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The specific problem is: <b>article mainly consists of namedropping of bands, many with dubious notability.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Music_of_Sweden" title="Special:EditPage/Music of Sweden">improve this article</a> if you can.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ABBA_-_Popzien_1973_5.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/ABBA_-_Popzien_1973_5.png/220px-ABBA_-_Popzien_1973_5.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/ABBA_-_Popzien_1973_5.png/330px-ABBA_-_Popzien_1973_5.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/ABBA_-_Popzien_1973_5.png/440px-ABBA_-_Popzien_1973_5.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a> is one of Sweden's most successful pop groups.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>music of Sweden</b> shares roots with its neighbouring countries in <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a>, as well as Eastern Europe, including <a href="/wiki/Polka" title="Polka">polka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schottische" title="Schottische">schottische</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waltz" title="Waltz">waltz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polska_(dance)" title="Polska (dance)">polska</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mazurka" title="Mazurka">mazurka</a>. The Swedish <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">fiddle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nyckelharpa" title="Nyckelharpa">nyckelharpa</a> are among the most common <a href="/wiki/Swedish_folk_music" title="Swedish folk music">Swedish folk</a> instruments. The instrumental genre is the biggest one in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>. In the 1960s, Swedish youth sparked a <a href="/wiki/Roots_revival" title="Roots revival">roots revival</a> in Swedish <a href="/wiki/Folk_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Folk culture">folk culture</a>. Many joined <i><a href="/wiki/Spelmanslag" title="Spelmanslag">Spelmanslag</a></i> (folk musicians' clubs) and performed on mainstream <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">TV</a>. They focused on instrumental <a href="/wiki/Polska_(dance)" title="Polska (dance)">polska</a> music, with vocals and influences from other traditional genres becoming more prominent since the 1990s. By 1970, the "<a href="/wiki/Dansband" title="Dansband">dansband</a>" culture also began. Music in Sweden is a vital part of <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Sweden" title="Culture of Sweden">Swedish culture</a>, as evidenced by the national success of musical shows like <a href="/wiki/Alls%C3%A5ng_p%C3%A5_Skansen" title="Allsång på Skansen">Allsång på Skansen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melodifestivalen" title="Melodifestivalen">Melodifestivalen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Swedish music has also included more modern and influences. On a per capita basis, Sweden is the world's most successful exporter of music.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its most famous export is <a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a>, one of the best-selling <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> groups of all time. Sweden has also historically dominated the Scandinavian music scene, with <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Danes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norwegians" title="Norwegians">Norwegians</a> listening to music in Swedish rather than the other way around.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 1980s and early 1990s, <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_death_metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandinavian death metal">Scandinavian death metal</a> bands became very popular with the international <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> community. </p><p>Music in Sweden has a long history, with musical evidence dating back to <a href="/wiki/Prehistory" title="Prehistory">prehistory</a>. Throughout the history of Sweden, the Swedish monarchy have been extensive patrons; notably, <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Vasa" title="Gustav Vasa">Gustav Vasa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gustav_III" title="Gustav III">Gustav III</a> were both considered very fond of music. Gustav Vasa encouraged musicians to attend his court,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Gustav III would found the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Opera" title="Royal Swedish Opera">Royal Swedish Opera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Music" title="Royal Swedish Academy of Music">Royal Swedish Academy of Music</a>; the latter institutions are still major promoters of Swedish music today.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sweden's most famous classic <a href="/wiki/Troubadour" title="Troubadour">troubadour</a> was <a href="/wiki/Carl_Michael_Bellman" title="Carl Michael Bellman">Carl Michael Bellman</a>, who lived from 1740 to 1795; he is famous for his extensive use of the lower class in his works. Later examples of troubadours include <a href="/wiki/Evert_Taube" title="Evert Taube">Evert Taube</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornelis_Vreeswijk" title="Cornelis Vreeswijk">Cornelis Vreeswijk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_%C3%85kerstr%C3%B6m" title="Fred Åkerström">Fred Åkerström</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Povel_Ramel" title="Povel Ramel">Povel Ramel</a>. Amongst other well-known classical Swedish composers are <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Martin_Kraus" title="Joseph Martin Kraus">Joseph Martin Kraus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Franz_Berwald" title="Franz Berwald">Franz Berwald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johan_Helmich_Roman" title="Johan Helmich Roman">Johan Helmich Roman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditional">Traditional</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Traditional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Swedish_folk_music" title="Swedish folk music">Swedish folk music</a></div> <p>Swedish folk songs are dominated by ballads and <a href="/wiki/Kulning" title="Kulning">kulning</a>; the latter was originally used as a <a href="/wiki/Cow" class="mw-redirect" title="Cow">cow</a>-<a href="/wiki/Herding" title="Herding">herding</a> call and is traditionally sung by women. Ballad stories descend from <a href="/wiki/Skillingtryck" class="mw-redirect" title="Skillingtryck">skillingtryck</a> printed songs from the 19th century. Modern bands like <a href="/wiki/Folk_och_Rackare" title="Folk och Rackare">Folk och Rackare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hedningarna" title="Hedningarna">Hedningarna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Garmarna" title="Garmarna">Garmarna</a> incorporated folk songs into their repertoire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swedish_folk_instruments">Swedish folk instruments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Swedish folk instruments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Swedish_folk_music" title="Swedish folk music">Swedish folk music</a> and <a href="/wiki/Riksspelman" title="Riksspelman">Riksspelman</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">fiddle</a> is perhaps the most characteristic and original instrument of the Swedish folk tradition. It had arrived by the 17th century, and became widespread until 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Religious_fundamentalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious fundamentalism">religious fundamentalism</a> preached that most forms of music were sinful and ungodly. Despite the oppression, several fiddlers achieved a reputation for their virtuosity, including <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A4mtland" title="Jämtland">Jämtland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Lapp-Nils" title="Lapp-Nils">Lapp-Nils</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bingsj%C3%B6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bingsjö (page does not exist)">Bingsjö</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pekkos_Per&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pekkos Per (page does not exist)">Pekkos Per</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malung" title="Malung">Malung</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lejsme-Per_Larsson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lejsme-Per Larsson (page does not exist)">Lejsme-Per Larsson</a>. None of these musicians were ever recorded; the first major fiddler to be recorded was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hjort_Anders_Olsson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hjort Anders Olsson (page does not exist)">Hjort Anders Olsson</a>. Other early fiddlers of the 20th century included <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nils_Agenmark&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nils Agenmark (page does not exist)">Nils Agenmark</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=P%C3%A4kkos_Gustaf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Päkkos Gustaf (page does not exist)">Päkkos Gustaf</a>. There is an extensive traditional repertoire of fiddle tunes, in forms such as the 3/4 <a href="/wiki/Polska_(dance)" title="Polska (dance)">polska</a> and the 4/4 <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A5ngl%C3%A5t" title="Gånglåt">gånglåt</a>. One type fiddle peculiar to Sweden is the <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A5tfiol" title="Låtfiol">låtfiol</a>, a fiddle with two <a href="/wiki/Sympathetic_string" title="Sympathetic string">sympathetic strings</a>, similar to the Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Hardanger_fiddle" title="Hardanger fiddle">Hardanger fiddle</a> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Nyckelharpa" title="Nyckelharpa">nyckelharpa</a> (keyed fiddle) is similar to both a fiddle and a <a href="/wiki/Hurdy_gurdy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurdy gurdy">hurdy-gurdy</a>, and is known from Sweden since at least 1350, when it was carved on a gate in a church in <a href="/wiki/Gotland" title="Gotland">Gotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 15th and 16th centuries, the nyckelharpa was known throughout <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> and particularly in the province of <a href="/wiki/Uppland" title="Uppland">Uppland</a>. The latter has long been a stronghold for nyckelharpa music, including through the 60s<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2012)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> revival<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (April 2012)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, which drew on musicians like <a href="/w/index.php?title=Byss-Calle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Byss-Calle (page does not exist)">Byss-Calle</a> from <a href="/wiki/%C3%84lvkarleby" title="Älvkarleby">Älvkarleby</a>. The instrument played at this time was not the same as that used today; <a href="/wiki/August_Bohlin" title="August Bohlin">August Bohlin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Sahlstr%C3%B6m" title="Eric Sahlström">Eric Sahlström</a> made changes to the instrument that made it a <a href="/wiki/Chromatic_scale" title="Chromatic scale">chromatic</a> and straight, more <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a>-like instrument. In spite of these innovations, the nyckelharpa's popularity declined until the 1960s roots revival. The nyckelharpa was a prominent part of several revival groups later in the century, especially <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4sen" title="Väsen">Väsen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hedningarna" title="Hedningarna">Hedningarna</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Swedish_bagpipes" title="Swedish bagpipes">Swedish bagpipes</a> <i>(säckpipa)</i> has been part of a long-running folk tradition, passed down orally until the death of <a href="/wiki/Gudmunds_Nils_Larsson" class="mw-redirect" title="Gudmunds Nils Larsson">Gudmunds Nils Larsson</a> in 1949. Later revivalists such as <a href="/wiki/Per_Gudmundson" title="Per Gudmundson">Per Gudmundson</a> added a tuning slide and revitalized the instrument. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Accordion" title="Accordion">Accordions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harmonica" title="Harmonica">harmonicas</a> were an integral part of Swedish folk music from the beginning of the 20th century, when they contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Gammeldans" class="mw-redirect" title="Gammeldans">gammeldans</a> genre. The most famous Swedish accordionist is undoubtedly <a href="/wiki/Kalle_Jularbo" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalle Jularbo">Kalle Jularbo</a>, who was famous throughout the early 20th century. Later, the accordion fell out of favour within the roots revival, and did not return until the very end of the 1970s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roots_revival">Roots revival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Roots revival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Swedish_folk_music" title="Swedish folk music">Swedish folk music</a></div> <p>In the 1960s, Swedish <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> musicians like <a href="/wiki/Jan_Johansson_(jazz_musician)" title="Jan Johansson (jazz musician)">Jan Johansson</a> used folk influences in their work, resulting in an early 1970s series of <a href="/wiki/List_of_music_festivals" title="List of music festivals">music festivals</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Swedish_Music_Movement&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swedish Music Movement (page does not exist)">Swedish Music Movement</a> reflected a popular trend towards jazz- and rock-oriented folk music, featuring many performers who brought a new vitality to Swedish folk. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classical">Classical</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Classical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilhelm_Stenhammar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Wilhelm_Stenhammar.jpg/220px-Wilhelm_Stenhammar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Wilhelm_Stenhammar.jpg/330px-Wilhelm_Stenhammar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Wilhelm_Stenhammar.jpg/440px-Wilhelm_Stenhammar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="548" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Stenhammar" title="Wilhelm Stenhammar">Wilhelm Stenhammar</a> was a Swedish classical composer and a musician.</figcaption></figure> <p>The father of Swedish classical music is often claimed to be <a href="/wiki/Johan_Helmich_Roman" title="Johan Helmich Roman">Johan Helmich Roman</a> (1694–1758); his most famous work is the <a href="/wiki/Drottningholm_Music" title="Drottningholm Music">Drottningholm Music</a>, written for the wedding of <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden" title="Adolf Frederick of Sweden">Crown Prince Adolf Frederick</a>. Another influential composer is <a href="/wiki/Carl_Michael_Bellman" title="Carl Michael Bellman">Carl Michael Bellman</a>, whose patron was the king <a href="/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Gustav III of Sweden">Gustav III of Sweden</a>. Bellmans' songs are often about drinking, prostitution and everyday love troubles. He was a virtuoso improviser, and his songs, in the collections <i><a href="/wiki/Fredmans_epistlar" title="Fredmans epistlar">Fredmans epistlar</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Fredmans_s%C3%A5nger" title="Fredmans sånger">Fredmans sånger</a></i>, are widely performed in Europe in different translations. Bellman is most notable for his extensive influence on later Swedish musical traditions. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Martin_Kraus" title="Joseph Martin Kraus">Joseph Martin Kraus</a> (1756–1792) had a life span very similar to that of <a href="/wiki/Mozart" class="mw-redirect" title="Mozart">Mozart</a>, who lived between 1756 and 1792. Kraus was an innovative composer, with a music filled with finesse and bold contrasts. His harmonic language was very personal, although his ability to develop motives never reached the level of the Viennese composers such as Mozart or Haydn. In the early romantic era, <a href="/wiki/Franz_Berwald" title="Franz Berwald">Franz Berwald</a> (1796–1868) was the most prominent of the Swedish composers. His music was almost ignored during his lifetime, and he made his living as an orthopedic surgeon. He gained most of his recognition after his death, and composers such as <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Atterberg" title="Kurt Atterberg">Atterberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Stenhammar" title="Wilhelm Stenhammar">Wilhelm Stenhammar</a> worked hard to raise interest in Berwalds' music. </p><p>Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927) was one of the later national romantic composers. He owned a reputation as one of the finest pianists of his time. He studied for some years in Berlin, where he came in contact with German high romanticism, such as Bruckner and Wagner, which influenced him a lot when he wrote his two symphonies. He also wrote six string quartets, a respectable amount of piano music and one opera, Tyrfing, treating a Norse mythological subject. Another national romantic composer who was also a conductor and violinist, was <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Alfv%C3%A9n" title="Hugo Alfvén">Hugo Alfvén</a> (1872–1960). His orchestration is bright and colorful, reminiscent of that of Richard Strauss, although the harmonic language differs a lot. Some of his works, such as the Swedish rhapsodies, are program music, which means music with an underlying program that is meant to be evoked in the listener's mind. Alfvén appears as a character in the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Passion_of_Marie" title="The Passion of Marie">The Passion of Marie</a></i>. </p><p>Important composers in the early 1900s are <a href="/wiki/Hilding_Rosenberg" title="Hilding Rosenberg">Hilding Rosenberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Atterberg" title="Kurt Atterberg">Kurt Atterberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ture_Rangstr%C3%B6m" title="Ture Rangström">Ture Rangström</a>. The best-known <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a> singers were the 19th century <a href="/wiki/Soprano" title="Soprano">soprano</a> <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Lind" title="Jenny Lind">Jenny Lind</a> and the 20th century <a href="/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor">tenor</a> <a href="/wiki/Jussi_Bj%C3%B6rling" title="Jussi Björling">Jussi Björling</a>, who had great success abroad as a tenor. Also <a href="/wiki/Soprano" title="Soprano">sopranos</a> <a href="/wiki/Christina_Nilsson" title="Christina Nilsson">Christina Nilsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birgit_Nilsson" title="Birgit Nilsson">Birgit Nilsson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor">tenor</a> <a href="/wiki/Nicolai_Gedda" title="Nicolai Gedda">Nicolai Gedda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a> <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5kan_Hageg%C3%A5rd" title="Håkan Hagegård">Håkan Hagegård</a> and the contemporary <a href="/wiki/Soprano" title="Soprano">soprano</a> <a href="/wiki/Miah_Persson" title="Miah Persson">Miah Persson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mezzo-soprano" title="Mezzo-soprano">mezzo-sopranos</a> <a href="/wiki/Anne_Sofie_von_Otter" title="Anne Sofie von Otter">Anne Sofie von Otter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Katarina_Karn%C3%A9us" title="Katarina Karnéus">Katarina Karnéus</a> have become known in the world of opera. <a href="/wiki/Evert_Taube" title="Evert Taube">Evert Taube</a>, <a href="/wiki/Povel_Ramel" title="Povel Ramel">Povel Ramel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornelis_Vreeswijk" title="Cornelis Vreeswijk">Cornelis Vreeswijk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Akerstrom" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred Akerstrom">Fred Akerstrom</a> are all popular modern troubadours, considered to be classics in Swedish music. Sweden also has a very prominent choral music tradition, deriving in part from the cultural importance of Swedish folk songs and the popularity of choir schools.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Choral">Choral</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Choral"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sweden has a long tradition of professional and amateur <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">choir</a> singing. A large percentage of the Swedes sing in amateur choirs in various styles. The choirs of Sweden are among the best in the world, with the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Radio_Choir" title="Swedish Radio Choir">Radio Choir</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Radio" title="Sveriges Radio">Sveriges Radio</a> (Swedish public radio) being one of the world's top professional classical choirs. <a href="/wiki/Lunds_Students%C3%A5ngare" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunds Studentsångare">Lunds Studentsångförening</a> (LSS) and <a href="/wiki/Orphei_Dr%C3%A4ngar" title="Orphei Drängar">Orphei Drängar</a> (OD) are two world-class male choirs singing both in Swedish and other languages. The choir leader <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ericson" title="Eric Ericson">Eric Ericson</a> started his career as chief conductor of OD in the 1950s. The <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Fredrik%27s_Music_School" title="Adolf Fredrik's Music School">Adolf Fredrik's Music School</a>, in Stockholm, is commonly considered Sweden's most prestigious music school.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern">Modern</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Modern"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jazz">Jazz</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Jazz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Well-known jazz names include: <a href="/wiki/Alice_Babs" title="Alice Babs">Alice Babs</a>, who worked with <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a> for many years starting in 1963, <a href="/wiki/Arne_Domnerus" class="mw-redirect" title="Arne Domnerus">Arne Domnerus</a>, who has recorded albums with <a href="/wiki/James_Moody_(saxophonist)" title="James Moody (saxophonist)">James Moody</a>, <a href="/wiki/Art_Farmer" title="Art Farmer">Art Farmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Brown" title="Clifford Brown">Clifford Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengt_Hallberg" title="Bengt Hallberg">Bengt Hallberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobo_Stenson" title="Bobo Stenson">Bobo Stenson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Esbj%C3%B6rn_Svensson_Trio" title="Esbjörn Svensson Trio">Esbjörn Svensson Trio</a>, composer and jazz musician <a href="/wiki/Georg_Riedel_(Swedish_jazz_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Georg Riedel (Swedish jazz musician)">Georg Riedel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georg_Wadenius" title="Georg Wadenius">Georg Wadenius</a>, best-selling jazz musician <a href="/wiki/Jan_Johansson_(jazz_musician)" title="Jan Johansson (jazz musician)">Jan Johansson</a>, the jazz duo <a href="/wiki/Koop_(band)" title="Koop (band)">Koop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lars_Gullin" title="Lars Gullin">Lars Gullin</a>, the multi-instrumentalist and composer <a href="/wiki/Magnus_Lindgren" title="Magnus Lindgren">Magnus Lindgren</a>, singer and actress <a href="/wiki/Monica_Zetterlund" title="Monica Zetterlund">Monica Zetterlund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nils_Landgren_(musician)" title="Nils Landgren (musician)">Nils Landgren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Putte_Wickman" title="Putte Wickman">Putte Wickman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rolf_Ericson" title="Rolf Ericson">Rolf Ericson</a>, guitar virtuoso <a href="/wiki/Ulf_Wakenius" title="Ulf Wakenius">Ulf Wakenius</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Hasselg%C3%A5rd" title="Stan Hasselgård">Åke Hasselgård</a>. In addition, American jazz trumpeter <a href="/wiki/Don_Cherry_(trumpeter)" title="Don Cherry (trumpeter)">Don Cherry</a> was based in Sweden for much of his later life. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popular_music">Popular music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Popular music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Popular_music_in_Sweden" title="Popular music in Sweden">Popular music in Sweden</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Max_Martin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Max_Martin.jpg/220px-Max_Martin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Max_Martin.jpg/330px-Max_Martin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Max_Martin.jpg/440px-Max_Martin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="861" data-file-height="1149" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Max_Martin" title="Max Martin">Max Martin</a> is a popular songwriter who composed many hit songs for artists including <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a> and <a href="/wiki/Backstreet_Boys" title="Backstreet Boys">Backstreet Boys</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Sweden is one of the world's biggest exporters of music relative to the size of its economy and population. The most famous Swedish popular music act of all time is <a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a>, composed of members <a href="/wiki/Agnetha_F%C3%A4ltskog" title="Agnetha Fältskog">Agnetha Fältskog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ulvaeus" title="Björn Ulvaeus">Björn Ulvaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benny_Andersson" title="Benny Andersson">Benny Andersson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anni-Frid_Lyngstad" title="Anni-Frid Lyngstad">Anni-Frid Lyngstad</a>. After winning the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1974" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1974">Eurovision Song Contest 1974</a>, ABBA grew to become the dominant pop band of the 70s and early 80s. Their sales figures are disputed but claims have been made of 380 million records around the world, making them the second-most successful group in history after <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ABBA continues to sell around one million records a year worldwide. ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus have been very successful in musical theatre, with their international hit <i><a href="/wiki/Mamma_Mia!_(musical)" title="Mamma Mia! (musical)">Mamma Mia!</a></i>, as well as <i><a href="/wiki/Chess_(musical)" title="Chess (musical)">Chess</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Kristina_fr%C3%A5n_Duvem%C3%A5la" title="Kristina från Duvemåla">Kristina från Duvemåla</a></i>, which was a huge success in Sweden. The female members also pursued solo careers after the breakup. <a href="/wiki/Agnetha_F%C3%A4ltskog" title="Agnetha Fältskog">Agnetha Fältskog</a> has scored various hits as a solo artist, with her 2013 album <i><a href="/wiki/A_(Agnetha_F%C3%A4ltskog_album)" title="A (Agnetha Fältskog album)">A</a></i> selling up to 1.5 million copies worldwide. </p><p>ABBA marked the beginning of an era in which Swedish pop music gained international prominence, a position it still maintains today. Excluding the UK, Sweden is the European nation with the most number-one hits on the U.S. <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100: as of 2019, seven songs have reached the #1 position. The first one was a 1974 cover version of "<a href="/wiki/Hooked_on_a_Feeling" title="Hooked on a Feeling">Hooked on a Feeling</a>", performed by <a href="/wiki/Blue_Swede" title="Blue Swede">Blue Swede</a>, followed by ABBA's "<a href="/wiki/Dancing_Queen" title="Dancing Queen">Dancing Queen</a>" in 1977. <a href="/wiki/Roxette" title="Roxette">Roxette</a> had no less than four number-one hits between 1989 and 1991: "<a href="/wiki/The_Look" title="The Look">The Look</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Listen_to_Your_Heart_(Roxette_song)" title="Listen to Your Heart (Roxette song)">Listen to Your Heart</a>", "<a href="/wiki/It_Must_Have_Been_Love" title="It Must Have Been Love">It Must Have Been Love</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Joyride_(Roxette_song)" title="Joyride (Roxette song)">Joyride</a>", and in 1994 <a href="/wiki/Ace_of_Base" title="Ace of Base">Ace of Base</a> reached the top with their hit "<a href="/wiki/The_Sign_(song)" title="The Sign (song)">The Sign</a>". </p><p>Since the 1990s, Sweden's influence on the international pop music scene has been most evident via a number of its heavyweight songwriters and producers. <a href="/wiki/Cheiron_Studios" title="Cheiron Studios">Cheiron Studios</a>, spearheaded by <a href="/wiki/Denniz_Pop" title="Denniz Pop">Denniz Pop</a> and his protégé <a href="/wiki/Max_Martin" title="Max Martin">Max Martin</a>, helped Ace of Base become an international success, and then went on to create some of the biggest hits of <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Backstreet_Boys" title="Backstreet Boys">Backstreet Boys</a>, <a href="/wiki/NSYNC" title="NSYNC">NSYNC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westlife" title="Westlife">Westlife</a>, and later <a href="/wiki/Katy_Perry" title="Katy Perry">Katy Perry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Bieber" title="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Weeknd" title="The Weeknd">The Weeknd</a>, to name just a few. Denniz Pop died from cancer in 1998 and Cheiron Studios was closed two years later, but Martin remains a superstar in the industry - only <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> has written more #1 <i>Billboard</i> hits than Max Martin. Other prominent producers who were part of Cheiron include <a href="/wiki/Carl_Falk" title="Carl Falk">Carl Falk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rami_Yacoub" title="Rami Yacoub">Rami Yacoub</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kristian_Lundin" title="Kristian Lundin">Kristian Lundin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Per_Magnusson" title="Per Magnusson">Per Magnusson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Carlsson" title="Andreas Carlsson">Andreas Carlsson</a>. In Cheiron's and Max Martin's wake a number of successful producers have also emerged in later years, including <a href="/wiki/Shellback_(record_producer)" title="Shellback (record producer)">Shellback</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bloodshy_%26_Avant" title="Bloodshy & Avant">Bloodshy & Avant</a>, and <a href="/wiki/RedOne" title="RedOne">RedOne</a>. </p><p>The success of Swedish popular music is also evident in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a>. The contest attracts great interest and the Swedish contestant is selected through <a href="/wiki/Melodifestivalen" title="Melodifestivalen">Melodifestivalen</a>, a series of qualifiers which is Sweden's most popular TV show. Since ABBA's win in 1974, Sweden has won the Eurovision Song Contest six more times: in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1984" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1984">1984</a> with <a href="/wiki/Herreys" title="Herreys">Herreys</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1991" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1991">1991</a> with <a href="/wiki/Carola_H%C3%A4ggkvist" title="Carola Häggkvist">Carola Häggkvist</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999">1999</a> with <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Nilsson</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2012">2012</a> with <a href="/wiki/Loreen" title="Loreen">Loreen</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2015">2015</a> with <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A5ns_Zelmerl%C3%B6w" title="Måns Zelmerlöw">Måns Zelmerlöw</a>, and most recently in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2023">2023</a> again with Loreen. With these seven wins, Sweden is the country with the most number of Eurovision victories, tied with <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ireland</a>. </p><p>Some of the most successful post-ABBA popular music artists from Sweden are <a href="/wiki/Europe_(band)" title="Europe (band)">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roxette" title="Roxette">Roxette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madleen_Kane" title="Madleen Kane">Madleen Kane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Carlsson" class="mw-redirect" title="Agnes Carlsson">Agnes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ace_of_Base" title="Ace of Base">Ace of Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent_(band)" title="Kent (band)">Kent</a>, Carola Häggkvist, <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Lovers" title="Army of Lovers">Army of Lovers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neneh_Cherry" title="Neneh Cherry">Neneh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eagle-Eye_Cherry" title="Eagle-Eye Cherry">Eagle-Eye Cherry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leila_K" title="Leila K">Leila K</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robyn" title="Robyn">Robyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/A*Teens" class="mw-redirect" title="A*Teens">A*Teens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nanne_Gr%C3%B6nvall" title="Nanne Grönvall">Nanne Grönvall</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Cardigans" title="The Cardigans">The Cardigans</a>, <a href="/wiki/BWO_(band)" title="BWO (band)">BWO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Johnson" title="Andreas Johnson">Andreas Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alcazar_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcazar (band)">Alcazar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Petra_Marklund" title="Petra Marklund">September</a>. A number of renowned rock and pop-oriented artists have come out of the country in recent years, including <a href="/wiki/Eskobar" title="Eskobar">Eskobar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hund" title="Bob Hund">Bob Hund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clawfinger" title="Clawfinger">Clawfinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Sounds" title="The Sounds">The Sounds</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Hives" title="The Hives">The Hives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_Superstar" title="Hardcore Superstar">Hardcore Superstar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millencolin" title="Millencolin">Millencolin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sahara_Hotnights" title="Sahara Hotnights">Sahara Hotnights</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Hellacopters" title="The Hellacopters">The Hellacopters</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Ark_(Swedish_band)" title="The Ark (Swedish band)">The Ark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Infinite_Mass" title="Infinite Mass">Infinite Mass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mando_Diao" title="Mando Diao">Mando Diao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Looptroop_Rockers" title="Looptroop Rockers">Looptroop Rockers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(singer)" title="José González (singer)">José González</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Knife" title="The Knife">The Knife</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jens_Lekman" title="Jens Lekman">Jens Lekman</a> have both received significant underground acclaim in recent years. Such has been the success of music abroad that clubs specializing in Swedish music have sprung up in major cities like Berlin, Barcelona and London. Rock band <a href="/wiki/Kent_(band)" title="Kent (band)">Kent</a> are also often regarded as a pop band based on the variety of sounds found on their various albums. </p><p>Some Swedish easy listening/contemporary groups and artists who are not as well known internationally, but are recognized in Sweden, include <a href="/wiki/Gyllene_Tider" title="Gyllene Tider">Gyllene Tider</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_J%C3%B6back" title="Peter Jöback">Peter Jöback</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lill-Babs" title="Lill-Babs">Lill-Babs Svensson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marie_Fredriksson" title="Marie Fredriksson">Marie Fredriksson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laleh_Pourkarim" class="mw-redirect" title="Laleh Pourkarim">Laleh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Per_Gessle" title="Per Gessle">Per Gessle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_G%C3%A4rdestad" title="Ted Gärdestad">Ted Gärdestad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Sj%C3%B6holm" title="Helen Sjöholm">Helen Sjöholm</a>, Charlotte Perrelli, Loreen, <a href="/wiki/Sanna_Nielsen" title="Sanna Nielsen">Sanna Nielsen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lena_Philipsson" title="Lena Philipsson">Lena Philipsson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patrik_Isaksson_(singer)" title="Patrik Isaksson (singer)">Patrik Isaksson</a>. Many bubblegum dance artists emerged from Sweden, including <a href="/wiki/Smile.dk" title="Smile.dk">Smile.dk</a>, made famous by the videogame <i><a href="/wiki/Dance_Dance_Revolution" title="Dance Dance Revolution">Dance Dance Revolution</a></i>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_of_Base" title="Ace of Base">Ace of Base</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Ternheim" title="Anna Ternheim">Anna Ternheim</a> – indie pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Carlsson" class="mw-redirect" title="Agnes Carlsson">Agnes Carlsson</a> – pop, electropop, dance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avicii" title="Avicii">Avicii</a> – DJ, electronic dance music</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basshunter" title="Basshunter">Basshunter</a> – eurodance, trance, electropop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Ingrosso" title="Benjamin Ingrosso">Benjamin Ingrosso</a> - dance-pop, electropop, R&B</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodies_Without_Organs" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodies Without Organs">BWO</a> – electro, pop, dance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carola_H%C3%A4ggkvist" title="Carola Häggkvist">Carola Häggkvist</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Di_Leva" title="Thomas Di Leva">Di Leva</a> – indie pop, rock</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Perro_del_Mar" title="El Perro del Mar">El Perro del Mar</a> – indie pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Aid_Kit_(band)" title="First Aid Kit (band)">First Aid Kit</a> – Swedish folk duo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5kan_Hellstr%C3%B6m" title="Håkan Hellström">Håkan Hellström</a> – indie pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_from_Barcelona" title="I'm from Barcelona">I'm from Barcelona</a> - pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iamamiwhoami" title="Iamamiwhoami">iamamiwhoami</a> – electropop, alternative, experimental</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icona_Pop" title="Icona Pop">Icona Pop</a> – dance-pop, electropop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay-Jay_Johanson" title="Jay-Jay Johanson">Jay-Jay Johanson</a> – experimental, pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jens_Lekman" title="Jens Lekman">Jens Lekman</a> – indie pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kleerup" title="Kleerup">Kleerup</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Knife" title="The Knife">The Knife</a> – electropop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laleh_Pourkarim" class="mw-redirect" title="Laleh Pourkarim">Laleh</a> – folk, pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leila_K" title="Leila K">Leila K</a> – eurodance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loreen" title="Loreen">Loreen</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lasse_Lindh" title="Lasse Lindh">Lasse Lindh</a> – indie pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lykke_Li" title="Lykke Li">Lykke Li</a> – electropop, indie pop, experimental</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A5ns_Zelmerl%C3%B6w" title="Måns Zelmerlöw">Måns Zelmerlöw</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markus_Kruneg%C3%A5rd" title="Markus Krunegård">Markus Krunegård</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Sand%C3%A9n" title="Molly Sandén">Molly Sandén</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miike_Snow" title="Miike Snow">Miike Snow</a> – indie pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Knows" title="Otto Knows">Otto Knows</a> – DJ, electronic dance music</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Radio_Dept." title="The Radio Dept.">The Radio Dept.</a> – dream pop, shoegaze</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rednex" title="Rednex">Rednex</a> – pop, eurodance, country</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Bengtsson" title="Robin Bengtsson">Robin Bengtsson</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robyn" title="Robyn">Robyn</a> – electropop, dance-pop,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxette" title="Roxette">Roxette</a> – pop, pop rock, soft rock, dance-pop, power pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanna_Nielsen" title="Sanna Nielsen">Sanna Nielsen</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petra_Marklund" title="Petra Marklund">September</a> – pop, dance-pop, house</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shellback_(record_producer)" title="Shellback (record producer)">Shellback</a> – music producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shout_Out_Louds" title="Shout Out Louds">Shout Out Louds</a> – indie pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Zelmani" title="Sophie Zelmani">Sophie Zelmani</a> – folk, indie pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suburban_Kids_with_Biblical_Names" title="Suburban Kids with Biblical Names">Suburban Kids with Biblical Names</a> – twee pop, indie pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_House_Mafia" title="Swedish House Mafia">Swedish House Mafia</a> – electronic dance music group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fooo_Conspiracy" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fooo Conspiracy">The Fooo Conspiracy</a> – pop group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tallest_Man_on_Earth" title="The Tallest Man on Earth">The Tallest Man on Earth</a> – folk</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tough_Alliance" title="The Tough Alliance">The Tough Alliance</a> – indie pop, electropop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tove_Lo" title="Tove Lo">Tove Lo</a> – pop, electropop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tove_Styrke" title="Tove Styrke">Tove Styrke</a> – electropop, synthpop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Maggio" title="Veronica Maggio">Veronica Maggio</a> – pop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zara_Larsson" title="Zara Larsson">Zara Larsson</a> – dance-pop, R&B, electropop</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hip_hop_music">Hip hop music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Hip hop music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Swedish_hip_hop" title="Swedish hip hop">Swedish hip hop</a></div> <p>While <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a> have been around for a long time in Sweden, <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a> is a more recent addition. <a href="/wiki/Swedish_hip_hop" title="Swedish hip hop">Swedish hip hop</a> emerged in the first half of the 1980s and crossed into the mainstream a decade later.<sup id="cite_ref-SZ_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SZ-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artists that achieved mainstream popularity in the early 1990s include <a href="/wiki/Just_D" title="Just D">Just D</a>, <a href="/wiki/Infinite_Mass" title="Infinite Mass">Infinite Mass</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Latin_Kings_(hip_hop_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Latin Kings (hip hop group)">The Latin Kings</a>. In the late 1990s there was a second breakthrough and artists like <a href="/wiki/Petter_Askergren" class="mw-redirect" title="Petter Askergren">Petter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ken (artist)">Ken Ring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rusiak" title="Thomas Rusiak">Thomas Rusiak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timbuktu_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timbuktu (artist)">Timbuktu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Looptroop_Rockers" title="Looptroop Rockers">Looptroop Rockers</a> became well-known. More recent acts worth mentioning are <a href="/wiki/Promoe" title="Promoe">Promoe</a> (of Looptroop Rockers), <a href="/wiki/Roffe_Ruff" title="Roffe Ruff">Roffe Ruff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snook_(band)" title="Snook (band)">Snook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ison_%26_Fille" title="Ison & Fille">Ison & Fille</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maskinen" title="Maskinen">Maskinen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Million_Stylez" title="Million Stylez">Million Stylez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rebstar" title="Rebstar">Rebstar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Tensta" title="Adam Tensta">Adam Tensta</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Drain_Gang" title="Drain Gang">Drain Gang</a>. <a href="/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music">Swing</a> hip hop <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> also has made a mark with the band <a href="/wiki/Movits!" title="Movits!">Movits!</a> as a frontrunner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rock">Rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kent-sthlm2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kent-sthlm2010.jpg/220px-Kent-sthlm2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kent-sthlm2010.jpg/330px-Kent-sthlm2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kent-sthlm2010.jpg/440px-Kent-sthlm2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="1050" /></a><figcaption>Kent performing in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>While rock is not as widespread in Sweden as <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> or <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">metal</a> are, there are some very interesting acts. The 1990s saw the rise of <a href="/wiki/Kent_(band)" title="Kent (band)">Kent</a>, who became the most popular Swedish rock band in Scandinavia until they disbanded in 2016; Kent is still one of the most popular acts in Sweden and Scandinavia.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of Sweden's rock bands include: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Ark_(Swedish_band)" title="The Ark (Swedish band)">The Ark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backyard_Babies" title="Backyard Babies">Backyard Babies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_hund" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob hund">bob hund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broder_Daniel" title="Broder Daniel">Broder Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cardigans" title="The Cardigans">The Cardigans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungen" title="Dungen">Dungen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europe_(band)" title="Europe (band)">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldkvarn_(band)" title="Eldkvarn (band)">Eldkvarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H.E.A.T_(band)" title="H.E.A.T (band)">H.E.A.T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hellacopters" title="The Hellacopters">The Hellacopters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hives" title="The Hives">The Hives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Knockouts" title="The Knockouts">The Knockouts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnossi" title="Johnossi">Johnossi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_(band)" title="Kent (band)">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mando_Diao" title="Mando Diao">Mando Diao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moneybrother" class="mw-redirect" title="Moneybrother">Moneybrother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millencolin" title="Millencolin">Millencolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bjorn_and_John" title="Peter Bjorn and John">Peter Bjorn and John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahara_Hotnights" title="Sahara Hotnights">Sahara Hotnights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shout_Out_Louds" title="Shout Out Louds">Shout Out Louds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sounds" title="The Sounds">The Sounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Spotnicks" title="The Spotnicks">The Spotnicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Soundtrack_of_Our_Lives" title="The Soundtrack of Our Lives">The Soundtrack of Our Lives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takida" title="Takida">Takida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timo_R%C3%A4is%C3%A4nen" title="Timo Räisänen">Timo Räisänen</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Punk_rock">Punk rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Punk rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Punk_in_Sweden" title="Punk in Sweden">Punk in Sweden</a></div> <p>The most prominent and important Swedish punk rock band is <a href="/wiki/Ebba_Gr%C3%B6n" title="Ebba Grön">Ebba Grön</a> (1977–1982) headed by <a href="/wiki/Joakim_Th%C3%A5str%C3%B6m" title="Joakim Thåström">Joakim Thåström</a>. Thåström also had two other bands called <a href="/wiki/Imperiet" title="Imperiet">Imperiet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peace,_Love_%26_Pitbulls" title="Peace, Love & Pitbulls">Peace, Love & Pitbulls</a> but they were very pop influenced and never became anywhere near as popular as Ebba Grön. However, Thåström is still big in Sweden, now as a solo artist. </p><p>Sweden is also home to several influential <a href="/wiki/Emo" title="Emo">emo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_punk" title="Hardcore punk">hardcore punk</a> bands, such as <a href="/wiki/Fireside_(band)" title="Fireside (band)">Fireside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Last_Days_Of_April" class="mw-redirect" title="Last Days Of April">Last Days Of April</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satanic_Surfers" title="Satanic Surfers">Satanic Surfers</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kelly_8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kelly 8 (page does not exist)">Kelly 8</a> and landmark post-hardcore band <a href="/wiki/Refused" title="Refused">Refused</a>. More aggressive early hardcore punk bands include <a href="/wiki/Asta_Kask" title="Asta Kask">Asta Kask</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charta_77_(band)" title="Charta 77 (band)">Charta 77</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mob_47" title="Mob 47">Mob 47</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anti_Cimex" title="Anti Cimex">Anti Cimex</a>, Totalitär, <a href="/wiki/Homy_Hogs" title="Homy Hogs">Homy Hogs</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=T.S.T&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T.S.T (page does not exist)">T.S.T</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Headcleaners&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Headcleaners (page does not exist)">Headcleaners</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Shitlickers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Shitlickers (page does not exist)">The Shitlickers</a>. Some later influential bands of the aggressive sort are for example <a href="/wiki/Disfear" title="Disfear">Disfear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Driller_Killer_(band)" title="Driller Killer (band)">Driller Killer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolfbrigade" title="Wolfbrigade">Wolfbrigade</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Loudpipes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loudpipes (page does not exist)">Loudpipes</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Warvictims&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Warvictims (page does not exist)">Warvictims</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bombshell_Rocks" title="Bombshell Rocks">Bombshell Rocks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Raised_Fist" title="Raised Fist">Raised Fist</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heavy_metal">Heavy metal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Heavy metal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:C._Johnsson_and_L._Lewis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/C._Johnsson_and_L._Lewis.jpg/220px-C._Johnsson_and_L._Lewis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/C._Johnsson_and_L._Lewis.jpg/330px-C._Johnsson_and_L._Lewis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/C._Johnsson_and_L._Lewis.jpg/440px-C._Johnsson_and_L._Lewis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="555" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Therion_(band)" title="Therion (band)">Therion</a> is considered one of the pioneers of <a href="/wiki/Symphonic_metal" title="Symphonic metal">symphonic metal</a>.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Swedish_death_metal" title="Swedish death metal">Swedish death metal</a></div> <p>Sweden (along with Scandinavia at large) is known for its large number of <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> bands, so much so that this phenomenon has attracted scholarly analysis.<sup id="cite_ref-7_Reasons_It_Feels_Like_Every_Metal_Band_Is_From_Scandinavia_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_Reasons_It_Feels_Like_Every_Metal_Band_Is_From_Scandinavia-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sweden is second only to neighboring Finland in heavy metal bands per capita.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Swedish musicians were instrumental in the creation of <a href="/wiki/Melodic_death_metal" title="Melodic death metal">melodic death metal</a>, also known as Gothenburg metal, particularly the bands <a href="/wiki/Arch_Enemy" title="Arch Enemy">Arch Enemy</a>, <a href="/wiki/In_Flames" title="In Flames">In Flames</a>, <a href="/wiki/At_the_Gates" title="At the Gates">At the Gates</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dark_Tranquility" class="mw-redirect" title="Dark Tranquility">Dark Tranquility</a>. These bands later developed their style further, adding new influences and inspiring other acts like the American <a href="/wiki/Melodic_metalcore" title="Melodic metalcore">melodic metalcore</a> bands. <a href="/wiki/Bathory_(band)" title="Bathory (band)">Bathory</a> is credited for helping create <a href="/wiki/Black_metal" title="Black metal">black metal</a>, a style that became popular in Norway, as well as pioneering <a href="/wiki/Viking_metal" title="Viking metal">Viking metal</a>, and deceased black metal icon <a href="/wiki/Per_Yngve_Ohlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Per Yngve Ohlin">Per Yngve Ohlin</a> was from Sweden. <a href="/wiki/Dissection_(band)" title="Dissection (band)">Dissection</a> is also noted for their large influence on Swedish black metal, in particular <a href="/wiki/Melodic_black_metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Melodic black metal">melodic black metal</a>. The country is also well known for <a href="/wiki/Death_metal" title="Death metal">death metal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal">progressive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doom_metal" title="Doom metal">doom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Power_metal" title="Power metal">power metal</a> bands. <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a> band <a href="/wiki/Candlemass_(band)" title="Candlemass (band)">Candlemass</a> is one of the first and most influential <a href="/wiki/Doom_metal" title="Doom metal">doom metal</a> bands, starting in 1984. <a href="/wiki/Yngwie_J._Malmsteen" class="mw-redirect" title="Yngwie J. Malmsteen">Yngwie J. Malmsteen</a> is one of the fathers of <a href="/wiki/Neo-classical_metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-classical metal">neo-classical metal</a>. <a href="/wiki/Meshuggah" title="Meshuggah">Meshuggah</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Avant-garde_metal" title="Avant-garde metal">avant-garde metal</a> band which developed <a href="/wiki/Djent" title="Djent">djent</a> from the late 80s and 90s. <a href="/wiki/Opeth" title="Opeth">Opeth</a> is regarded as one of the most influential and innovative metal bands, crossing melodic death metal and <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a> between the 90s and the 2000s. <a href="/wiki/Passenger_(Swedish_band)" title="Passenger (Swedish band)">Passenger</a> is considered the <a href="/wiki/Swan_song" title="Swan song">swan song</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Nu_metal" title="Nu metal">nu metal</a> scene in the early 2000s. Other famous bands include <a href="/wiki/Pain_of_Salvation" title="Pain of Salvation">Pain of Salvation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Entombed_(band)" title="Entombed (band)">Entombed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dismember_(band)" title="Dismember (band)">Dismember</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hypocrisy_(band)" title="Hypocrisy (band)">Hypocrisy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amon_Amarth" title="Amon Amarth">Amon Amarth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amaranthe" title="Amaranthe">Amaranthe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soilwork" title="Soilwork">Soilwork</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freak_Kitchen" title="Freak Kitchen">Freak Kitchen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabaton_(band)" title="Sabaton (band)">Sabaton</a> and more. </p><p>Some of the prominent metal acts are: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ablaze_My_Sorrow" title="Ablaze My Sorrow">Ablaze My Sorrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abruptum" title="Abruptum">Abruptum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeon_(band)" title="Aeon (band)">Aeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaranthe" title="Amaranthe">Amaranthe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amon_Amarth" title="Amon Amarth">Amon Amarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anata_(band)" title="Anata (band)">Anata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angtoria" title="Angtoria">Angtoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arch_Enemy" title="Arch Enemy">Arch Enemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arckanum" title="Arckanum">Arckanum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/At_the_Gates" title="At the Gates">At the Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avatar_(band)" title="Avatar (band)">Avatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bathory_(band)" title="Bathory (band)">Bathory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beseech" title="Beseech">Beseech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloodbath" title="Bloodbath">Bloodbath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloodbound" title="Bloodbound">Bloodbound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brothers_of_Metal" title="Brothers of Metal">Brothers of Metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candlemass_(band)" title="Candlemass (band)">Candlemass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnage_(band)" title="Carnage (band)">Carnage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnal_Forge" title="Carnal Forge">Carnal Forge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cemetary_(band)" title="Cemetary (band)">Cemetary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Count_Raven" title="Count Raven">Count Raven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crashd%C3%AFet" title="Crashdïet">Crashdïet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crown_(band)" title="The Crown (band)">The Crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cult_of_Luna" title="Cult of Luna">Cult of Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Swan%C3%B6" title="Dan Swanö">Dan Swanö</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dark_Funeral" title="Dark Funeral">Dark Funeral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dark_Tranquillity" title="Dark Tranquillity">Dark Tranquillity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darkane" title="Darkane">Darkane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deathstars" title="Deathstars">Deathstars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deranged_(band)" title="Deranged (band)">Deranged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diabolique_(band)" title="Diabolique (band)">Diabolique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dismember_(band)" title="Dismember (band)">Dismember</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissection_(band)" title="Dissection (band)">Dissection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draconian_(band)" title="Draconian (band)">Draconian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dream_Evil" title="Dream Evil">Dream Evil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Duskfall" title="The Duskfall">The Duskfall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_of_Sanity" title="Edge of Sanity">Edge of Sanity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforcer_(band)" title="Enforcer (band)">Enforcer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entombed_(band)" title="Entombed (band)">Entombed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evergrey" title="Evergrey">Evergrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconer_(band)" title="Falconer (band)">Falconer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gates_of_Ishtar" title="Gates of Ishtar">Gates of Ishtar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghost_(Swedish_band)" title="Ghost (Swedish band)">Ghost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grave_(band)" title="Grave (band)">Grave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HammerFall" title="HammerFall">HammerFall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardcore_Superstar" title="Hardcore Superstar">Hardcore Superstar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Haunted_(Swedish_band)" title="The Haunted (Swedish band)">The Haunted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypocrisy_(band)" title="Hypocrisy (band)">Hypocrisy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_Flames" title="In Flames">In Flames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_Mourning_(band)" title="In Mourning (band)">In Mourning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_Solitude" title="In Solitude">In Solitude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insision" title="Insision">Insision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaamos_(Swedish_band)" title="Kaamos (Swedish band)">Kaamos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katatonia" title="Katatonia">Katatonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Asgard" title="King of Asgard">King of Asgard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_of_Tears" title="Lake of Tears">Lake of Tears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liers_in_Wait" title="Liers in Wait">Liers in Wait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lifelover" title="Lifelover">Lifelover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Belial" title="Lord Belial">Lord Belial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A5negarm" title="Månegarm">Månegarm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marduk_(band)" title="Marduk (band)">Marduk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meshuggah" title="Meshuggah">Meshuggah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naglfar_(band)" title="Naglfar (band)">Naglfar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasum" title="Nasum">Nasum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necrophobic" title="Necrophobic">Necrophobic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherbird" title="Netherbird">Netherbird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nifelheim" title="Nifelheim">Nifelheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nightingale_(band)" title="Nightingale (band)">Nightingale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nocturnal_Rites" title="Nocturnal Rites">Nocturnal Rites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_Tide" title="October Tide">October Tide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Man_Army_and_the_Undead_Quartet" title="One Man Army and the Undead Quartet">One Man Army and the Undead Quartet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opeth" title="Opeth">Opeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ophthalamia" title="Ophthalamia">Ophthalamia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pain_(musical_project)" title="Pain (musical project)">PAIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pain_of_Salvation" title="Pain of Salvation">Pain of Salvation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Project_Hate_MCMXCIX" title="The Project Hate MCMXCIX">The Project Hate MCMXCIX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raubtier" title="Raubtier">Raubtier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabaton_(band)" title="Sabaton (band)">Sabaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scar_Symmetry" title="Scar Symmetry">Scar Symmetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Wonder" title="Seventh Wonder">Seventh Wonder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shining_(Swedish_band)" title="Shining (Swedish band)">Shining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silencer_(band)" title="Silencer (band)">Silencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soilwork" title="Soilwork">Soilwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonic_Syndicate" title="Sonic Syndicate">Sonic Syndicate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spawn_of_Possession" title="Spawn of Possession">Spawn of Possession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Repka" title="Ed Repka">Steelwing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Therion_(band)" title="Therion (band)">Therion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thyrfing" title="Thyrfing">Thyrfing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiamat_(band)" title="Tiamat (band)">Tiamat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unanimated" title="Unanimated">Unanimated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unleashed_(band)" title="Unleashed (band)">Unleashed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valkyrja" title="Valkyrja">Valkyrja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vildhjarta" title="Vildhjarta">Vildhjarta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vintersorg" title="Vintersorg">Vintersorg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visceral_Bleeding" title="Visceral Bleeding">Visceral Bleeding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vomitory_(band)" title="Vomitory (band)">Vomitory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watain" title="Watain">Watain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witchery" title="Witchery">Witchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_(band)" title="Wolf (band)">Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zonaria" title="Zonaria">Zonaria</a></li></ul></div> <p>Successful progressive/psychedelic acts are for example <a href="/wiki/Bo_Hansson" title="Bo Hansson">Bo Hansson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dungen" title="Dungen">Dungen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anekdoten" title="Anekdoten">Anekdoten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morte_Macabre" class="mw-redirect" title="Morte Macabre">Morte Macabre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Opeth" title="Opeth">Opeth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paatos" title="Paatos">Paatos</a>. <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> and neighboring <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> are also crucial centers of controversial rock music genres, including <a href="/wiki/Black_metal" title="Black metal">black metal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Death_metal" title="Death metal">death metal</a>, and techno-rock movements since the 1980s and 1990s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Progressive_and_jazz-rock_music">Progressive and jazz-rock music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Progressive and jazz-rock music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sweden is also known in some circles for its <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jazz-rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazz-rock">jazz-rock</a> musicians, particularly for virtuoso-led acts including <a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(Swedish_band)" title="Andromeda (Swedish band)">Andromeda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anekdoten" title="Anekdoten">Anekdoten</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%84nglag%C3%A5rd" title="Änglagård">Änglagård</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arbete_och_Fritid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arbete och Fritid (page does not exist)">Arbete och Fritid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_J:son_Lindh" title="Björn J:son Lindh">Björn J:son Lindh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bo_Kaspers_Orkester" title="Bo Kaspers Orkester">Bo Kaspers Orkester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janne_Schaffer" title="Janne Schaffer">Janne Schaffer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaipa" title="Kaipa">Kaipa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landberk" title="Landberk">Landberk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samla_Mammas_Manna" title="Samla Mammas Manna">Samla Mammas Manna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Opeth" title="Opeth">Opeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Flower_Kings" title="The Flower Kings">The Flower Kings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beardfish_(band)" title="Beardfish (band)">Beardfish</a>. One of the most unusual progressive music artists in Sweden has been avant-garde singer <a href="/wiki/Iamamiwhoami" title="Iamamiwhoami">iamamiwhoami</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Progg">Progg</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Progg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Progg" title="Progg">Progg</a></div> <p>During the 1970s, the progg (not to be confused with progressive rock) movement gained popularity. Progg, originally an abbreviation of "progressiv musik" ("progressive music"), was an umbrella term for much of the alternative music of this era. Some of those artists were progressive in a musical sense, such as <a href="/wiki/Bo_Hansson" title="Bo Hansson">Bo Hansson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samla_Mammas_Manna" title="Samla Mammas Manna">Samla Mammas Manna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tr%C3%A4d,_Gr%C3%A4s_och_Stenar" class="mw-redirect" title="Träd, Gräs och Stenar">Träd, Gräs och Stenar</a>. Others were progressive mainly in a political (usually left-wing) and lyrical sense, such as <a href="/wiki/Nationalteatern" title="Nationalteatern">Nationalteatern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%A5_T%C3%A5get" title="Blå Tåget">Blå Tåget</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hoola_Bandoola_Band" title="Hoola Bandoola Band">Hoola Bandoola Band</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reggae">Reggae</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Reggae"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reggae is also a major part of modern Swedish music. An early pioneer of Swedish reggae was <a href="/wiki/Peps_Persson" title="Peps Persson">Peps Persson</a>, who <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a> once said was the only white man with reggae in his blood.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Since then, more has happened. The Uppsala group <a href="/wiki/Labyrint_(band)" title="Labyrint (band)">Labyrint</a> is widely spread with their musical mix of rap and reggae called <a href="/w/index.php?title=F%C3%B6rortsreggae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Förortsreggae (page does not exist)">förortsreggae</a>. Swedish music producers <a href="/wiki/Soundism" title="Soundism">Soundism</a> are behind Swedish reggae artists <a href="/wiki/Kapten_R%C3%B6d" title="Kapten Röd">Kapten Röd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papa_Dee" title="Papa Dee">Papa Dee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Million_Stylez" title="Million Stylez">Million Stylez</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chilly_%26_Leafy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chilly & Leafy (page does not exist)">Chilly & Leafy</a> (and more), also records with international artist such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Junior_Ketlly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Junior Ketlly (page does not exist)">Junior Ketlly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lady_Saw" title="Lady Saw">Lady Saw</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Buju_Banton" title="Buju Banton">Buju Banton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electronic_music">Electronic music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Electronic music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Avicii_2014_001_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Avicii_2014_001_%28cropped%29.png/220px-Avicii_2014_001_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Avicii_2014_001_%28cropped%29.png/330px-Avicii_2014_001_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Avicii_2014_001_%28cropped%29.png/440px-Avicii_2014_001_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="495" data-file-height="658" /></a><figcaption>Tracks from DJ and producer <a href="/wiki/Avicii" title="Avicii">Avicii</a> reached high positions on worldwide music charts.</figcaption></figure> <p>Electronic music in Sweden has been heavily influenced by <a href="/wiki/German_electronic_music" title="German electronic music">German electronic music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The EDM act <a href="/wiki/Swedish_House_Mafia" title="Swedish House Mafia">Swedish House Mafia</a>, consists of <a href="/wiki/Steve_Angello" title="Steve Angello">Steve Angello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Ingrosso" title="Sebastian Ingrosso">Sebastian Ingrosso</a> and <a href="/wiki/Axwell" title="Axwell">Axwell</a>, has topped house music charts and DJ top 10s around the world. In 2011, <a href="/wiki/Avicii" title="Avicii">Avicii</a> (real name Tim Bergling) was voted the 6th best DJ in the world in the Top 100 DJ poll. His music remained popular until his suicide in 2018. Other similar artists of note are <a href="/wiki/John_Dahlb%C3%A4ck" title="John Dahlbäck">John Dahlbäck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manse_(DJ)" title="Manse (DJ)">Manse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Prydz" title="Eric Prydz">Eric Prydz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nause" title="Nause">Nause</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albin_Myers" class="mw-redirect" title="Albin Myers">Albin Myers</a>, the duo <a href="/wiki/Dada_Life" title="Dada Life">Dada Life</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galantis" title="Galantis">Galantis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Lux" title="Adrian Lux">Adrian Lux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basshunter" title="Basshunter">Basshunter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Otto_Knows" title="Otto Knows">Otto Knows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alesso" title="Alesso">Alesso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_%26_Fiona" title="Rebecca & Fiona">Rebecca & Fiona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cazzette" title="Cazzette">Cazzette</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jakob_Liedholm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jakob Liedholm (page does not exist)">Jakob Liedholm</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sebjak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sebjak (page does not exist)">Sebjak</a>, <a href="/wiki/AronChupa" title="AronChupa">AronChupa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Icona_Pop" title="Icona Pop">Icona Pop</a>, Will & Dan, <a href="/wiki/Brohug" title="Brohug">Brohug</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tjernberg" title="Tjernberg">Tjernberg</a>. </p><p>Singer and producer <a href="/wiki/Robyn" title="Robyn">Robyn</a> has long been one of Sweden's most prominent electropop acts. In the <a href="/wiki/Synthpop" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthpop">synth world</a>, the band <a href="/wiki/S.P.O.C.K" title="S.P.O.C.K">S.P.O.C.K</a> has been active since the late 1980s. Secretive duo <a href="/wiki/The_Knife" title="The Knife">The Knife</a> was highly rated among critics, and <a href="/wiki/Sally_Shapiro" title="Sally Shapiro">Sally Shapiro</a>, is the <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonym</a> of producer <a href="/wiki/Johan_Agebj%C3%B6rn" class="mw-redirect" title="Johan Agebjörn">Johan Agebjörn</a> and a Swedish singer. </p><p>In the mid to late 2000s <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish-language</a> Eurodance & Eurotrance dance music became internationally popular. In 2006, <a href="/wiki/Basshunter" title="Basshunter">Basshunter</a> became popular with his <a href="/wiki/Eurotrance" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurotrance">eurotrance</a> dance songs, based on long-standing themes set in mid to late 2000s computer-centric culture. <a href="/wiki/Little_Dragon" title="Little Dragon">Little Dragon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alcazar_(group)" title="Alcazar (group)">Alcazar</a> are also Swedish. </p><p>There are many techno producers from Sweden, though they are often better known internationally than within Sweden. There is even a special Swedish subgenre of techno, the best-known producer within this genre being <a href="/wiki/Adam_Beyer" title="Adam Beyer">Adam Beyer</a>, head of the <a href="/wiki/Drumcode" class="mw-redirect" title="Drumcode">Drumcode</a> label with notable artists such as <a href="/wiki/Cari_Lekebusch" title="Cari Lekebusch">Cari Lekebusch</a>, Joel Mull, Henrik B, etc. </p><p>In addition, Sweden is one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to <a href="/wiki/Chiptune" title="Chiptune">chiptunes</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Bitpop" title="Bitpop">bitpop</a>. Chip music is music made to run on old game consoles and specialized PCs, like the <a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Game_Boy" title="Game Boy">Game Boy</a>; Other notable acts include <a href="/wiki/Slagsm%C3%A5lsklubben" title="Slagsmålsklubben">Slagsmålsklubben</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Crazy_Q&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crazy Q (page does not exist)">Crazy Q</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coma" title="Coma">Coma</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Covox_(musician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Covox (musician) (page does not exist)">Covox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goto80" title="Goto80">Goto80</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maktone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maktone (page does not exist)">Maktone</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Random_(chiptunes_artist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Random (chiptunes artist) (page does not exist)">Random</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wintergatan" title="Wintergatan">Wintergatan</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zabutom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zabutom (page does not exist)">Zabutom</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Knife" title="The Knife">The Knife</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zeigeist" title="Zeigeist">Zeigeist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Machinae_Supremacy" title="Machinae Supremacy">Machinae Supremacy</a>.Elektronmusikstudion (EMS), formerly known as Electroacoustic Music in Sweden, is the <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Swedish</a> national centre for <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic music</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sound_art" title="Sound art">sound art</a>. The research organisation started in 1964 and is based in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Swedes_in_music" title="List of Swedes in music">List of Swedes in music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Music" title="Royal Swedish Academy of Music">Royal Swedish Academy of Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothenburg_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra">Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Federation_of_Young_Musicians" title="Swedish Federation of Young Musicians">Swedish Federation of Young Musicians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Sweden" 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title="Extreme points of Sweden">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forests_of_Sweden" title="Forests of Sweden">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Sweden" title="List of islands of Sweden">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Sweden" title="List of lakes of Sweden">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lands_of_Sweden" title="Lands of Sweden">Lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Sweden" title="List of metropolitan areas in Sweden">Metropolitan areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Sweden" title="List of national parks of Sweden">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sweden" title="Provinces of Sweden">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Sweden" title="List of rivers of Sweden">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Sweden" title="Wildlife of Sweden">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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