Peaches was a Swedish child duo that was active from 2000 to 2005.
Peaches were formed when two girls met at an audition. Tåve Wanning (born 23 March 1992) was eight years old when the duo started and Isabelle Erkendal (born 23 June 1989) was eleven. Isabelle had a background in singing, having recorded a single previously. Tåve was a dancer, having placed 1st in a national competition. They managed to get a record company and found a producer and songwriters and worked with Johan Fjellström from Empire Music Production.
Their first single "Rosa helikopter" (lit. "Pink Helicopter") was a success, achieving gold status in Sweden and platinum in Norway. They later released more singles but they weren't as successful. From 2005 on the duo has been on a break, and both girls have pursued their own careers. Erkendal became one half of the duo West End Girls, a pop group which covers songs by the Pet Shop Boys, while Wanning is now a solo singer.
At The Gathering 2012: At the End of the Universe the duo celebrated a reunion. [1]
"Ack Värmeland, du sköna" or "Värmlandsvisan" is a Swedish popular song, best known in the English-speaking world as "Dear Old Stockholm".
Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen, also known simply as Bettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest.
West End Girls are a Swedish tribute synth-pop band performing cover versions of songs by English electronic/pop music act the Pet Shop Boys. Hailing from Stockholm, the duo originally consisted of Isabelle Erkendal and Rosanna Jirebeck, but Jirebeck left the group in 2008 and was replaced by Erkendal's cousin Emmeli Erkendal. Isabelle Erkendal provides main vocals for the band and is the "Neil Tennant" figure, whilst Jirebeck was behind her as "Chris Lowe", a capacity now filled by Emmeli Erkendal. West End Girls has been performing since 2003.
Undringar is the debut studio album from Swedish singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad, released in 1972 on the Polar Music label. It contains his breakthrough single "Jag vill ha en egen måne" as well as "Hela världen runt", "När du kommer" and "Snurra du min värld". The album was produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, engineered by Michael B. Tretow and features uncredited vocals by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. In 1991 the album was released on CD.
Euskefeurat is a music group from Piteå, Sweden.
Svante Thuresson was a Swedish jazz musician. He started his career as a drummer before joining the band Gals and Pals in 1963. Svante won the national selection and represented Sweden in the Eurovision song contest in 1966 with Nygammal vals and came in second place; he performed with Lill Lindfors.
Brandsta City Släckers is a Swedish band with some firefighters that became very popular in Sweden.
Friends was a Swedish dansband or pop group formed in 1999 and made up of Stefan Brunzell, Tony Haglund, Kristian Hermanson, Nina Inhammar, Kim Kärnfalk and Peter Strandberg. They were put together from auditions on the reality television show Friends på turne, made by Bert Karlsson for TV4. The show was a success and Friends competed on Melodifestivalen 2000, reaching second place. They won Melodifestivalen 2001 with "Lyssna till ditt hjärta" and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the English version of the song, "Listen to Your Heartbeat.” Following their Eurovision participation, the Swedish delegation was forced to pay royalties to the team behind "Liefde is een kaartspel", the 1996 Belgian entry, making the song the first admitted case of plagiarism in Eurovision history.
Brita Kerstin Gunvor Borg was a Swedish singer, actress, and variety show artist. Her variety show career spanned from 1943 into the 1970s, while her singing career trailed away at the end of the 1960s. However, she was still an active actress in the 1980s. Borg represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 in Cannes.
Kikkis bästa was released on February 27, 2008, and is a double compilation album by Kikki Danielsson. It peaked at #15 at the Swedish album chart.
Strålande jul is a 2009 joint album by Sissel Kyrkjebø and Odd Nordstoga credited as the duo Sissel & Odd. They are the only Norwegian artists to have an album go 11 times platinum with the album sales of Strålande jul.
Barnens svenska sångbok is a 1999 Swedish song book by Anders Palm and Johan Stenström. It follows the 1997 song book Den svenska sångboken and is followed by the 2009 song book Evert Taube – Sångboken.
Sten & Stanley are a dansband from Karlskoga, Sweden. Established in 1962, the band has scored several Svensktoppen hits, including their signature song Jag vill vara din, Margareta. Their hit song "Dra dit pepparn växer" was translated into English and won the Castlebar Song Contest in 1985.
Sannex is a dansband from Sweden. The band was formed as a school project in 1977. In the mid-1980s, it was a six-man band, which invested in a professional career. In 1987, Sannex became the backing band for Ann-Louise Hanson, and in November 1987 became a full-time dance band, after working with Ann-Louise for five weeks at Restaurant Cabaret in Stockholm. They participated in Dansbandskampen in 2009.
"Tomten, jag vill ha en riktig jul" is a Christmas song written by Kenneth Fridén, and recorded by Busungarna in 1982. Released as a single, it peaked at 11th position at the Swedish singles chart, It also appeared at the 1984 Busungarna album Tjena, vi är Busungarna.
Leif Bloms was a dansband in Växjö in Sweden. scoring chart successes at the Swedish album chart during the mid-late 1970s. On 31 December 1995 the band was disbanded after singing and playing together for almost 40 years. Starting with the 1981 album Håll dig kvar, the band's singer was Mona Gustafsson, who wrote the band's 1992 song "Dej ska jag älska all min tid" which won the 1992 Hänt song contest in Älvsjö. After the band was disbanded, Mona Gustafsson, Patrik Ahlm and René Saulesco founded another dansband, Mona G:s orkester.
Jag kommer hem igen till jul is a Christmas album by Peter Jöback, released on 18 November 2002, consisting of both classic and modern Christmas songs. On the album charts, it topped in Sweden by late 2002. In late 2003, it reentered the charts including a new single, "Gå inte förbi", a duet with Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø. The album also peaked number four on the Norwegian Albums Chart.
Busungarna was a Swedish early-mid 1980s pop group, consisting of Rickard Gunnarsson, Patrick Tokarski, Carl Westerberg and Malcolm Murrey. They scored a 1982 success with the Christmas song Tomten, jag vill ha en riktig jul.
Tjena, vi är Busungarna was released in December 1984, and is a studio album by Busungarna. The album consists of something as uncommon as Christmas songs on an album that's not a strictly Christmas album. The theme of changing seasons returns with the final track "Äntligen sommarlov.
Nu ska vi sjunga is a songbook published in 1943 by the Almqvist & Wiksell publishing company for Swedish primary schools. Songs marked with * are meant to be sung in the third grade. The book was published on the initiative of Alice Tegnér.