Marino, John Sykes and Ritchie Blackmore.

In May 1986, The Final Countdown was released, and quickly achieved success in several European countries, Japan, and United States.

The following year, a show in Japan was recorded (with new singer, Leif Sundin), which was released as the Face It Live album.

At the end of 1997, John Norum performed 15 shows as part of Dokken in the United States, replacing George Lynch who had once again left the band.

He went on tour in Scandinavia, with Thin Lizzy guitar player Brian Robertson playing songs of that band.

At the turn of the millennium, Norum participated in Europe's inaugural concert for Swedish TV, playing with the band again after 14 years of absence.

Norum started and developed his musical career in Sweden, but has also lived in the United States for a few years, where he met and married Michelle Meldrum, founder and lead guitarist of the all-female hard rock band Phantom Blue and the Swedish metal band Meldrum, in 1995.