Ragnarök (Swedish band)
Encyclopedia
Ragnarök is a Swedish
prog-rock
band, founded in Kalmar
in 1972, by Peter Bryngelsson, Henrik Strindberg
and Staffan Strindberg. Their first album was released 1976 by Silence Records
.
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....
prog-rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band, founded in Kalmar
Kalmar
Kalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 62,767 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 233,776 inhabitants .From the thirteenth to the...
in 1972, by Peter Bryngelsson, Henrik Strindberg
Henrik Strindberg
Henrik Strindberg is a Swedish composer of contemporary music. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm from 1980 to 1987 where he studied for Gunnar Bucht and Sven-David Sandström amongst others. In 1985 he also participated in a summer course with Iannis Xenakis in Delphi...
and Staffan Strindberg. Their first album was released 1976 by Silence Records
Silence Records
Silence , is a Swedish record company located outside Koppom, Värmland in Sweden.Silence was started in 1970 in Stockholm and released records by, amongst others: Bo Hansson, Philemon Arthur and the Dung, Samla Mammas Manna, and other progressive rock acts...
.
1972-1978
- Henrik StrindbergHenrik StrindbergHenrik Strindberg is a Swedish composer of contemporary music. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm from 1980 to 1987 where he studied for Gunnar Bucht and Sven-David Sandström amongst others. In 1985 he also participated in a summer course with Iannis Xenakis in Delphi...
: Guitar, flute - Staffan Strindberg: Bass
- Peter Bryngelsson: Guitar
- Peder Nabo: Guitar, flute
- Liselott Larsen: Vocals
- Kosta-Mats Christiansson: Drums
1978-1980
- Peter Bryngelsson: Bass, guitar
- Thomas Wiegert: Drums
- Dan Söderqvist: guitar
- Peder Nabo: Piano, flute
- Kjell Karlgren: Saxophone, piano
- Ingmar Ljungström: Synthesizer
1980-1982
- Peter Bryngelsson: Guitar
- Kjell Karlgren: Saxophone, piano
- Thomas Wiegert: Drums
- Magnus Jarlbo: Trumpet, piano
- Per Andersson: Bass
1982-1983
- Peter Bryngelsson: Guitar, vocals
- Kjell Karlgren: Saxophone, bass, vocals
- Thomas Wiegert: Drums
- Dan Jonsson: Guitar
- Lars Liljegren: Marimba, organ
1983-2002
- Thomas Wiegert: Drums
- Kjell Karlgren: Saxophone, keyboard
- Kent Ohlsson: Vocals, guitar
2003-
- Peter Bryngelsson: Guitar, vocals
- Peder Nabo: Piano, flute
- Henrik StrindbergHenrik StrindbergHenrik Strindberg is a Swedish composer of contemporary music. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm from 1980 to 1987 where he studied for Gunnar Bucht and Sven-David Sandström amongst others. In 1985 he also participated in a summer course with Iannis Xenakis in Delphi...
: Guitar, flute - Staffan Strindberg: Bass
- Thomas Wiegert: Drums
Discography
- Ragnarök (1976)
- Fjärilar i magen (1979)
- Fata Morgana (1981)
- 3 Signs (1983)
- Well (1991)
- Path (2008)