Arvingarna is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 dansband

Dansband

Dansband is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik . Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock...

, which was formed in 1989 and which competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...

 in 1993

Melodifestivalen 1993

Melodifestivalen 1993 was the selection for the 33rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 32nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1569 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...

, 1995

Melodifestivalen 1995

Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...

, 1999

Melodifestivalen 1999

Melodifestivalen 1999 was the selection for the 39th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 38th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1315 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network...

 and 2002

Melodifestivalen 2002

Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a...

. In 1993 they won with the song '"Eloise

Eloise (Arvingarna song)

"Eloise" is a song in Swedish, written by Gert Lengstrand and Lasse Holm, and performed by Swedish "dansband" Arvingarna when it won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1993 and finished 7th in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Sweden was one of the favourites to win. Curt-Eric Holmquist was the conductor...

" and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes"...

, where the song finished 7th.

The band's name ("The heirs") refers to the group member's parents, who also were active in "dansbands".

Arvingarna plays a form of dansband music that is it inspired by pop music

Pop music

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 and rock music

Rock music

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.

Albums

• 1992 - Coola killar
• 1993 - Eloise
• 1994 - Tjejer
• 1995 - För alltid
• 1996 - Nu & då
• 1997 - Nya spår
• 1998 - Airplanet
• 1999 - Lime
• 2001 - Diamanter
• 2002 - Collection
• 2005 - 8
• 2007 - All Included
• 2007 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
• 2009 - Underbart

Members

• Casper Janebrink (Lead vocals and bass)
• Lars Larsson (Lead vocals and keyboard)
• Kim Carlsson (Lead vocals and guitar)
• Tommy Carlsson (Lead vocals and drums)