Pugh Rogefeldt, real name Anders Sture Torbjörn Rogefeldt (born 2 March 1947 in Västerås

Västerås

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, Sweden

Sweden

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), is a Swedish singer, musician

Musician

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, guitarist

Guitarist

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 and songwriter

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Biography

Rogefeldt made his breakthrough in the late 1960s with albums such as Ja, dä ä dä and Pughish. Unlike most other Swedish pop musicians who wanted to achieve international success, he sang in Swedish

Swedish language

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. One song which is commonly associated with Rogefeldt is Små lätta moln. Other major hits include Här kommer natten, Föräldralåten, Hog Farm, Dinga Linga Lena and Stockholm. In the 1970s, he toured with this band Rainrock, together with Ola Magnell

Ola Magnell

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 and Janne Lucas Persson. A live double LP was released from this tour, entitled Ett steg till.

In the early 1990s, he was also a member of Grymlings, alongside Göran Lagerberg, Mikael Rickfors

Mikael Rickfors

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 and Magnus Lindberg

Magnus Lindberg

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Album

• 1969 – Ja, dä ä dä
• 1970 – Pughish
• 1972 – Hollywood
• 1973 – Pugh on the Rocks
• 1974 – Bolla och Rulla
• 1975 – Ett steg till
• 1977 – Bamalama
• 1978 – Attityder
• 1981 – Het
• 1983 – Face
• 1985 – Hammarhjärta
• 1986 – Pugh Rogefeldt
• 1991 – Människors Hantverk
• 1999 – Pugh Maraton
• 2008 – Vinn hjärta vinn