Allsång på Skansen
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Allsång på Skansen is a Swedish show held at Skansen
, Stockholm
, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is supposed to sing along
with musical guests, to well-known Swedish songs. The show started in 1935 on a small scale - about fifty people in the audience. Today, about 10 000-25 500 people come to each performance.
Since August 3 1979, the show has been broadcast by Sveriges Television
. Initially the show had about 300,000 viewers. When Lasse Berghagen
took over as host, the ratings increased to about two million viewers. In 2003, Allsång på Skansen was the first SVT programme that was broadcast with 5.1 multichannel sound. In 2007, it became one of the first Swedish live programmes broadcast in high-definition television
.
The guest who has appeared on the show the most is Robert Gustavsson, who has appeared 13 times.
Skansen
Skansen is the first open air museum and zoo in Sweden and is located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era....
, Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is supposed to sing along
Sing Along
"Sing Along" is a pop song by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle from his album Party Crasher. It was released as the second single from the album on February 4, 2009, featuring two different sleeves, one red and one green....
with musical guests, to well-known Swedish songs. The show started in 1935 on a small scale - about fifty people in the audience. Today, about 10 000-25 500 people come to each performance.
Since August 3 1979, the show has been broadcast by Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
. Initially the show had about 300,000 viewers. When Lasse Berghagen
Lasse Berghagen
Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen is a Swedish singer, songwriter, composer and actor.Berghagen is a well known singer-songwriter in Sweden. He released his first record in 1965, aged just 19. Four years later, in 1969, he released the single Teddybjörnen Fredriksson , which has become a classic...
took over as host, the ratings increased to about two million viewers. In 2003, Allsång på Skansen was the first SVT programme that was broadcast with 5.1 multichannel sound. In 2007, it became one of the first Swedish live programmes broadcast in high-definition television
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
.
Hosts
- 1935-50: Sven Lilja (deceased 1951)
- 1956-66: Egon Kjerrman (on Swedish radio as Siste Man På Skansen)
- 1974-93: Bosse LarssonBosse LarssonBo "Bosse" Einar Larsson is a former Swedish host. He is since 1968 married to Lisbeth Hansson.Larsson started working at Sparbanken on Drottninggatan, Stockholm and after that he worked as janitor. 1959 he worked as UN-soldier in Gaza. 1960-93 he worked at Sveriges Radio...
- 1994-2003: Lasse BerghagenLasse BerghagenLars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen is a Swedish singer, songwriter, composer and actor.Berghagen is a well known singer-songwriter in Sweden. He released his first record in 1965, aged just 19. Four years later, in 1969, he released the single Teddybjörnen Fredriksson , which has become a classic...
- 2003-10: Anders LundinAnders LundinAnders Urban Lundin is a Swedish television host. Lundin was one of the first hosts in the world to host the show Expedition Robinson, also known as Survivor. Lundin co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 along with Kattis Ahlström and, 2003–10, was every summer host for the successful...
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The guest who has appeared on the show the most is Robert Gustavsson, who has appeared 13 times.
2005
- June 28: Magnus UgglaMagnus UgglaPer Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host known for his satirical lyrics. He is a member of the Swedish nobility and a descendant of several European rulers, among which John III of Sweden and Gustav Vasa...
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, Lena PhilipssonLena PhilipssonMaria Magdalena "Lena" Philipsson is a Swedish singer and media personality.-Career:...
and Sven-Bertil TaubeSven-Bertil TaubeSven-Bertil G. E. Taube is a Swedish singer and actor. Born in Stockholm, he is the son of songwriter Evert Taube and sculptor Astri Bergman Taube.-Biography:... - July 5: Lasse BerghagenLasse BerghagenLars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen is a Swedish singer, songwriter, composer and actor.Berghagen is a well known singer-songwriter in Sweden. He released his first record in 1965, aged just 19. Four years later, in 1969, he released the single Teddybjörnen Fredriksson , which has become a classic...
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and Daniel Andersson. This show made some headlines after Carola HäggkvistCarola HäggkvistCarola Maria Häggkvist , better known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music...
threw a plant at the audience during her performance for no apparent reason. - 19 July: Christer SjögrenChrister SjögrenChrister Sjögren, born April 6, 1950 in Hagfors, Sweden, is a Swedish dansband and rock singer. Most people know him as the singer in the Swedish dansband Vikingarna.By mid 1978 he became a member of Vikingarna, earlier he sang in the band Pelles Orkester....
, Caroline Wennergren and Diggiloo (Elisabeth AndreassenElisabeth AndreassenElisabeth Gunilla Andreassen - also known as just "Bettan" - is a Swedish-Norwegian singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest....
, Lotta EngbergLotta Engberg-External links:* *...
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had cancelled and were replaced by Diggiloo. - July 26: Håkan HellströmHåkan HellströmHåkan Hellström is a Swedish musician. He got his Swedish breakthrough in the year 2000 with the song "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg"...
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. - August 9: Louise HoffstenLouise HoffstenLouise Hoffsten is a Swedish song writer, musician and singer spanning several genres, notably rock, blues and pop.Louise was born in Linköping...
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and Brasse Brännström
2006
- July 4: I'm from BarcelonaI'm from BarcelonaI'm from Barcelona is a pop group from Jönköping, Sweden, best known for its 29 band members and eclectic mix of instruments such as clarinets, saxophones, flutes, trumpets, banjos, accordions, kazoos, guitars, drums, and keyboards among others...
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and Who's Your Daddy, but that song wasn't shown on television, it was more of a bonus performance.
2009
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2010
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, Måns ZelmerlöwMåns ZelmerlöwMåns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw is a Swedish pop singer. He is probably best known for his 2007 song "Cara Mia," which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen...
and Lisette Pagler, Sarah Dawn FinerSarah Dawn FinerSarah Dawn Finer, born 14 September 1981 in Stockholm, Sweden, is a singer, songwriter and actress. Sarah Dawn Finer has Russian and American heritage. Her grandparents emigrated from Russia to America, and her mother is American.-Career:...
, Magnus UgglaMagnus UgglaPer Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host known for his satirical lyrics. He is a member of the Swedish nobility and a descendant of several European rulers, among which John III of Sweden and Gustav Vasa...
, Fredrik Lycke and Jocke Bergström
2011
- 28 June: Benny Anderssons OrkesterBenny Anderssons OrkesterBenny Anderssons Orkester is a Swedish band, with Benny Andersson as musical leader and composer...
, Lund Student Singers, Danny SaucedoDanny SaucedoDanny Saucedo is a Swedish singer and songwriter often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated.Danny has released three music albums and eleven music singles...
, SeptemberSeptember (singer)Petra Linnea Paula Marklund who is better known as September is a Swedish singer and songwriter.-Early life and career:... - 5 July: Håkan HellströmHåkan HellströmHåkan Hellström is a Swedish musician. He got his Swedish breakthrough in the year 2000 with the song "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg"...
, Miriam Aïd, Siw MalmkvistSiw MalmkvistSiw "Siwan" Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist is a Swedish singer who is popular in Scandinavia and Germany...
, Ulrik MuntherUlrik MuntherJens Ulrik Munther known as Ulrik Munther is a Swedish artist signed to Universal Music.Munther started very young playing in different youth rock bands around Kungsbacka, just outside Göteborg...
, The Moniker, Hasse Anderson - 12 July: Veronica MaggioVeronica MaggioVeronica Sandra Karin Maggio is a Swedish singer of Swedish and Italian origin. She won the category "Årets nykomling" in the Grammisgalan 2007....
, Elisa'sElisa'sElisas is a Swedish dansband from the Skaraborg, Sweden established in 2009. The band is named after its lead singer Elisa Lindström. The band won the 2010 Dansbandskampen competition....
, Eric AmarilloEric AmarilloErik Sundborg better known by his stage name Eric Amarillo born in Kullavik south of Gothenburg, Sweden in 1971, is a musician, songwriter, music producer and DJ....
, Sara Varga, Kjell LönnåKjell LönnåKjell Lönnå is a Swedish choir leader, composer and TV host.Lönnå is one of the national conductors for the National Swedish Choir Association...
, Per Andersson, Häxan Surtant (Katrin Sundberg) - 19 July: Malena ErnmanMalena ErnmanSara Magdalena "Malena" Ernman is a Swedish opera singer . Ernman is a versatile artist in her field, who outside the world of opera and operettas also has performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, appeared in musicals and she is a performer who's declared that she's very much attracted to the attributes...
, Bo Kaspers OrkesterBo Kaspers OrkesterBo Kaspers Orkester is a Swedish jazz-pop band consisting of Bo Sundström, Fredrik Dahl, Michael Malmgren and Mats Schubert. Bo Sundström calls himself Bo Kasper while playing with the band, but uses his normal name for his solo project....
, After ShaveGalenskaparna och After ShaveGalenskaparna och After Shave is the name of the two Swedish comedian groups Galenskaparna and After Shave from Gothenburg.In 1982 they joined together to collaborate on the revue show Skruven är lös , and thereafter became more or less known as one group...
and Anders ErikssonGalenskaparna och After ShaveGalenskaparna och After Shave is the name of the two Swedish comedian groups Galenskaparna and After Shave from Gothenburg.In 1982 they joined together to collaborate on the revue show Skruven är lös , and thereafter became more or less known as one group...
, PetterPetter AskergrenPetter Alexis Askergren, , who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album Mitt sjätte sinne , which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s...
, Vocalettes, Pernilla Andersson, Lena-Maria Klingvall - 26 July: Hoffmaestro, Marika Willstedt and Angelica Alm, Carl Norén, Östen med Resten, Caroline Wennergren, Eric SaadeEric SaadeEric Saade born 29 October 1990) is a Swedish pop singer and children's television presenter. After two years with the boyband What's Up!, he left in February 2009 to pursue a solo career. Eric Saade represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany after winning the national...
- 2 August: TimbuktuTimbuktu (artist)Jason Michael Robinson Diakité , known under the stage name Timbuktu, is a Swedish rapper and reggae artist. Earlier in the mid-1990s, he started as part of rap Excel before going solo as Timbuktu.-Biography:...
, Eva EastwoodEva EastwoodEva Eastwood is the artist name of Eva Östlund. Eva Eastwood, born in 1967, is a Swedish songwriter and singer who usually performs together with the band "the Confidence Band"...
, Patriks Combo, Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby, Fredrik KempeFredrik KempeFredrik Kempe, born in Vårgårda in 1972, is a Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer. He has participated in Swedish versions of the musicals Les Misérables and Chess. In 2002, Kempe had a hit with Vincerò, where he mixed opera and disco....
, Linda BengtzingLinda BengtzingLinda Birgitta Bengtzing is a Swedish pop singer, famous for her participation in the fourth season of Fame Factory in Sweden and for her entries at Melodifestivalen 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2011- Biography :...
, Svante ThuressonSvante ThuressonSvante Thuresson is a Swedish jazz music musician and singer. He started his career as a drummer, before joining the band Gals and Pals in 1963... - 9 August: Lena PhilipssonLena PhilipssonMaria Magdalena "Lena" Philipsson is a Swedish singer and media personality.-Career:...
, Sven-IngvarsSven-IngvarsSven-Ingvars is a pop/rock group from Slottsbron, Sweden. The band was formed in 1956 by Sven Svärd, drums Ingvar Karlsson, guitar and accordion and Sven-Erik Magnusson, song, guitar and clarinet. Later Rune Bergman joined on bass guitar and even later Sven-Olof Petersson on tenor and baritone...
, Staffan Percy, Albin Flinkas and Fredrik Meyer - 16 August: Swedish Radio Symphony OrchestraSwedish Radio Symphony OrchestraSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a radio orchestra based in Stockholm, Sweden, and affiliated with Sveriges Radio . The orchestra broadcasts concerts on the Swedish Radio-P2 network....
and Anders BerglundAnders BerglundAnders Berglund is a Swedish organizer, composer, conductor, pianist and musician.-Career:Berglund is known as the Melodifestivalen conductor 16 times....
, Björn SkifsBjörn SkifsBjörn Nils Olof Skifs is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter.Björn Skifs formed his first musical group Slam Creepers’ in 1963. Slam Creepers’ split in 1969 and Skifs went on to form a new band, Blåblus, in 1972. As Blue Swede, the band had a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100 in 1974...
, Loa FalkmanLoa FalkmanCarl-Johan Falkman is a Swedish baritone singer and actor.After studying music, Falkman made his first major performance on the Royal Swedish Opera in 1973....
, Peter JöbackPeter JöbackPeter Arne Jöback is a Swedish singer and musical artist, and is regarded as being one of Sweden's best male vocalists .- 1997–2000 :...