Kjell Höglund
Encyclopedia
Kjell Höglund is a Swedish
singer-songwriter
.
Höglund, who found his musical breakthrough in the 1970s, is in his native country renowned for his mixture of realism
, absurdism
and surrealism
.
In 1992 he was nominated for a Grammis
award for best male pop.
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....
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
.
Höglund, who found his musical breakthrough in the 1970s, is in his native country renowned for his mixture of realism
Realism (arts)
Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation...
, absurdism
Absurdism
In philosophy, "The Absurd" refers to the conflict between the human tendency to seek value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any...
and surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
.
In 1992 he was nominated for a Grammis
Grammis
The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....
award for best male pop.
Selected songs
- Jag hör hur dom ligger med varandra i våningen ovanför (Translation of title: I can hear them sleeping with each other in the flat above)
- Genesarets sjö (Translation of title: Lake of Gennesaret)
- Man vänjer sig (Translation of title: One gets used to it)
- Holländsk Genever (Translation of title: Dutch Gin)
- Häxprocessen (Translation of title: The witch process)
- Desertör (Translation of title: The deserter)
Selected albums
- Undran (1971)
- Blomstertid (1972)
- Häxprocess (1973)
- Inkognito (1995)
- Kryptonit (2001)
- Pandoras ask (2006)
External links
- Kjell Höglund's web site (In Swedish)