The cover picture caused minor controversy when the subject of the photograph, Björn Andrésen, a Swedish actor and musician who played Tadzio in Death in Venice (billed by the director Luchino Visconti as "the most beautiful boy in the world") stated in the press that he objected to the picture having been used without his permission.
Björn Ulvaeus | Björn Borg | Björn Again | Peter Bjorn and John | Björn Skifs | Thorleif Andresen | Gavin Andresen | Cover of ''The Beautiful Boy'', showing Björn Andrésen | Brit Andresen | Björn Yttling | Björn Lodin | Björn Gelotte | Björn Afzelius | Writer's Block (Peter Bjorn and John album) | Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen | Peter Bjorn And John | Bjorn Ulvaeus | Bjorn Ruytinx | Bjorn Rebney | Björn O. Stenström | Björn Nittmo | Bjorn Nittmo | Björn Kurtén | Björn J:son Lindh | Björn Jónsson | Björn Ironside | Björn at Haugi | Björn Andrésen | Björn Andresen | Bjorn Anderson (director) |
Sohl was nicknamed "DNV", by Lenny Kaye, who thought that he resembled "Tadzio", the beautiful Polish boy from Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice, played by Björn Andresen.