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The music of Sweden shares roots with its neighbouring countries in Scandinavia, as well as Eastern Europe, including polka, schottische, waltz, polska and mazurka. The Swedish fiddle and nyckelharpa are among the most common Swedish folk instruments. The instrumental genre is the biggest one in Sweden. In the 1960s, Swedish youth sparked a ...
e. Swedish popular music, or shortly Swedish pop music, refers to music that has swept the Swedish mainstream at any given point in recent times. After World War II, Swedish pop music was heavily influenced by American jazz, and then by rock-and-roll from the U.S. and the U.K. in the 1950s and 1960s, before developing into dansband music.
The list of best-selling Swedish music artists according to the Swedish newspapers. List. Artist Sales ABBA: 150 million [1] Roxette: 75 million [2] Ace of Base:
(note that Kvällstoppen was a combined singles and album chart, with singles dominating a large portion of the 1960s. The first album to reach number one was Abbey Road by the Beatles in 1969, and the first Swedish-language album was Cornelis sjunger Taube by Cornelis Vreeswijk that same year)
Dive (Swedish band) Doktor Kosmos. Dozer. Drain Gang. Drängarna. The Drowners (Swedish band) Dunderpatrullen.
Swedish folk music is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden. [ 1] The primary instrument of Swedish folk music is the fiddle. Another common instrument, unique to Swedish traditions, is the nyckelharpa. Most Swedish instrumental folk music is dance music; the signature music ...
The following is a list of Swedish composers Born before 1800. Gustaf Düben (the Elder) (1624–1690) Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758) Johan ...
Nordic popular music. Nordic popular music, also referred to as Scandinavian popular music, includes pop and rock music of the Nordic countries. The musical scene is known for its biggest bands like ABBA, Roxette, A-ha, Michael Learns to Rock, Ace of Base, and Aqua. These are by far the biggest non-metal acts to come out of Sweden, Norway and ...