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Feb 14, 2018 · Scandinavia has became a hotbed for forward-thinking music steeped in pop sensibility and experimental tendencies. While electronic, metal, rock, and hip-hop have all thrived in Sweden,...
Jul 3, 2024 · All famous Sweden bands are included, as well as many Sweden musicians of underground status. Swedish bands from every genre are listed here, including rock, pop, hip-hop/rap, jazz, and more, with artists ranging from '70s disco queens ABBA and Agnetha Fältskog to dance pop superstar Robyn.
- Europe. One of the earlier Swedish rock bands to gain international success is Europe. Initially known as The Force, the group started out playing small-time gigs in Stockholm but had their breakthrough after winning a rock talent contest.
- Bonafide. Hard rock group Bonafide from Malmö, Sweden, was formed in 2006 by Pontus Snibb. He had had previous experience playing country-punk and folk genres and wanted a change; thus, Bonafide was born in his home studio.
- Ghost. Contemporary to Bonafide, Ghost was also formed in 2006 by Tobias Forge, the former singer, and guitarist from the music group Repugnant. The band gained popularity after releasing their second album Infestissumam, which topped the Swedish charts and landed at #28 on Billboard’s Hot 200 list.
- Graveyard. Comprised of Joakim Nilsson, Truls Mörck, Axel Sjöberg, and Rikard Edlund, hard rock band Graveyard came to be in 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Sep 18, 2017 · 10 Swedish Pop and Rock Bands to Watch. Thanks to ABBA’s 1974 win at Eurovision Song Competition, Sweden will forever be associated with winsome pop—a reputation that was enforced in the early 2000s when bands like Peter Bjorn and John, Jens Lekman, and The Concretes rose to prominence in the indie world. But it’s rare for listeners to ...
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.
Swedish pop/rock is characterized by its sunniness -- bright, big hooks, soaring harmonies, disco beats, and layered keyboards. This applies to everything from the squarest mainstream bands to hip acts like the Cardigans or Komeda.