List of Swedes in music
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This is a list of Swedish
composers, musical groups, musicians and singers:
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....
composers, musical groups, musicians and singers:
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- Johan AgrellJohan AgrellJohan Agrell was a late German/Swedish baroque composer.He was born in Löth, Östergötland, a province in Sweden and studied in Uppsala. By 1734 he was a violinist at the Kassel court, travelling in England, France, Italy and elsewhere. From 1746 onward, he was Kapellmeister in Nuremberg...
(1701-1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell - Hugo AlfvénHugo Alfvénwas a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter.- Violinist :Alfvén was born in Stockholm and studied at the Music Conservatory there from 1887 to 1891 with the violin as his main instrument, receiving lessons from Lars Zetterquist. He also took private composition lessons from Johan...
(1872-1960) full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén - Kurt AtterbergKurt AtterbergKurt Magnus Atterberg was a Swedish composer. He is best known for his symphonies, operas and ballets. Atterberg once said that: "The Russians, Brahms, Reger were my ideals." His music combines their influences with Swedish folk tunes.-Biography:Atterberg was born in Gothenburg as the son of the...
(1887-1974) full name: Kurt Magnus Atterberg - Tor AulinTor AulinTor Aulin was a Swedish violinist, conductor and composer.-Biography:Aulin studied music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and then in the Conservatory of Berlin with Émile Sauret and Philipp Scharwenka...
(1866-1914)
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- Sven-Erik BäckSven-Erik BäckSven-Erik Bäck was a Swedish composer of classical music. He was born in Stockholm.Bäck studied from 1939 until 1943 in the King's Music-Academy and from 1940 until 1945, was a composition student of Hilding Rosenberg...
(1919-1994) - Carl Michael BellmanCarl Michael Bellmanwas a Swedish poet and composer. Bellman is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a very important influence in Swedish music, as well as in Scandinavian literature in general, to this day....
(1740-1795) - BerwaldBerwaldBerwald is surname of:* Franz Adolf Berwald , a Swedish Romantic composer* Berwaldhallen, named after Franz Berwald* Johan Fredrik Berwald , a Swedish violinist, conductor and composer...
family- Johan Fredrik BerwaldJohan Fredrik BerwaldJohan Fredrik Berwald was a Swedish violinist, conductor and composer. He was cousin of Franz Berwald and August Berwald.-Biography:...
(1787-1861) violinist, Concert-master of the Swedish Royal Orchestra - Franz Adolf Berwald (1796-1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds
- Mathilda BerwaldMathilda BerwaldMathilda Charlotta Berwald, née Cohn Mathilda Charlotta Berwald, née Cohn Mathilda Charlotta Berwald, née Cohn (9 March 1798 in Helsinki in Finland - 3 May 1877 in Stockholm, was a Finnish and Swedish concert singer. She was later appointed official singer (Hovsångare) of the Swedish royal court....
, née Cohn (married to Johan B.), singer to the Royal Court - Julie BerwaldJulie BerwaldJulie Mathilda Berwald was a Swedish concert and opera singer.Born to the concert singer Mathilda Berwald and the musician Johan Fredrik Berwald. She and her sisters Fredrique and Hedvig Eleonora was educated to singers by their mother and sang with her at their fathers concerts...
, actress and singer at the Royal Swedish OperaRoyal Swedish OperaKungliga Operan is Sweden's national stage for opera and ballet.-Location and Environment:...
, later married to baron Knut Åkerhielm
- Johan Fredrik Berwald
- Ulf BjörlinUlf BjörlinUlf Björlin was a Swedish composer and conductor.Björlin was born in Stockholm and went as a 19-year old to study music for the conductor Igor Markevitch in Salzburg, later continuing at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he had Nadia Boulanger as a teacher...
(1933-1993) a conductor and composer - Karl-Birger BlomdahlKarl-Birger BlomdahlKarl-Birger Blomdahl was a Swedish composer and conductor born in Växjö. He was educated in biochemistry, but was primarily active in music and by his experimental compositions he became one of the big names in Swedish modernism. His teachers included Hilding Rosenberg...
(1916-1968)
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- DübenDübenDüben is a village and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 March 2009, it is part of the town Coswig....
family, originally musicians, who were raised to the nobility through the favour especially of king Charles XII of SwedenCharles XII of SwedenCharles XII also Carl of Sweden, , Latinized to Carolus Rex, Turkish: Demirbaş Şarl, also known as Charles the Habitué was the King of the Swedish Empire from 1697 to 1718...
. Family members other than those mentioned below were important in civil service or made important contributions to other fields.
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- Gustaf DübenGustaf DübenGustaf Düben was a Swedish organist and composer.Düben was born and died in Stockholm. In 1663, he succeeded his father, the German-born Andreas Düben as both hovkapellmästare, director of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, and organist of the German St Gertrud Church in Stockholm.Father of...
(1624-1690), organist of the German Church in Stockholm, Master of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, composer
- Gustaf Düben
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- John FernströmJohn FernströmJohn Fernström was a Swedish composer.Fernström was born in Yichang, China, where he also spent most part of the first ten years of his life at the mission his father directed, except for a couple of years in Sweden. He resided permanently in the Swedish province of Skåne from 1907 and started to...
(1897-1961) born in China of Swedish parents - Gunnar de FrumerieGunnar de FrumeriePer Gunnar Fredrik de Frumerie was a Swedish composer and pianist. He was the son of architect Gustaf de Frumerie and Maria Helleday....
(1908-1987)
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- Jacob Adolf HäggJacob Adolf HäggJacob Adolf Hägg was a Swedish composer.Hägg studied piano at the Stockholm Conservatory from 1865 to 1870, as well as composition in Copenhagen with Niels Wilhelm Gade and in Berlin with Friedrich Kiel. Due to mental illness, he spent the years 1880 to 1895 in a hospital...
(1850-1928) - Johann Christian Friedrich HæffnerJohann Christian Friedrich HæffnerJohann Christian Friedrich Hæffner was a German-born Swedish composer.Hæffner received his first musical education with the Schmalkalden organist Johann Gottfried Vierling. He studied in Leipzig from 1776, and then worked as a music conductor in theatres in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg 1778-1780...
(1759-1833) born in GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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- Lars-Erik LarssonLars-Erik LarssonLars-Erik Larsson was a notable Swedish composer of the 20th century.-Biography:Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson was born in Åkarp in 1908...
(1908-1986) - Ingvar LidholmIngvar LidholmIngvar Natanael Lidholm is a Swedish composer.Ingvar Lidholm was born in Jönköping. He was a pupil of Hilding Rosenberg from 1943 to 1945, becoming a viola player with the Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra. Having been awarded the Jenny Lind Fellowship for 1946–7, he travelled to France, Switzerland...
(1921- ) - Adolf Fredrik LindbladAdolf Fredrik LindbladAdolf Fredrik Lindblad was a Swedish composer, mainly remembered for his songs.Lindblad composed one opera, Frondörerna , two symphonies, in C and D major, and chamber music including two string quintets, three violin sonatas and seven string quartets...
(1801-1878) - Otto LindbladOtto LindbladOtto Lindblad , was a Swedish composer. He is most famous for the musical score of Kungssången, the Swedish royal anthem....
(1809-1864) - Bo LindeBo LindeAnders Bo Leif Linde was a Swedish composer whose style resembled that of notable 20th century neoclassical composers like Benjamin Britten and Samuel Barber....
(1933-1970) - Ralph LundstenRalph LundstenRalph Lundsten is a Swedish composer of electronic music, as well as a film director, artist and author.He was born on 6 October 1936 in Ersnäs, Norrbotten, in northern Sweden, and now lives in Nacka on the outskirts of Stockholm, still close to the forest and the sea...
(1936- ) - Hildor LundvikHildor LundvikHildor Lundvik first studied law at Uppsala University, then music at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm, graduating as a music teacher in 1912, as precentor and organist in 1919 and singing teacher in 1913...
(1885-1951)
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- Rolf MartinssonRolf MartinssonRolf Martinsson is a Swedish composer.Martinsson studied composition at Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University 1981-85 for Brian Ferneyhough, Sven-David Sandström, Hans Eklund, Sven-Eric Johanson, Jan W. Morthenson and Sven-Erik Bäck...
(1956- ) - Gerard Murray (1950-2009 ) born in Australia. A multi-talented musician. An extremely talented singer, dulcimer and didgeridoo player.
- Liam Murray (1986 - ), guitar player.
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- Ludvig NormanLudvig NormanLudvig Norman was a Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher. Together with Franz Berwald and Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, he ranks among the most important Swedish symphonists of the 19th century....
(1831-1885) considered by some the outstanding Swedish composer between Franz BerwaldFranz BerwaldFranz Adolf Berwald was a Swedish Romantic composer who was generally ignored during his lifetime. He made his living as an orthopedic surgeon and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory....
and Wilhelm StenhammarWilhelm StenhammarCarl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar was a Swedish composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:Stenhammar was born in Stockholm, where he received his first musical education. He then went to Berlin to further his studies in music. He became a glowing admirer of German music, particularly that of Richard... - Gösta NystroemGösta NystroemGösta Nystroem was a Swedish composer.Nystroem, originally Nyström, was born in Silvberg, Sweden, a parish in the province of Dalarna, but spent most of his childhood in Österhaninge near Stockholm, at the time a small village but nowadays a suburban district. His father was a headmaster and an...
(1890-1966)
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- Moses Pergament (1893-1977) born in FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
; one of the first and greatest modernist composers of Sweden - Wilhelm Peterson-BergerWilhelm Peterson-BergerOlof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was a Swedish composer and music critic...
(1867-1942) full name: Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger - Allan PetterssonAllan PetterssonGustav Allan Pettersson was a Swedish composer. Today he is considered one of the most important Swedish composers of the 20th century...
(1911-1980) full name: Gustav Allan Pettersson
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- Ture RangströmTure RangströmAnders Johan Ture Rangström belonged to a new generation of Swedish composers who in the first decade of the 20th century introduced modernism to their compositions. In addition to composing Rangström was also a musical critic and conductor.Rangström was born in Stockholm, where initially he...
(1884-1947) - Johan Helmich RomanJohan Helmich RomanJohan Helmich Roman was a Swedish Baroque composer. He has been called "the father of Swedish music" or "the Swedish Handel."-Life:...
(1694-1758) called the "Swedish HandelHANDELHANDEL was the code-name for the UK's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. It consisted of a small console consisting of two microphones, lights and gauges. The reason behind this was to provide a back-up if anything failed....
" - Hilding RosenbergHilding RosenbergHilding Rosenberg , was the first Swedish modernist composer, and one of the most influential figures in Swedish 20th century classical music....
(1892-1985)
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- Sven-David SandströmSven-David SandströmSven-David Sandström is a Swedish composer best known for his compositions operas, oratorios, battets, and choral works, as well as orchestral works.Sandström studied art history and musicology at Stockholm University...
(1942- ) - Michael SaxellMichael SaxellMichael Saxell is a singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He was born in Helsingborg, Sweden but has spent many years on the Canadian west coast...
(1956- ) - Emil SjögrenEmil SjögrenJohan Gustav Emil Sjögren was a Swedish composer.Born in Stockholm, Sjögren entered the Stockholm Conservatory at the age of seventeen and later continued his studies at the Berlin Conservatory....
(1853-1918) late romantic miniaturist - August SödermanAugust SödermanAugust Söderman has traditionally been seen as the pre-eminent Swedish composer of the Romantic generation, known especially for his lieder and choral works, based on folk material, and for his theatre music, such as the incidental music to Ludvig Josephson's Marsk Stigs döttrar , 1866, or...
(1832-1876) - Wilhelm StenhammarWilhelm StenhammarCarl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar was a Swedish composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:Stenhammar was born in Stockholm, where he received his first musical education. He then went to Berlin to further his studies in music. He became a glowing admirer of German music, particularly that of Richard...
(1871-1927)
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- Gunnar WennerbergGunnar WennerbergGunnar Wennerberg , Swedish poet, composer and politician. His niece Sara Wennerberg-Reuter was also a well-known musician; she was an organist and composer....
(1817-1901) uncle of Sara Wennerberg-ReuterSara Wennerberg-ReuterSara Wennerberg-Reuter was a Swedish organist and composer. She was the niece of the composer Gunnar Wennerberg .... - Sara Wennerberg-ReuterSara Wennerberg-ReuterSara Wennerberg-Reuter was a Swedish organist and composer. She was the niece of the composer Gunnar Wennerberg ....
(1875-1959) - Johan WikmansonJohan WikmansonJohan Wikmanson was a Swedish organist and composer.-Biography:Wikmanson was born in Stockholm and, except for 18 months spent in Copenhagen studying mathematics and instrument making, lived his entire life in the Swedish capital. He was a superb organist and for many years held the post of...
(1753-1800) - Dag WirénDag WirénDag Ivar Wirén was a Swedish composer.-Life and career:Wirén was born at Striberg near Nora. His father had a roller blind factory, and there were various musical activities in the family home; he took piano lessons, and was a student at the Karolinska school in Örebro, and played the bass drum...
(1905-1986)
Conductors
- Ulf BjörlinUlf BjörlinUlf Björlin was a Swedish composer and conductor.Björlin was born in Stockholm and went as a 19-year old to study music for the conductor Igor Markevitch in Salzburg, later continuing at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he had Nadia Boulanger as a teacher...
- Herbert BlomstedtHerbert BlomstedtHerbert Blomstedt is a Swedish conductor.Herbert Blomstedt was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and two years after his birth, his Swedish parents moved the family back to their country of origin...
- Sixten EhrlingSixten EhrlingSixten Ehrling, , was a Swedish conductor who, during a long career, served as the music director of the Royal Swedish Opera and the principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, amongst others....
- Patrik RingborgPatrik RingborgPatrik Ringborg is a Swedish conductor.After studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and with Kurt Bendix, Ringborg was a répétiteur at the Royal Opera in Stockholm from 1989 to 1993, also assisting the Music Director and conducting performances in the Royal Opera House...
- Niklas WillénNiklas WillénNiklas Willén is a Swedish conductor. He was born in Stockholm and studied conducting and composition there at the Royal College of Music...
- Eric EricsonEric Ericson, is a Swedish choral conductor and influential choral teacher. He graduated from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 1943 and went on to complete his studies abroad, at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Switzerland, and in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States.Renowned for his...
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- ABBAABBAABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
- Agnetha FältskogAgnetha FältskogAgnetha Åse Fältskog is a Swedish recording artist. She achieved success in Sweden after the release of her début album Agnetha Fältskog in 1968, and reached international stardom as a member of the pop group ABBA, which to date has sold over 375 million records worldwide, making it the fourth...
- Benny AnderssonBenny AnderssonGöran Bror "Benny" Andersson is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
- Björn UlvaeusBjörn UlvaeusBjörn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
- Anni-Frid LyngstadAnni-Frid LyngstadAnni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss von Plauen , is a Norwegian-born Swedish pop singer...
- Stikkan Anderson (Manager)
- Michael Tretow (Producer)
- Agnetha Fältskog
- Ace of BaseAce of BaseAce of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...
- Jonas BerggrenJonas BerggrenJonas Berggren, a.k.a. Joker , is a Swedish musician. He started writing songs when he was seven, and continues to write for the Swedish band Ace of Base, as well as other bands....
- Ulf EkbergUlf EkbergUlf Gunnar Ekberg , a.k.a. "Buddha", along with the three siblings of Jonas Berggren , Linn Berggren, and Jenny Berggren, is a founding member of the Swedish pop group Ace of Base.-Life and career:...
- Linn BerggrenLinn BerggrenMalin Sofia Katarina Berggren is a former member of the band Ace of Base. Having been interested and involved in music since her childhood, she formed the band in 1987, along with her sister Jenny, her brother Jonas and their friend Ulf Ekberg. Before forming Ace of Base, Malin sang in her...
- Jenny BerggrenJenny BerggrenJenny Cecilia Berggren is a Swedish singer and former lead singer in the Swedish pop band Ace of Base. Since 1995, she has also been writing songs and performing solo. In 2010 she released her debut album My Story.-Early life:...
- Jonas Berggren
- AlcazarAlcazar (band)Alcazar is a Swedish eurodance group which has established themselves as one of Sweden's most successful music groups with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 2001 and 2004...
- Andreas LundstedtAndreas LundstedtAndreas Lundstedt is a Swedish musician, who is best known as a member of the pop-disco group, Alcazar.-Biography:...
- Tess Merkel
- Lina HedlundLina HedlundLina Maria Hedlund is a Swedish singer and current member of the popgroup Alcazar. Lina has participated in Melodifestivalen a number of times, in Melodifestivalen 2002 along with her sister, singer Hanna Hedlund, in Melodifestivalen 2003 as a solo singer, and in Melodifestivalen 2009 and 2010 as...
- Annikafiore Kjaergaard
- Magnus CarlssonMagnus CarlssonLars Magnus Carlsson is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados.- Early life :Magnus Carlsson grew up in Fristad, outside Borås...
- Andreas Lundstedt
- AlcazarAlcazar (band)Alcazar is a Swedish eurodance group which has established themselves as one of Sweden's most successful music groups with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 2001 and 2004...
- ALPHA 60ALPHA 60ALPHA 60 is an alternative rock band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2008. Their name is a reference to the 1965 noir classic Alphaville; Alpha 60 being the computer controlling Godard's dystopian city.-History:...
- Amon AmarthAmon AmarthAmon Amarth is a Swedish viking metal band from Tumba, Sweden founded in 1992, and takes its name from the Sindarin translation of Mount Doom, a location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. The band comprises vocalist Johan Hegg, guitarists Olavi Mikkonen and Johan Söderberg, bassist Ted Lundström...
- ÄnglagårdÄnglagårdÄnglagård is a Swedish progressive rock band, with influences including Cathedral, King Crimson, Genesis, Trettioåriga Kriget, Schicke Führs Fröhling, and Van der Graaf Generator. The band was established in 1991 by Tord Lindman and Johan Högberg , and broke up in 1994...
- AntiloopAntiloopAntiloop was a Swedish electronic dance music group formed by Robin Söderman & David Westerlund from Lidingö. Their best-known songs include Beauty & The Beast, In My Mind, Trespasser, Believe, Start Rockin and Nowhere to Hide...
- Arch Enemy
- The ArkThe Ark (band)The Ark was a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Jepsson Mikael , and Lasse Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2005, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member...
- Ola SaloOla SaloOla Salo, born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson on 19 February 1977 in Avesta, Sweden, is the Swedish rock vocalist of the Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Salo lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child. It was while living in Rottne, in 1991, that he and his friends Jepson and...
- Martin AxénMartin AxénKarl Martin Axén is a guitarist in the Glam-rock band The Ark.Axén lived with his family in Kenya from the age of four to seven. As an eight year old he began taking guitar lessons but did not continue with them until he began playing again as a teenager. In 1997 he became a member of The Ark...
- Ola Salo
- ArmageddonArmageddon (band)Armageddon was a Swedish heavy metal band, led by Christopher Amott of Arch Enemy. Originally conceived as a melodic death metal band with metalcore influences, the group's later efforts fall into the power metal category...
- Army of LoversArmy Of LoversArmy of Lovers are a Swedish dance music group formed in 1987.The name of the band alludes to a documentary Armee der Liebenden oder Revolte der Perversen about the German gay rights activist Rosa von Praunheim, the title of which in turn alludes to the Theban Band.-History:The founding members,...
- Alexander BardAlexander BardAlexander Bengt Magnus Bard is a Swedish artist, music producer and writer.-Background and education:Bard was born Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard in Medevi, Motala Municipality, Sweden. After he had completed his upper secondary education, Bard studied in the United States and in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
- Jean-Pierre BardaJean-Pierre BardaJean-Pierre Barda is a Swedish singer, actor, make up artist and hair dresser of Algerian descent. He is most notable for being one of the founding members of the pop group Army of Lovers.- Early life :...
- Camilla HenemarkCamilla HenemarkCamilla Henemark, also known as La Camilla, is a Swedish singer, actress, political spokesperson and former fashion model.-Biography:...
- Michaela Dornonville de la CourMichaela Dornonville de la CourMaria Susanna Michaela Dornonville de la Cour, also known simply as De la Cour, is best known as a singer in the Swedish pop music group Army of Lovers.-Biography:Michaela was born on 16 August 1961 in Helsingborg, Sweden...
- Dominika PeczynskiDominika PeczynskiDominika Peczynski is a Swedish singer, model and television host.- Early life :Dominika Maria Peczynski was born September 20, 1970 in Warsaw, Poland, to Russian Jewish mother Tina and Polish father. She lived in Poland until she was seven years old and moved to Stockholm. Dominika has a...
- Alexander Bard
- Ashbury HeightsAshbury HeightsAshbury Heights were an electronic music band formed in 2005 in Sundsvall, Medelpad, Sweden. The group's original membership consisted of Anders Hagström and Yasmine Uhlin...
- Kari BergKari BergKari Berg is a Swedish/Norwegian singer and model . She was born in Östersund, Jämtland in Sweden. She was the female singer of Ashbury Heights and is now in the band Chaos All Stars and doing a solo career.-Modelling:...
- Kari Berg
- Astral DoorsAstral DoorsAstral Doors is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 2002. They have released five studio albums and an EP. Their latest work is Requiem Of Time, released in February 2010...
- A-Teens
- Amit Sebastian Paul
- Dhani LennevaldDhani LennevaldJohn Dhani Lennevald is a Swedish Pop/R&B dancer and singer. He is a former member of the pop group A*Teens.-A*Teens:...
- Sara LumholdtSara LumholdtSara Helena Lumholdt is a Swedish pop singer, and former member of the Swedish quartet A*Teens.-Career:Despite worldwide success, A*Teens disbanded in 2004 and Lumholdt took a short break from the limelight....
- Marie SerneholtMarie SerneholtMarie Eleonor Serneholt is a Swedish singer and former member of the Swedish pop band A*Teens. She was born in Stockholm, daughter of musician Ronnie Serneholt.-A*Teens :...
- At the GatesAt the GatesAt the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...
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- Backyard BabiesBackyard BabiesBackyard Babies are a rock band, from Nässjö, Sweden. The band was formed in 1987 and over the years they have released five studio albums and won a Swedish Grammy. The band is now located in Stockholm, Sweden....
- Basic Element
- BathoryBathory (band)Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by Quorthon in 1983. They are regarded as pioneers of both black metal and viking metal. Quorthon remained the main songwriter and member of Bathory for more than two decades. Bathory was permanently ended after Quorthon's death in 2004...
- BjärvBjärvBjärv is a modern folk ensemble from Sweden.Mikael Grafström plays guitar and is from Ångermanland, Sweden; Fiddler Olof Gothlin is from Värmland, Sweden; Ben Lagerberg-Teitelbaum is from Evergreen, Colorado and plays nyckelharpa...
- BlindsideBlindsideBlindside is a post-hardcore band from Tumba, Sweden. They formed in 1994 as Underfree and kept that name for two years before releasing their debut EP in 1996.-A Thought Crushed My Mind:...
- Christian Lindskog
- Simon Grenehed
- Tomas Näslund
- Marcus Dahlström
- 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....
- Bob hundBob hundbob hund is a seven-piece indie rock band from Sweden. Their music, hard to classify, has been described as "what you might expect if you managed to merge Pere Ubu and Pixies with a touch of Kraftwerk"....
- Bodies Without OrgansBodies Without OrgansBWO is a Swedish electro pop group, formed in 2004. Prior to early 2006 they used the name Bodies Without Organs. In Sweden they have enjoyed considerable commercial success throughout their career, so far notching up 15 Top 40 singles, including a Number 1 with Temple of Love, and five Top 10...
- BrainpoolBrainpool (band)Brainpool is a pop music group from Lund, Sweden. The band was most popular in the mid-1990s, mostly in the Swedish indie-pop scene together with other bands like Eggstone or Beagle.-History:...
- BloodbathBloodbathBloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup from Stockholm formed in 1998.-History:A year after being formed, the band, then consisting of Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals, Dan Swanö on drums, Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström on guitar, and Jonas Renkse on bass, released their EP Breeding...
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- Carnal ForgeCarnal ForgeCarnal Forge are a Swedish band, best classified as thrash metal with some melodic death metal influences. The songs tend to be very fast and violent. Their name originates from a song on Carcass's album Heartwork.- Biography :...
- Caesars
- CandlemassCandlemassCandlemass are an influential Swedish doom metal band established in 1984 by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but...
- CarambaCarambaCaramba was a Swedish music group. It released one self-titled album in 1981. The album is chiefly notable because it is recorded entirely in nonsense language. Songs which imitate certain regional styles of music generally imitate the phonemic structure of languages from the appropriate regions. ...
- CaramellCaramellCaramell is a Swedish musical group, formed by singers Katia Löfgren and Malin Sundström and producers Jorge "Vasco" Vasconcelo and Juha "Millboy" Myllylä. All except Vasconcelo and Myllylä come from Sweden...
- The CardigansThe CardigansThe Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in the town of Jönköping in October 1992.Their debut album Emmerdale gave them a solid base in their home country and enjoyed some success abroad, especially in Japan. It was not until their second album Life that an international reputation was secured...
- Peter SvenssonPeter SvenssonAnders Peter Svensson is a guitarist with the band, The Cardigans.His role in the group is as a guitarist and composer, but he also plays keyboard, vibraphone, and bass guitar, plus he provides some backing vocals...
- Magnus SveningssonMagnus SveningssonMagnus Sveningsson is best known as the bassist in the Swedish rock band, The Cardigans, and has also recorded under a solo project entitled Righteous Boy....
- Bengt LagerbergBengt LagerbergBengt Lagerberg, , is best known as the drummer in the Swedish rock band The Cardigans. He is currently living in Malmö.The band The Cardigans has toured worldwide and has become very famous for their acclaimed albums Life and First Band on the Moon...
- Lars-Olof JohanssonLars-Olof JohanssonLars-Olof Johansson is best known as a member of the alternative rock band The Cardigans. Johansson's role in the band is keyboardist and guitarist. Johansson grew up in the Swedish town of Jönköping. He is also a member of acoustic/country band Up The Mountain.-References:...
- Nina PerssonNina Perssonis the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and appearing on the tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited...
- Peter Svensson
- Ceremonial OathCeremonial OathCeremonial Oath was a Swedish extreme metal band who formed in 1988 under the name "Desecrator", changed their name to Ceremonial Oath in 1990 and disbanded in 1995. During their short career they released three demos, one EP and two full-length albums...
- ClawfingerClawfingerClawfinger is a rap metal band from Sweden and was one of the earliest bands to adopt this sound. Clawfinger is known for aggressive but melodic music and tackling political and anti-racist themes in their songs.-Band history:...
- Clubland
- Coca CarolaCoca CarolaCoca Carola was a Swedish Punk band formed in Åkersberga in 1986. Signed to the record label Beat Butchers they were well known to the Swedish punk scene together with bands such as Asta Kask and Köttgrottorna...
- The ConcretesThe ConcretesThe Concretes are a popular Swedish indie pop band from Stockholm, currently composed of eight members.-History:The Concretes began with Victoria Bergsman, Maria Eriksson, and Lisa Milberg. Since their formation in 1995, they have gradually acquired new members, growing into an eight piece band...
- CovenantCovenant (band)Covenant is a band from Sweden whose music comprises a mixture between electropop and electronic dance music. The band is composed of Eskil Simonsson, Daniel Myer and Joakim Montelius...
- CrashdïetCrashdïetCRASHDÏET are a glam metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. They have released three albums: 2005's Rest in Sleaze, 2007's The Unattractive Revolution and 2010's Generation Wild.- Early years :...
- The CrownThe Crown (band)The Crown is a death / thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. Originally, they used the name Crown of Thorns but were forced to change their name due to another band already using that name. Their music and lyrics are inspired by death, antireligious themes and rebellion. They are known to...
- Crucified BarbaraCrucified BarbaraCrucified Barbara is a Swedish all-female metal band, formed in Stockholm in 1998. Their music may best be described as a cross between heavy metal, Thrash metal and rock'n'roll.-Background:...
- Cult of LunaCult of LunaCult of Luna is a Swedish post-metal band from Umeå. They formed from the remnants of a Umeå hardcore punk band called Eclipse in 1998. They slowly garnered critical appreciation and underground popularity with early releases Cult of Luna and The Beyond ; however, it is 2004's Salvation that can...
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- Dark FuneralDark FuneralDark Funeral is a black metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They are one of the bands to have emerged in Sweden during the Second wave of black metal....
- Dark TranquillityDark TranquillityDark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene, and are one of the most integral pioneers of the melodic death metal genre of music....
- DarkaneDarkaneDarkane is a melodic death / progressive thrash metal band that originated in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1998. Their music contains ample thrash elements interspersed with acoustic interludes and symphonic features, such as the in studio use of synthesizers and occasionally full orchestras and choir...
- DawnDawn (metal band)Dawn is a Swedish blackened death metal band, from Linköping formed by Frederik Söderberg in 1990; while they disbanded for nearly a decade, they have reconvened and are active today. The band has released eight recordings, including two full-length albums...
- DeathstarsDeathstarsDeathstars is a Swedish band from Stockholm that perform industrial and gothic metal. Formed in 2000, the group are noted for their dark horror-themed lyrics, pessimistic and misanthropic social commentary, distinctive trademark face paint, dark stage uniforms and physical appearances that...
- Dead By AprilDead by AprilDead by April is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in February 2007. The band consists of Jimmie Strimell, Zandro Santiago, Marcus Wesslén and Alex Svenningsson. They released their self-titled debut album in May 2009. In 2010 the two guitarists, Pontus Hjelm and Johan Olsson, left the...
- Den FuleDen FuleDen Fule is a Swedish folk rock band founded in the early 1990s primarily by artists dominant in the Swedish folk rock scene of the 1970s.- Biography :...
- Glenn LjungströmGlenn LjungströmGlenn Ljungström was the original guitarist of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames along with the band's founder, Jesper Strömblad. He was a member of In Flames from 1993 until 1997, after which he quit In Flames to support his family with a more stable job. He was fired from multiple...
(ex-Member) - Hans Nilsson
- Glenn Ljungström
- Diabolical MasqueradeDiabolical MasqueradeDiabolical Masquerade was a Swedish one-man black metal band with progressive influences. The band was formed in 1993 in Stockholm as side project of Anders Nyström , known for his work as the guitarist of Katatonia.- History :...
- Dimension Zero
- DismemberDismember (band)Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...
- DissectionDissection (band)Dissection was a black metal band from Strömstad, Sweden. The band was formed in 1989, by Jon Nödtveidt. The band released its first EP in 1991. They disbanded in 2006, after Nödtveidt's suicide.- Band overview :...
- Jon NödtveidtJon NödtveidtJon Andreas Nödtveidt was a lead guitarist and vocalist of the Swedish black metal band Dissection, which he founded in 1989....
- Set TeitanSet TeitanSet Teitan [Sethlans Teitan] as Davide Totaro. He was the guitarist of industrial black metal band Aborym from 1997–2005, lead guitarist for Bloodline 2000-2005, as well as the second guitarist of the Swedish black metal band Dissection. He is also the second guitarist for Watain and performed on...
- Tomas Asklund
- Jon Nödtveidt
- Division of Laura LeeDivision of Laura LeeDivision Of Laura Lee is a band of Swedish musicians/skateboarders originally from Vänersborg, Sweden heavily influenced by post-punk bands, britpop and the DC music scene . The name comes from Laura Lee, a soul singer, and the phrase "Division Of" which was spotted on a cardboard box at their...
- Doktor KosmosDoktor KosmosDoktor Kosmos is a pop band best characterized by the unique style of their humorous lyrics. The lyrics often have social or political themes, and the band is socialist, although not above making fun of their own opinions....
- DozerDozerDozer is a stoner rock band from Sweden.- Early years :Dozer was formed in Borlänge, Sweden in 1995, playing local youth centres and supporting any bands that came to their hometown. In 1998 the band recorded a Split EP with the American band Unida...
- DragonlandDragonlandDragonland is a power metal musical group from Sweden. The group is most notable for basing their two first albums upon the self-produced The Dragonland Chronicles fantasy saga and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid...
- Dream EvilDream EvilDream Evil is a heavy metal band from Sweden, assembled and integrated by renowned musical producer Fredrik Nordström in 1999.-Biography:Producer Fredrik Nordström had the ambition of creating a power metal band of his own for a long time, but had difficulty finding anyone with musical ideals...
- Fredrik NordströmFredrik NordströmBjörn Tom Fredrik Nordström, born on 5 January 1967, is a Swedish record producer and guitar player for the heavy metal band Dream Evil. Nordström is one of the leading melodic death metal producers in Sweden, and he has worked with some of the genre's top acts, including At the Gates, Arch Enemy,...
(a.k.a. Ritchie Rainbow)
- Fredrik Nordström
- Drömhus
- DungenDungenDungen is a Swedish rock band based in Stockholm. Often classified as progg or psychedelic rock, Dungen is also influenced by Swedish folk music, classic rock, progressive rock, garage rock and alternative rock....
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- Ebba GrönEbba GrönEbba Grön was a Swedish punk band formed in Stockholm in 1977. Ebba Grön consisted of Joakim Thåström , Gunnar Ljungstedt and Lennart Eriksson . After the release of their second album in 1981, they were joined by a fourth member, Anders Sjöholm, also known as Stry Terrarie, on keyboard...
- Joakim ThåströmJoakim ThåströmSven Joachim Eriksson Thåström , as an artist known as Thåström, is one of Sweden's best known rock musicians, he is mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet...
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- Gunnar LjungstedtGunnar LjungstedtGunnar Ljungstedt, was the drummer in the Swedish punk rock band Ebba Grön and later in Imperiet. He was approx. 5 years older than the other members of the band, and a friend of Thåström’s big brother.- References :...
- Joakim Thåström
- Edge of SanityEdge of SanityEdge of Sanity was a Swedish death metal band. Edge of Sanity are regarded alongside Opeth as being the first to fuse extreme metal styles like death and black metal with progressive rock.- History :...
- EldkvarnEldkvarn (band)Eldkvarn is a Swedish rock band formed in Norrköping in 1971, consisting of brothers Plura Jonsson and Carla Jonsson . The third original member is the bass player Tony Thorén, who has produced a number of albums by Eldkvarn, as well as other artists...
- Niclas EngelinNiclas EngelinNiclas Engelin is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist for In Flames, Passenger & Engel. Engelin was the lead guitarist for Gardenian, and has been in and out of In Flames on five different occasions....
- Niclas Engelin
- EngelEngel (band)Engel is a melodic death metal band with alternative influences from Gothenburg, Sweden. They are currently signed to French label Season of Mist, but released their debut album Absolute Design via SPV GmbH/Steamhammer on October 31, 2007...
- EntombedEntombed (band)Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal which initially differed itself from its American counterpart with its distinct guitar tone, by the early 1990s their sound had...
- EgbaEgbaThe Egba are a clan of the Yoruba people who live in western Nigeria. Many Egba live in the city of Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State.- History :...
- EskobarEskobarEskobar is the name of a Swedish indie/pop band that was founded in 1996 some 30 kilometres north of Stockholm, in the small town of Åkersberga...
- EuropeEurope (band)Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...
- Joey TempestJoey TempestJoey Tempest is the vocalist and main songwriter in the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. He has written hits like "The Final Countdown", "Rock the Night" and "Superstitious".-Early life:...
(Joakim Larsson) - John NorumJohn NorumJohn Norum is a rock music guitarist and founder of the Swedish band Europe . Concurrent to his role with Europe, he also maintains a side solo project...
- John LevénJohn LevénJohn Gunnar Levén is the bassist in the Swedish rock band Europe. Levén and vocalist Joey Tempest are the only band members who have performed on all of Europe's studio albums....
- Mic MichaeliMic MichaeliGunnar Mathias "Mic" Michaeli is the keyboardist in the Swedish rock band Europe. Like many of the other Europe members he grew up in Stockholm suburb Upplands Väsby...
- Ian HauglandIan HauglandHåkan Jan "Ian" Haugland is the drummer in the Swedish rock band Europe. When he was eight months old, he and his family moved to the Swedish suburb Märsta. He joined Europe in the summer of 1984, replacing Tony Reno. Previously Haugland had played in a number of bands, including Trilogy, where...
- Kee MarcelloKee MarcelloKee Marcello is a Swedish musician, best known as the former guitarist in the rock band Europe. He is currently pursuing his solo career.-Career:...
(Kjell Lövbom) - Tony RenoTony RenoTony Niemistö is a Swedish musician, best known as Tony Reno, the original drummer in the rock band Europe. He played on Europe's first two albums, Europe and Wings of Tomorrow. He parted company from the band before the second leg of the Wings of Tomorrow tour in 1984...
- Marcel JacobMarcel JacobMarcel Karl Jacob was a Swedish musician, best known as the bassist in the hard rock bands Talisman and Last Autumn's Dream.-Biography:In 1978, Jacob formed the band Rising Force together with guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen...
- Peter OlssonPeter OlssonPeter Olsson was the original bassist in the Swedish hard rock band Force, which would later change its name to Europe. Olsson formed Force in Upplands Väsby in 1979, together with vocalist and keyboardist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno.Olsson left the band in 1981 and...
- Joey Tempest
- EvergreyEvergreyEvergrey is a progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was founded in 1995 and released its debut album The Dark Discovery in 1998. Their most recent album Glorious Collision was released in 2011.-Lyrical themes:...
- Tom S. EnglundTom S. EnglundTom S. Englund from Sweden currently plays guitar and sings lead vocals for the band Evergrey. He is married to Carina Englund, who does backing vocals in most of their albums.-Discography with Evergrey:* The Dark Discovery...
- Henrik DanhageHenrik DanhageGösta Henrik Danhage from Sweden played guitar for the progressive power metal band Evergrey from 2001 until May 2010 when he along with Jonas Ekdahl and Jari Kainulainen left the band by mutual decision -Discography with Evergrey:...
- Micheal Hàkansson
- Rikard Zander
- Jonas EkdahlJonas EkdahlJonas Ekdahl is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the former drummer of the heavy metal band Evergrey. He was previously the drum tech of Evergrey's former drummer Patrick Carlsson. He was born in Gothenburg in May, 1983...
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- GardenianGardenianGardenian was a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg that was formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2004.-Background:Gardenian was formed in April 1996 by drummer Thim Blom and vocalist/guitarist Jim Kjell. Eventually, guitarist Niklas Engelin and bassist Håkan Skoger joined the band...
- GarmarnaGarmarnaGarmarna is a Swedish folk rock band. Their songs are mainly old Scandinavian ballads.- Biography :Garmarna was founded in 1990. Stefan Brisland-Ferner, Gotte Ringqvist and Rickard Westman were inspired by old Swedish music, which they had heard in a theatre. They began searching for old tunes and...
- Emma HärdelinEmma HärdelinEmma Härdelin is a Swedish musician. She is a violinist and lead singer in folk-rock band Garmarna, which she joined in 1993 for their first album, and also lead singer for the folk band Triakel....
- Emma Härdelin
- Gemini
- Karin GlenmarkKarin GlenmarkKarin Glenmark, born 8 April 1952, is a Swedish pop and rock singer. She is the niece to Bruno Glenmark and sister to Anders Glenmark. Together with Anders, she is a part of the siblings duo Gemini, and together with uncle Bruno and his wife Ann-Louise Hanson, they formed the group Glenmarks.She...
- Anders GlenmarkAnders GlenmarkAnders Glenmark is a Swedish pop and rock singer, as well as one of Sweden's most successful music producers and song writers. He is the brother of singer Karin Glenmark and nephew of band leader Bruno Glenmark. Among the artists he's written and produced for are Eva Dahlgren, Orup, Ted Gärdestad...
- Karin Glenmark
- Gert JonnysGert JonnysGert Jonnys was a Swedish dansband during the 1970s and 1980s. Its leader, Gert Jonny Hansson left the band in 1982, and since 1988, the three remaining members and one additional member, are known as Freddy's, led by Freddy Pedersen and Chris Bittner...
- GravitonasGravitonasGravitonas is a Swedish electronic rock band formed in 2009 and signed to Sofo Records and Universal Music in 2010. The band is fronted by vocalist Andreas Öhrn and record producer and songwriter Alexander Bard . Other collaborators in the project include keyboardist and producer Henrik Wikström...
- Alexander BardAlexander BardAlexander Bengt Magnus Bard is a Swedish artist, music producer and writer.-Background and education:Bard was born Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard in Medevi, Motala Municipality, Sweden. After he had completed his upper secondary education, Bard studied in the United States and in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
- Alexander BardAlexander BardAlexander Bengt Magnus Bard is a Swedish artist, music producer and writer.-Background and education:Bard was born Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard in Medevi, Motala Municipality, Sweden. After he had completed his upper secondary education, Bard studied in the United States and in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
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- Günther and the Sunshine Girls
- Mats SöderlundMats SöderlundMats Söderlund is a Swedish musician, best known under his stage name Günther, who began his career in 2004. In 2006, his song "Like Fire Tonight" was accepted into Melodifestivalen, a Swedish music competition...
- Mats Söderlund
- Gyllene TiderGyllene TiderGyllene Tider is a Swedish pop group. The name Gyllene Tider translates as "Golden ages" or "Golden times". Few Scandinavians would not recognize the band's most famous song "Sommartider", often played on the radio during late spring and early summer...
- Joacim CansJoacim CansJoacim Cans is the lead singer of HammerFall, a Swedish power metal band. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums....
- Oscar DronjakOscar DronjakOscar Fredrick Dronjak is the rhythm and lead guitarist and founder of the Heavy Metal band HammerFall. Prior to the success of HammerFall, he also played and released albums with the death metal acts Ceremonial Oath and Crystal Age....
- Stefan ElmgrenStefan ElmgrenStefan Elmgren was the guitarist of the Swedish power metal band HammerFall from 1997 to 2008.- History :Before becoming a member of HammerFall, he was the guitarist in the band Highlander. Elmgren has also worked with his solo project Full Strike and released one album called "We Will Rise" which...
- Magnus RosénMagnus RosénKlas Magnus Rosén is a Swedish musician, born 1963 in Gothenburg, and is best known for being the bassist of the Swedish band HammerFall during the years 1997-2007....
- Anders JohanssonAnders JohanssonAnders Johansson is a Swedish musician. He is the son of Jan Johansson, famous jazz pianist and brother of keyboardist Jens Johansson.-Biography:...
- Mikael StanneMikael StanneBengt Mikael Stanne is the vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity and the ex-vocalist for Swedish power metal band HammerFall.-Dark Tranquillity:...
- Glenn LjungströmGlenn LjungströmGlenn Ljungström was the original guitarist of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames along with the band's founder, Jesper Strömblad. He was a member of In Flames from 1993 until 1997, after which he quit In Flames to support his family with a more stable job. He was fired from multiple...
- Niklas SundinNiklas SundinNiklas Sundin , is a musician best known as the guitarist of bands Dark Tranquillity and Laethora. He also wrote some of the lyrics for the first three and recent two Dark Tranquillity albums and In Flames' album The Jester Race, and...
- Jesper StrömbladJesper StrömbladClas Håkan Jesper Strömblad is a Swedish musician who is currently the guitarist for the bands Dimension Zero & The Resistance...
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- HammerFallHammerFallHammerFall is a power metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1993 by ex-Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak.- Early days :...
- HeadplateHeadplateHeadplate is a Swedish band from the city of Gothenburg. The band was formed back in 1993, by drummer Niklas Österlund and guitarist Daniel Granstedt. The band is very appreciated by their fans for always being generous with free music...
- Peter DolvingPeter DolvingPeter Dolving is a guitarist, songwriter, and spoken-word performer who is best known as the singer of the Swedish metal band The Haunted.-Career:...
- Anders BjörlerAnders BjörlerAnders Björler is a musician from Sweden. He is the current lead guitarist for heavy metal bands The Haunted and the well-known melodic death metal band At the Gates. He joined them in his former position on a reunion tour in 2007...
- Jonas BjörlerJonas BjörlerJonas Björler is the bassist and one of the founding members of the melodic death metal band At the Gates, along with his twin brother Anders Björler, Tomas Lindberg, Alf Svensson, and Adrian Erlandsson....
- Patrik JensenPatrik JensenPatrik Jensen is a Swedish guitarist who formed the Swedish thrash metal musical group The Haunted in 1996 with Adrian Erlandsson. He was formerly a member of Seance and Satanic Slaughter and is also a founding member and sole music/lyric writer of Witchery. He is sometimes just referred to as...
- Per Möller JensenPer Möller JensenPer Möller Jensen is a Danish drummer in the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. He has earlier played drums in Invocator, Konkhra and Nightrage.-References:...
- Peter Dolving
- HedningarnaHedningarnaHedningarna is a Swedish and, for some years partly Finnish, folk music band that mixes electronics and rock with elements from old Scandinavian folk music. Their music features Yoik or juoiggus, a traditional Sami form of song.-History:...
- Hållbus Totte MattsonHållbus Totte MattsonHållbus Totte Mattson is a multi-instrumentalist folk musician from Dalarna, Sweden. Mattson's instruments include the lute, baroque lute, mandora, bass mandora, hummel, classical guitar, baroque guitar Mora-oud, accordion, Swedish dulcimer, hurdy gurdy and vocals.Mattson was a founding member in...
- Anders NoruddeAnders NoruddeAnders Norudde is a Swedish folk musician, multi-instrumentalist, and luthier.After finishing school, Anders took a job at the ironworks in Degerfors, where, in his spare time, he practiced orienteering and played rock music on the guitar...
- Magnus StinnerbomMagnus StinnerbomMagnus Stinnerbom is a fiddler from Värmland, Sweden, whose principal instrument is the viola. He is the son of the influential fiddler Leif Stinnerbom, who co-founded the Nordic folk band Groupa. Magnus is currently playing with the groups Harv and Hedningarna. He has toured the U.S...
- Hållbus Totte Mattson
- The Hep Stars
- Benny AnderssonBenny AnderssonGöran Bror "Benny" Andersson is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
- Benny Andersson
- The HivesThe HivesThe Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told...
- Howlin' Pelle Almqvist
- Nicholaus Arson
- Chris Dangerous
- Vigilante CarlstroemVigilante CarlstroemMikael Karlsson, or Vigilante Carlstroem as he is better known, is the guitarist of the Swedish rock band The Hives, which formed in 1993 and was one of the most important bands in the garage rock revival.-Biography:...
- Dr. Matt DestructionDr. Matt DestructionDr. Matt Destruction is a Swedish musician. He is the bassist of garage rock band The Hives.-Career:...
- Hoola Bandoola BandHoola Bandoola BandHoola Bandoola Band was a Swedish progg group from the 1970s with leftist political texts. Leading members were Mikael Wiehe and Björn Afzelius.-History:Hoola Bandoola Band was, together with Nationalteatern, the biggest band of the Swedish progg movement...
- The Hootenanny Singers
- Hoven DrovenHoven DrovenHoven Droven is a Swedish folk rock band founded in 1989. They specialize in instrumental, hard rock arrangements of old Swedish folk tunes. The closest English translation of the Jamtish phrase "Hoven Droven" is "helter skelter" or "whatever."...
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- The HauntedThe HauntedThe Haunted is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996.The original members were Anders & Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen...
- The HellacoptersThe HellacoptersThe Hellacopters were a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson , Dregen , Kenny Håkansson and Robert Eriksson . Andersson had been the drummer for death metal band Entombed and Dregen was taking a break from his full-time band Backyard Babies...
- Nicke AnderssonNicke AnderssonNicke Andersson , born 1 August 1972 is a singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer most known for his work as the singer and guitarist of the successful Grammy award winning rock band The Hellacopters as well as the former drummer for Swedish death metal band Entombed...
- Robert DahlqvistRobert DahlqvistRobert Dahlqvist is a guitarist and vocalist most known for his work with the Swedish rockband The Hellacopters. He's also the lead singer and guitarist in Thunder Express, a band originally started as a sideproject to his work with The Hellacopters...
- Kenny HåkanssonKenny HåkanssonKenny Håkansson is the bassist of the highly influential Swedish rock & roll band the Hellacopters. The Hellacopters were founded by Håkansson's childhood friend Nicke Andersson as a side project to his role as a drummer in the heavy metal band Entombed, considered to be founders of death 'n'...
- Robert ErikssonRobert ErikssonRobert Eriksson is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag in 2005. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1997–2001 and 2001–2005.Eriksson held various positions in Verdal municipality...
- Anders "Boba Fett" LindströmAnders LindströmAnders Lindström or Boba Fett as he is often called is a Swedish rock musician most known for being the organist and pianist of the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters and co founder and guitarist of The Diamond Dogs.-Life and career:...
- Nicke Andersson
- HypocrisyHypocrisy (band)Hypocrisy is a melodic death metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1990 in Ludvika, Sweden by Peter Tägtgren.Musically, the band started off with a traditional death metal sound on their first albums, and soon drifted to become a melodic death metal band. The lyrics in their early stages -...
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- 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...
- Emanuel Lundgren
- ImperietImperiet' were a Swedish 1980s rock band from Stockholm, that existed from 1983 to 1988. They were arguably the most influential band in Sweden of the period, but definitely dominated the new wave scene, which at the time was seen as the same as the punk rock scene....
- Joakim ThåströmJoakim ThåströmSven Joachim Eriksson Thåström , as an artist known as Thåström, is one of Sweden's best known rock musicians, he is mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet...
- Anders FridénAnders FridénAnders Fridén is the vocalist/lyricist of the Swedish band In Flames-Early career:Fridén was originally the vocalist for Dark Tranquillity. He performed on their debut album, Skydancer, but left the band soon after. Two years later he joined In Flames...
- Björn GelotteBjörn GelotteBjörn Gelotte is a songwriter and guitarist for the Swedish band, In Flames. He joined the band as the drummer in 1995, and continued his position as drummer during The Jester Race and Whoracle . Gelotte switched to his current position on guitars after Niklas Engelin left the band, sharing...
- Jesper StrömbladJesper StrömbladClas Håkan Jesper Strömblad is a Swedish musician who is currently the guitarist for the bands Dimension Zero & The Resistance...
(ex-Member) - Peter IwersPeter IwersPeter Iwers is the current bass player of the Swedish band In Flames. He has played in In Flames along with Daniel Svensson since their 1999 album Colony, replacing Johan Larsson....
- Daniel SvenssonDaniel SvenssonDaniel Svensson is the current drummer and youngest member of the Swedish band In Flames, and drummer / vocalist for the band Sacrilege GBG. He was also in Diabolique before he joined In Flames in 1998 to fill the position created when Björn Gelotte moved from drums to guitars...
- Johan Larsson (ex-Member)
- Joakim Thåström
- In FlamesIn FlamesIn Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...
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- The (International) Noise ConspiracyThe (International) Noise ConspiracyThe Noise Conspiracy is a Swedish rock band formed in Sweden in the late months of 1998. The line-up consists of Dennis Lyxzén , Inge Johansson , Lars Strömberg , and Ludwig Dahlberg . The band is known for its punk and garage rock musical influences, and its impassioned left-wing political stance...
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- KatatoniaKatatoniaKatatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström .-1991-1993:The early Katatonia releases, such as the EP Jhva Elohim Meth.....
- KaipaKaipa (band)- History :The band was originally formed under the name Ura Kaipa by Hans Lundin and Tomas Eriksson . Roine Stolt joined Kaipa as their guitarist when he was 17. In 1974 also, shortly after they had cut the "Ura" from the name of the band, their self-titled debut released. Stolt went on to form...
- KentKent (band)Kent is a Swedish alternative rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet , and Havsänglar...
- Joakim BergJoakim BergHerbert Joakim "Jocke" Berg is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of Swedish alternative rock band Kent, which was founded in 1990.-Biography:...
- Markus Mustonen
- Sami SirviöSami SirviöSami Sirviö is the lead guitarist of the Swedish rock band Kent.-Biography:Sirviö formed Kent in 1990 along with vocalist Joakim Berg, bassist Martin Sköld, drummer Markus Mustonen and keyboardist Thomas Bergqvist. The band originally called themselfes Jones & Giftet before changing their name...
- Martin Sköld
- Joakim Berg
- KhomaKhomaKhoma is a progressive and alternative metal musical group from Sweden . Some of its members also play with Cult Of Luna, The Perishers and The Deportees...
- Kill Squad vs. DoubleheaderKill Squad vs. DoubleheaderKill Squad vs. Doubleheader was a Swedish electronic musical duo that released two CDs in 1997: Wave Your Hands and At Home EP. Their record label was Superstudio Grå, a division of Diesel Music....
- KiteKite (band)Kite are a Swedish synthpop group composed of Christian Berg and Nicklas Stenemo . Originating from Malmö and now based in Stockholm they are signed to Progress Productions and have published three EPs since their debut in 2008. Each of them was released on CD and as a limited vinyl record edition...
- The KnifeThe KnifeThe Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...
- KomedaKomedaKomeda is a Swedish pop/indie band from Umeå. The group is named in honour of the late jazz musician Krzysztof Komeda. The band started in 1991 as a pit band for a Buster Keaton festival. Forming as a quartet, Komeda consisted of vocalist Lena Karlsson, guitarist Henrik Andersson , bassist Marcus...
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- Leather NunLeather NunThe Leather Nun were a Swedish rock group. Careening from garage rock to goth and industrial, Leather Nun became cult heroes in their native land...
- Jonas Almqvist
- Bengt "Aron" Aronsson
- Freddie WadlingFreddie WadlingFreddie Wadling is a Swedish singer, actor and opera writer, whose over 30-year musical career spans from punk to classical ballads...
- Gert Claesson
- LeGrand
- Lili & SusieLili & SusieLili & Susie is a Swedish pop duo composed of the sisters Lili Päivärinta and Susie Päivärinta. They scored a number of hit singles in the late 1980s and early 1990s, their biggest hit being Oh Mama in 1987...
- Lili PäivärintaLili PäivärintaInga-Lill Kristina "Lili" Päivärinta is a Swedish singer and artist of Finnish ancestry. She scored a number of hits with the duo Lili & Susie, a duo with her sister Susie Päivärinta, in the 1980s....
- Susie PäivärintaSusie PäivärintaSusanne Elisabeth "Susie" Päivärinta is a Swedish singer and artist of Finnish ancestry. She scored a number of hits with the duo Lili & Susie, a duo with her sister Lili Päivärinta, in the 1980s. Susie could represent Spain as composer at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011...
- Lili Päivärinta
- LOKLOKLOK was a Swedish hardcore band formed in 1995 and disbanded in 2002.-Members:*Martin Westerstrand *Johan Reivén *Daniel Cordero *Thomas Brandt -History:...
- Love Is AllLove is AllLove Is All is a five-piece indie pop band from Gothenburg, Sweden. It releases songs in English. Paste Magazine has stated that it makes "infectiously lo-fi punk rock laced with saxophone and melodic vocals".-Biography:...
- LoweLowe (band)Lowe is a Swedish synthpop band formed in 2002 by Leo Josefsson , Rickard Gunnarsson and Mehdi Bagherzadeh . The music can be described as emotional pop, contrived with electronic elements. Their first three singles ”The Vanishing”, ”Ahead Of Our Time” and "Hear Me Out" quickly earned them the...
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- Machinae SupremacyMachinae SupremacyMachinae Supremacy is a Swedish band that combines modern heavy metal and alternative rock with chiptunes. Self-defined as "SID metal", many of their songs use a SidStation that features the SID chip of the Commodore 64...
- Mando DiaoMando DiaoMando Diao is an alternative rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The band got their breakthrough with the release of the album Hurricane Bar. Their main fan base is in Sweden, Germany, and Japan although their influence has recently spread to Western Europe, most notably the UK.-Origin:The roots of...
- MardukMarduk (band)Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first record in 1991. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.-Musical style:...
- MayhemMayhem (band)Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...
's 1988-1991 singer Per Yngve OhlinDead (musician)Per Yngve Ohlin , better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish black metal vocalist best known for his work with Norwegian black metal band Mayhem...
a.k.a. “Dead”, also member of Swedish band MorbidMorbid (band)- Biography :Morbid was formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1986. With Per Yngve "Dead" Ohlin as the group's founder and mastermind, they had a revolving door of members before settling on the line-up of John "John Lennart" Hagström and "TG" on guitars, Jens Näsström on bass and Lars-Göran Petrov on... - Melody ClubMelody ClubMelody Club is a Swedish pop/synth rock band from Växjö formed in January 2000. Their break-through came in 2002 with the song Palace Station, which was also a big success in Germany. The band has frequent radio airplay in Sweden, Germany, Japan, Norway and Denmark.Melody Club's style can be...
- MeshuggahMeshuggahMeshuggah is an extreme metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1992...
- Jens KidmanJens KidmanJens Kidman is the vocalist and former guitarist for the Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah. He is famous for his very aggressive shouts and screams and for his "mean" stage presence.-Musical career and style:...
- Fredrik ThordendalFredrik ThordendalFredrik Thordendal is the lead guitarist and a founding member of the Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah.He, along with Meshuggah's rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström were rated #35 by Guitar World in the top 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists of all-time.-Musical career:Under the name...
- Tomas HaakeTomas HaakeTomas Haake is the drummer and main lyricist for the Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah.-Musical career:Haake is noted for his technical abilities; his drumming style is characterized by heavy use of polyrhythms while often maintaining a steady 4/4 beat. This signature style has become one...
- Mårten HagströmMårten HagströmMårten Hagström, , is the rhythm guitarist for the Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah. He joined the band after the release of their first album, which allowed Jens Kidman to focus on his vocal performances. He is known for his strong and complex rhythm guitar playing...
- Dick LövgrenDick LövgrenDick Lövgren is the bassist for the Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah. He joined the band in 2004 as Meshuggah's third bass player.-Biography:...
- Jens Kidman
- MillencolinMillencolinMillencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band...
- Mathias FärmMathias FärmMathias Färm is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish skate punk band Millencolin. He is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin....
- Erik OhlssonErik Ohlsson (musician)Erik Ohlsson is the lead and rhythm guitarist of Swedish punk rock band Millencolin. He currently resides in Örebro, Sweden. He designs most all of the band's artwork, including their t-shirts, logos, cover artwork, and their official . Ohlsson edited and designed Millencolin's 1998 video...
- Nikola SarcevicNikola SarcevicNikola Šarčević is the bassist, vocalist, and primary songwriter in the punk rock band Millencolin. He lives in Gothenburg, Sweden with his wife Lisa, and three daughters....
- Fredrik LarzonFredrik LarzonFredrik Larzon is the drummer of the Swedish skate-punk band Millencolin. He currently lives in Örebro, Sweden.He runs another project named Kvoteringen....
- Mathias Färm
- Moonlight AgonyMoonlight AgonyMoonlight Agony is a Swedish progressive power metal band which formed in 1999 in Kungsbacka, Sweden. Before they settled on the name Moonlight Agony they were named Thorin and Moonlight Sonata...
- Moneybrother
- MonsterMonster (band)Monster was a ska-soul-punk band from Sweden that split up in 2000. They released two albums: Rockers Delight , Gone Gone Gone/A Bash Dem and some EPs...
- Mustasch
- MånegarmMånegarmMånegarm is a Swedish Viking/black metal band from Norrtälje. The band's name comes from Mánagarmr, a wolf in Norse mythology.-History:The band started from the ideas of Svenne Rosendal, Jonas Almquist, and Pierre Wilhelmsson in 1995. After securing another guitarist in Mårten Matsson and a drummer...
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- NaglfarNaglfar (band)Naglfar is a Swedish melodic black metal band formed in 1992. The group was formed by Jens Rydén and Kristoffer Olivius, originally under the name Uninterred.-Biography:...
- NationalteaternNationalteaternNationalteatern is a Swedish progg rock group from the 1970s that featured leftist political lyrics. It was originally a traveling theater ensemble with many members, most notably Ulf Dageby, Anders Melander, Totta Näslund, Nikke Ström, Hans Mosesson and Pale Olofsson.-History:Initially formed as a...
- Totta NäslundTotta NäslundErik Torsten "Totta" Näslund was a Swedish rock and blues musician, with leftist political views.- Biography :...
- Ulf DagebyUlf DagebyUlf Thorbjörn Dageby is a Swedish rock musician, singer and songwriter. Dageby is mostly known for his role in the leftist “rock orchestra” and theater ensemble Nationalteatern.-Biography:...
- Totta Näslund
- NightingaleNightingale (band)The band's latest album is White Darkness and it was released 4 June 2007.-Line-up:*Dan Swanö : Vocals, guitars, keyboards...
- NightrageNightrageNightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
- Nocturnal RitesNocturnal Rites- Biography :The band started off under the name Necronomic playing heavy metal, as can be heard on their demo . This attracted some independent labels' attention, but they turned them down in the hope of a better opportunity...
- No Fun at AllNo Fun At AllNo Fun at All is a Swedish punk rock band. The band formed in the summer of 1991 in Skinnskatteberg. The group initially consisted of Mikael Danielsson , Henrik Sunvisson and Jimmy Olsson...
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- October TideOctober TideOctober Tide is a death/doom metal side project that was created in 1995 by Katatonia vocalist Jonas Renkse and then Katatonia guitarist Fred Norrman.-1995 - 1999:...
- Oh LauraOh LauraOh Laura, formerly known as Laura, is a Swedish Indie-pop band from Stockholm consisting of Frida Öhrn on vocals, Jocke Olovsson and Jörgen Kjellgren on guitars, Rikard Lidhamn on bass and Magnus Olsson on drums. The band's debut record, A Song Inside My Head, A Demon In My Bed, was released on May...
- Mikael ÅkerfeldtMikael ÅkerfeldtLars Mikael Åkerfeldt is a Swedish musician who achieved fame as the lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Opeth as well as the lead vocalist of death metal band Bloodbath. He was the vocalist and guitarist for the band Sörskogen and the guitarist of the band Steel...
- Martin AxenrotMartin AxenrotErik Martin "Axe" Axenrot is the drummer for the bands Opeth, Bloodbath and Witchery. Axenrot played with Opeth on their last five tours, filling in for then drummer Martin Lopez. On May 12, 2006, he officially joined the band as Lopez left permanently...
- Peter LindgrenPeter Lindgren (musician)Peter Lindgren is a Swedish musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former guitarist of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth...
- Martin MendezMartin MendezMartín Méndez is the bass guitar player of progressive death metal band Opeth and second most constant member of the band, behind lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt....
- Per WibergPer WibergPer Jonas Wiberg is the former keyboardist of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, and a member of Michael Amott's stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars. Wiberg toured with Opeth from the 2003 Deliverance/Damnation tour onward, and joined Opeth officially in 2005. Wiberg provided backing...
- Mikael Åkerfeldt
- OpethOpethOpeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...
- Orsa SpelmänOrsa SpelmänOrsa Spelmän is a folk music sextet from Orsa in Sweden, which was founded in 1987. Benny Andersson, the former ABBA member, is a founding member of the group.In 2006, the member Kalle Moraeus was awarded Povel Ramels Karamelodiktstipendium....
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- Pain of SalvationPain of SalvationPain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive rock band featuring Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the lyricist, chief composer, guitarist, and lead vocalist. Their sound is characterised by powerful, accentuated guitar work, broad vocal range, abrupt switching between heavy and calm passages, intense...
- Pan.Thy.MoniumPan.Thy.MoniumPan.Thy.Monium was a Swedish avant-garde metal band formed and led by Dan Swanö with several members from another project of his, Edge of Sanity...
- Passenger
- Peter Bjorn and JohnPeter Bjorn and JohnPeter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named after the first names of the band's members: Peter Morén , Björn Yttling and John Eriksson .They are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which...
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- Anaïs LamecheAnaïs LamecheAnaïs Helena Kretz Lameche is an original member of the Swedish pop group Play. She is the only member of Play out of its seven different members to appear in all four different line-ups of the group...
- Anna SundstrandAnna SundstrandAnna Maria Carolina Sundstrand is a Swedish singer and model. She was a member of the Swedish pop group Play from the group's formation in 2001 when she was 12 until their breakup in 2005...
- Faye HamlinFaye HamlinFanny "Faye" Matilda Dagmar Hamlin is a Swedish singer and model. She is one of the original members of the Swedish pop group Play.-Time in Play:Faye was selected to be in Play by the band's manager, Laila Bagge...
- Janet LeonJanet LeonJanet Ava Leon is a professional Swedish singer and dancer of Persian and Spanish descent.-Time in Play:She joined the pop group Play in late 2003...
- Rosie MunterRosie MunterRosanna "Rosie" Bella Victoria Eriksdotter-Munter, Born 26 September 1987 in Stockholm, is a Swedish recording artist and singer-songwriter. She says that the genre in which she operates is best described as “big emotional, chaotic, beautiful pop”....
- Anaïs Lameche
- The PoodlesThe PoodlesThe Poodles are a glam metal/heavy metal band from Sweden.They are best known for their hits "Metal Will Stand Tall" and "Night of Passion", the latter of which was played in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 2006....
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- Raised FistRaised FistRaised Fist is a Swedish hardcore band formed in 1993.-History:The name "Raised Fist" came as an idea from the Rage Against the Machine song "Know Your Enemy", where part of the lyrics are as follows: "Born with an insight and a raised fist..." The band has become more successful over the years,...
- RazorlightRazorlightRazorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...
- RednexRednexRednex is a Swedish techno/folk/bluegrass band. They had an international novelty hit with the song "Cotton Eye Joe" in 1994. Although extremely popular in Germany, where the band holds the record of most total weeks at No.1 on the German singles chart over the past 30 years—scoring such hits as...
- RefusedRefusedRefused was a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1991. In total the band released five EPs and three albums, before splitting up in 1998...
- RibspreaderRibspreaderRibspreader is a Swedish death metal band.-History:Ribspreader was formed in June of 2002 by Rogga Johansson and Andreas Karlsson, both also of Paganizer. Their debut album features the famous Swedish musician and producer Dan Swanö on drums and lead guitar. The band split up shortly after the...
- RoxetteRoxetteRoxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...
- Per GesslePer GesslePer Håkan Gessle is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider and formed Roxette with Marie Fredriksson...
- Marie FredrikssonMarie Fredrikssonis a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist, best known for forming one half of the pop duo Roxette, which she created together with Per Gessle in 1986...
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- Sahara HotnightsSahara HotnightsSahara Hotnights is a rock band from Robertsfors, Sweden. Their style incorporates elements of garage rock, power pop and punk. While in Australia, Josephine Forsman bet on a horse named Sahara Hotnights and used the name for the band.-History:...
- SambassadeurSambassadeurSambassadeur are a Swedish pop band formed in 2003 in Gothenburg. They are named after the Serge Gainsbourg song "Les Sambassadeurs." The band are signed to the Labrador label, and to date, they have released three studio albums and a handful of EPs and singles...
- Sandy MoucheSandy MoucheSandy Mouche is a Swedish band from Lund, Skåne County, southern Sweden. It consists of songwriter- and singer couple Martinique and Helena Josefsson, and the brothers Per and Ola Blomgren. On live shows they bring a bassist and a pianist. They sing in English and French.-Sandy Mouche was born...
- Helena JosefssonHelena JosefssonHelena Marianne Josefsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer in the band Sandy Mouche and has been singing in Per Gessle's projects since 2003. In February 2007 she released her first solo album, Dynamo.-Biography:...
- Jonas KjellgrenJonas KjellgrenJonas Kjellgren is a Swedish musician and producer, now residing in Grangärde, Sweden. He has played for bands such as Carnal Forge and Dellamorte as their lead vocalist and played guitar for Centinex, Scar Symmetry and bass for October Tide. As a producer, he has worked with bands such as Sonic...
- Christian ÄlvestamChristian ÄlvestamGunnar Christian Älvestam is a vocalist, lyricist, guitarist, bassist and drummer for several bands from Sweden. He is, however, best known as the former vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry...
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- Helena Josefsson
- Scar SymmetryScar SymmetryScar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Avesta in Dalarna County, formed in 2004. The band has released five albums, with six released singles...
- Secret ServiceSecret Service (band)Secret Service is a Swedish pop/New Wave band, popular in the early 1980s. In 1979, Ola Håkansson, a former vocalist of Ola & the Janglers and then a publishing manager at Sonet Records, teamed up with Tim Norell and Ulf Wahlberg to write a few songs that they submitted to the Melodifestivalen, a...
- Shout Out LoudsShout Out LoudsShout Out Louds are an indie rock band from Stockholm, Sweden.The group has toured with bands such as The Strokes, Kings of Leon, The Magic Numbers, The Rosebuds, The Essex Green, and Johnossi...
- Silent BorderSilent BorderSilent Border is a Swedish rock band formed in 2005. Its members are Jonas Nilsson , Anders Nordström , Peter Sjöberg and Sebastian Hidén...
- Skwisgaar Skwigelf (lead guitarist of DethklokDethklokDethklok is both a virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, as well as a real band created to perform the band's melodic death metal music in live shows. The band was created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon...
) - SlagsmålsklubbenSlagsmålsklubbenSlagsmålsklubben are a Swedish electronic group from Norrköping, Östergötland. The group's name is a comically literal Swedish translation of the title of the novel and film Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. They have released three studio albums so far...
- Björn Strid
- Peter WichersPeter WichersPeter Wichers is best known as one of the founding members of Swedish melodic death metal band, Soilwork. From 1995 until late 2005, when he announced his departure from the band, he was known as the lead guitarist and also a songwriter, especially on their Stabbing the Drama album...
- SoilworkSoilworkSoilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
- Solution .45Solution .45Solution .45 is a metal supergroup from Sweden and Finland, created by guitarist Jani Stefanovic . Their current lineup includes vocalist Christian Älvestam , guitarists Stefanovic, Patrik Gardberg and Tom Gardiner , bassist Anders Edlund , and...
- The SoundsThe SoundsThe Sounds are a Swedish Indie Rock band. Formed in Helsingborg in 1999, the group's musical style has been compared to New Wave acts such as Blondie, The Cars, the Epoxies and Missing Persons....
- Maja IvarssonMaja IvarssonMaja Ivarsson, is a Swedish singer and lead vocalist of the Swedish New Wave band The Sounds.-Career:The Sounds were formed in 1998 in Helsingborg, by childhood friends guitarist and vocalist Felix Rodriguez and bassist Johan Bengtsson, who later invited drummer Fredrik Nilsson on board...
- Maja Ivarsson
- The Soundtrack of Our LivesThe Soundtrack of Our LivesThe Soundtrack of Our Lives, alternatively known as T.S.O.O.L. or Soundtrack, is a Swedish rock band that formed in 1995 after the dissolution of the punk band Union Carbide Productions....
- SörskogenSörskogenSörskogen was a Swedish progressive rock project Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and Dan Swanö started for fun. Both musicians are known for their wide musical interests. The project was supposedly named after a small community near the Stockholm suburb Huddinge where Mikael practiced with his first band...
- SteelSteel (band)Steel is a one-off power metal project from Sweden that featured Dan Swanö and members of Opeth. Started in 1996, this collaboration emerged during the recording sessions for Opeth's Morningrise album. During a jam session, when the band were soundchecking the drums, they hit upon an idea to record...
- Suburban Kids with Biblical NamesSuburban Kids With Biblical NamesSuburban Kids with Biblical Names is a Swedish twee pop band consisting of Johan Hedberg and Peter Gunnarson. The band was formed in December 2003, in Haninge. Their name comes from a lyric in the song "People" by the Silver Jews.-History:...
- Sugarplum FairySugarplum FairySugarplum Fairy is a pop-rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The members took the name from a version of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life" where John Lennon counts the song in by saying "sugar-plum-fairy, sugar-plum-fairy"...
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- Tad MoroseTad MoroseTad Morose is a Swedish progressive / power metal band formed in 1991 and led by guitarist Christer 'Krunt' Andersson.-Biography:Their full-length debut was Leaving the Past Behind, a minor hit that established the band within the continental European heavy metal community. Sender of Thoughts was...
- The Tages
- Tallest Man on Earth
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- Joakim ÅhlundJoakim ÅhlundFrans Joakim Åhlund is a Swedish musician, producer and music video director. He is a member of the bands Caesars, Teddybears, Smile and Les Big Byrd....
- Klas ÅhlundKlas ÅhlundKlas Frans Åhlund is a Swedish songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He is the founding member of the Swedish rock band Teddybears...
- Joakim Åhlund
- Terror 2000Terror 2000-History:A side project of Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid, the band also includes guitarists Klas Ideberg and Nick Sword , drummer Erik Thyselius, and bassist Dan Svensson...
- TherionTherion (band)Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...
- Snowy ShawSnowy ShawSnowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal musician , based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori...
- Snowy Shaw
- This Perfect DayThis Perfect DayThis Perfect Day , by Ira Levin, is a heroic science fiction novel of a technocratic false-utopia. It is often compared to Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World.-Plot backstory:...
- Those Dancing DaysThose Dancing DaysThose Dancing Days are an indie pop band from Nacka, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Most frequently compared to Northern Soul and 1960s era girl-groups, the band formed in 2005 while the members were all still in school. They are currently signed to Wichita Recordings. The band consists of five...
- TiamatTiamat (band)-Biography:Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat...
- This EndingThis Ending- Biography :This Ending was formed in 1991 as A Canorous Quintet by Fredrik Andersson, Mårten Hansen and Linus Nirbrant. After some changes, the line-up was complete with the addition of Leo Pignon and Jesper Löfgren. The band released an EP, As Tears, in 1994, and two full length albums: Silence...
- The Tough AllianceThe Tough AllianceThe Tough Alliance, or TTA, was an electronic pop music duo from Gothenburg, Sweden. The duo first came together in 2003 and consists of childhood friends Henning Fürst and Eric Berglund...
- ThyrfingThyrfingThyrfing is a viking metal band from Sweden. The band is named after the royal sword Tyrfing from Norse mythology.-History:Thyrfing was formed in 1995 by Patrik Lindgren , Jocke Kristensson , Peter Löf and Kimmy Sjölund...
- TriakelTriakelTriakel is a Swedish folk band. They mostly perform old Swedish folk songs, particularly those from the Jämtland area, but also include songs by contemporary folk artists....
- Emma HärdelinEmma HärdelinEmma Härdelin is a Swedish musician. She is a violinist and lead singer in folk-rock band Garmarna, which she joined in 1993 for their first album, and also lead singer for the folk band Triakel....
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- VacuumVacuum (band)Vacuum is the name of a Swedish pop band. The members are Mattias Lindblom and Anders Wollbeck. They also work as song writers and producers under the same name. As songwriters and producers Wollbeck/Lindblom have worked with artists such as Tarja Turunen, Garou, Monrose, Keisha Buchanan, f and The...
- Mattias LindblomMattias LindblomMattias Lindblom is a Swedish singer, songwriter and music producer. He is the lead singer of electronica band Vacuum, and part of songwriting team Vacuum ....
- Anders WollbeckAnders WollbeckAnders Wilhelm Axel Wollbeck is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He plays the guitar and keyboard. He is part of the songwriting and production duo Vacuum together with Mattias Lindblom...
- Alexander BardAlexander BardAlexander Bengt Magnus Bard is a Swedish artist, music producer and writer.-Background and education:Bard was born Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard in Medevi, Motala Municipality, Sweden. After he had completed his upper secondary education, Bard studied in the United States and in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
(former member) - Marina SchiptjenkoMarina SchiptjenkoAnna Marina Schiptjenko is the only female member of the Swedish electronic pop group Bodies Without Organs . Her mother is Swedish but her father was a Ukrainian refugee from the Soviet Union, thus her Ukrainian surname.She started her music career in the eighties, joining the synthpop band Page...
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- Mattias Lindblom
- VintersorgVintersorgVintersorg is a Swedish band from Skellefteå, formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron . Musically, Vintersorg has covered a wide number of heavy metal genres; while the band is mostly rooted in extreme metal styles, particularly black metal and Viking/folk metal, it has also expanded into...
- Andreas "Vintersorg" HedlundAndreas HedlundAndreas Hedlund , also known as Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has played in several heavy metal bands.-Biography:...
- Mattias MarklundMattias MarklundMattias Marklund is a guitarist who plays in Vintersorg, Casket Casey and TME. He also did guest guitar work for Vintersorg band mate, Andreas Hedlund's progressive rock band, Waterclime.-With Otyg:...
- Andreas "Vintersorg" Hedlund
- Violent SilenceViolent SilenceViolent Silence is a Swedish progressive rock band. One of the more distinguishing features of the band is the fact that they include two keyboardists in the line-up and no guitarist...
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- Mikael StanneMikael StanneBengt Mikael Stanne is the vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity and the ex-vocalist for Swedish power metal band HammerFall.-Dark Tranquillity:...
- Niklas SundinNiklas SundinNiklas Sundin , is a musician best known as the guitarist of bands Dark Tranquillity and Laethora. He also wrote some of the lyrics for the first three and recent two Dark Tranquillity albums and In Flames' album The Jester Race, and...
- Alf SvenssonAlf Svensson (guitarist)Alf Svensson is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist. He initially played in Oral from 1984 to 1989. He temporarily entered Grotesque and Liers in Wait before joining At the Gates in 1990. He was their guitarist until 1993. In 1994, he reformed Oral to record an EP. He then formed Oxiplegatz, and went...
- Dan SwanöDan SwanöDan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...
Opera singers
- Lovisa AugustiLovisa AugustiLovisa Sofia Augusti, , was a Swedish opera singer. She was a court singer and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.- Biography :...
- Jussi BjörlingJussi BjörlingJohan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th Century, Björling appeared frequently at the Royal Opera House in London, La Scala in Milan, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City as well as at other major European opera...
- Mathilda EnequistMathilda EnequistEugenia Mathilda Enequist, was a Swedish opera singer and singing instructor, also known as Signora Biondini....
- 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...
- Nicolai GeddaNicolai GeddaNicolai Gedda is a Swedish operatic tenor. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely recorded tenor in history...
- Håkan HagegårdHåkan HagegårdHåkan Hagegård is a Swedish operatic baritone.He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has performed on stages across the world, including Carnegie Hall, the London Royal Opera House, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Sydney Opera House, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Vienna...
- Jenny LindJenny LindJohanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...
- Louise MichaëliLouise MichaëliLouise Charlotte Helene Michaëli, née Michal, , was a Swedish opera singer.Michaëli debuted at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1849. She studied under Julius Günther at the Opera in Stockholm and under Garcia in London. In 1852-1855 she was employed at the Opera in Stockholm. She toured Scandinavia,...
- Birgit NilssonBirgit Nilssonright|thumb|Nilsson in 1948.Birgit Nilsson was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic and symphonic works...
- Christina NilssonChristina NilssonChristina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda, was a Swedish operatic soprano. She possessed a brilliant bel canto technique and was considered a rival to the Victorian era's most famous diva, Adelina Patti...
- Elisabeth OlinElisabeth OlinElisabeth Olin was a Swedish opera singer and a music composer. She is referred to as the first Swedish Opera prima donna. She was a court-singer . She was the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music...
- Anne Sofie von Otter
- Henriette Nissen-SalomanHenriette Nissen-SalomanHenriette Nissen-Saloman, , was a Swedish opera singer and singing pedagogue.Henriette was born in Gothenburg, where she was a student of organist Georg Günther before she went to Paris in 1838, where she learned singing from Manuel Garcia and piano from Frédéric Chopin...
- Anna Sofia SevelinAnna Sofia SevelinAnna Sofia Sevelin, born Thunberg , was a Swedish opera singer . She was a court singer and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts....
- Fredrika StenhammarFredrika StenhammarFredrika Stenhammar, née Andrée, , was a Swedish singer .Stenhammar was born to doctor Andreas Andrée and sister of Sweden's first female organist Elfrida Andrée. She became a student at the Conservatory in Leipzig in 1851-54, was employed at the Hofoper in Dessau 1854-55, and at the Royal Swedish...
- Henriette WiderbergHenriette WiderbergHenriette Sophie Widerberg was a Swedish opera singer , actor and memoirist. The most famed singer on the Swedish stage of her time, she was counted as the most popular singer in Sweden during the 1810s and 1830s...
- Carolina ÖstbergCarolina ÖstbergCarolina Östberg was a Swedish opera singer and singing teacher. She was one of the most popular stars of her time in Sweden, and was internationally known....
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- Joachim Cans
- Agnes CarlssonAgnes CarlssonAgnes Emilia Carlsson, also known mononymously as Agnes , is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series...
- Eagle-Eye CherryEagle-Eye CherryEagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry is a Swedish musician of African-American descent.-Life and career:Cherry was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of African American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish painter/textile artist Monika "Moki" Cherry . He is half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry, his mother's...
- Neneh CherryNeneh CherryNeneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...
- Shirley ClampShirley ClampShirley Natasja Clamp, is a Swedish pop singer. Because her mother is Swedish and her father is British, Shirley has dual nationality...
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- Tomas LedinTomas LedinTomas Folke Jonas Ledin is a Swedish singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken.Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when his first single, Då ska jag spela, was a big hit...
- Leila K.
- Jens LekmanJens LekmanJens Martin Lekman is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. The English lyrics reflect an advanced knowledge of the language and its idioms...
- Lykke LiLykke LiLi Lykke Timotej Zachrisson , better known by her stage name Lykke Li , is a Swedish singer-songwriter. Her music often blends elements of pop, indie rock and electronic; various instruments can also be found in her songs, including violins, synthesizers, tambourines, trumpets, saxophones and cellos...
- Lill LindforsLill LindforsLillemor "Lill" Lindfors is a Finland-Swedish/Swedish singer. Born in Helsinki, Finland she has been performing in Scandinavia with minor and major success since the 1960s. She debuted as a revue actress in Uddevalla in 1960 and the following year as a recording artist...
- Ulf LundellUlf LundellUlf Lundell is a Swedish writer, poet, songwriter, composer, musician and artist....
- Lars LönndahlLars LönndahlLars "Lasse" Lönndahl, born August 19, 1928, is a Swedish singer and actor, born in Stockholm. He is considered the most well-known Swedish singer of the 1950s and 1960s with nicknames including "The Swedish Frank Sinatra" and "World's Oldest Teenager"...
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- 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...
- Michael SaxellMichael SaxellMichael Saxell is a singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He was born in Helsingborg, Sweden but has spent many years on the Canadian west coast...
- SeptemberSeptember (singer)Petra Linnea Paula Marklund who is better known as September is a Swedish singer and songwriter.-Early life and career:...
- Martin StenmarckMartin StenmarckMartin Olof Jon Stenmarck is a Swedish singer and voice actor. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with Las Vegas, finishing 19th with 30 points....
- Barbro "Lill-Babs" SvenssonLill-BabsLill-Babs is a Swedish singer and actress.-Biography:Lill-Babs was born in Järvsö, Gävleborg County, as the first daughter of Britta and Ragnar Svensson...
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- Pernilla WahlgrenPernilla WahlgrenPernilla Nina Elisabeth Wahlgren is a Swedish singer, actress and presenter. In 2004, she received the Ulla Billquist award.-Family:...
- Jenny WilsonJenny Wilson (singer/songwriter)Jenny Wilson is a Swedish singer-songwriter, born on October 20, 1975 in Blekinge, Sweden. She founded the band First Floor Power in 1997 and released two albums, There Is Hope and Nerves, before leaving the band to go solo around 2004. She studied graphic design at Konstfack for one year...
- Lars WinnerbäckLars WinnerbäckLars Mattias Winnerbäck , is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He was born in Stockholm, but spent his childhood in Linköping, where he attended Katedralskolan. He moved back to Stockholm in 1996, the same year he released his first album, Dans med svåra steg...
See also
- List of composers
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- Royal Swedish Academy of MusicRoyal Swedish Academy of MusicThe Royal Swedish Academy of Music or Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...