Artister mot nazister was originally a term referring to a music gala inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Sweden on 16 January 2001, against ideologies and opinions like nazism, racism, fascism and xenophobia. Following the gala several artists and groups created a foundation called Artister mot nazister. The gala aired over TV4 and live over SR P3. [1]
Circa one week after the gala, a double album was released. [2]
Allsång på Skansen is a Swedish show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is supposed to sing along with musical guest stars to well-known Swedish songs. The show started in 1935 on a small scale; about 50 people in the audience. Today about 10,000–25,500 people come to each performance.
Barbro Margareta Svensson, known by her stage name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host. From the early 1950s until her death in 2018, she was one of Sweden's best-known and popular singers. She represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes with the song "April, april". She was also well known for the song "Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran?".
Mikael Christian Wiehe is a Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As the main songwriter and driving force of Hoola Bandoola Band he was also one of the most important people in the progg movement.
The Grammis are music awards presented annually to musicians and songwriters in Sweden. The oldest Swedish music awards, they were instituted as a local equivalent of the Grammy Awards given in the United States. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm. The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled, then revived in 1987.
Fredrik Lindström is a Swedish comedian, film director and presenter.
Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre is the eighth studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1987. The album consists only of cover songs. The title is a reference to both the fact that the entire album is cover songs, "you" being the original artists, and also a call-back to the musical Annie Get Your Gun. Most of the songs are famous recordings from the progg era.
Monica Kristina Ingeborg Törnell, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. After being discovered by Cornelis Vreeswijk 1971, she was a prominent singer in several genres, mainly folk and rock music, for over two decades. Together with Lasse Holm, she represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway. She is the mother of Tobias and Mattias Törnell.
"Just nu!" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in Swedish by Tomas Ledin.
Alice Bah Kuhnke is a Swedish politician who served as the Minister of Culture and Democracy From October 2014 to January 2019. Before going into politics, she was a television presenter. She also helped found the think tank Sektor3.
Tomas Andersson Wij, often abbreviated as TAW, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and journalist.
Bengt Grafström is a Swedish presenter for both radio and television.
Vem tror du att du är? is the Swedish version of the British genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?
Bert is a Swedish television series with 12 episodes, based on the Bert Diaries by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson, and originally airing over SVT each Saturday evening during the period of 1 October-17 December 1994. It was directed by Tomas Alfredson and Svante Kettner. The theme song was performed by Lill-Babs, and called "Älskade ängel". Another song regaining revival with the TV series was Sven-Olof Sandberg's 1938 success "Är det så här när man är kär".
Kramgoa låtar 2011 is a studio album by Christer Sjögren, released on 22 June 2011.
Ett mysterium is a studio album by Freda', recorded for the 2009-2010 band reunion, 16 years following the group's breakup. The album was recorded inside band guitarist Arne Johansson's studio in the town of Jönköping in Sweden, and was released in late January 2010.
Med kroppen mot jorden is a 1996 Lisa Ekdahl studio album.
Himlen runt hörnet is the first studio album by Swedish singer Lisa Nilsson. The album was awarded a Grammis Award in the "album" of the year. category and a Rockbjörnen award in the "Swedish record of the year" category. The album was also recorded in an English language-version, as "Ticket to Heaven". Himlen runt hörnet peaked at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and number 11 on the Norwegian Albums Chart.
Events from the year 2001 in Sweden
David Kai Lennart Sundin, is a Swedish author, television presenter and comedian.
Koppången is a Swedish song, with music composed originally for violin in 1998 by Per-Erik Moraeus for his folk music group Orsa Spelmän, which includes his brothers Kalle Moraeus and Olle Moraeus. The name and the inspiration for the song come from the wetlands and nature preserve Koppången, near the Moraeus family home in Orsa Municipality, Dalarna, Sweden.