| Thorleifs jul | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 23, 1998 [1] | |||
| Recorded | Strängnäs Cathedral, Strängnäs, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Christmas, dansband music | |||
| Label | TV4 Vision | |||
| Producer | Lasse Westmann, Thorleif Torstensson | |||
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Thorleifs jul is a 1998 Thorleifs Christmas album. [2] [3] The album was recorded inside the Strängnäs Cathedral for TV4 Vision, and peaked at 45th position on the Swedish albums chart .
Thorleifs was a Swedish dansband, formed in 1962 in Norrhult, Kronoberg County, Sweden and led by Thorleif Torstensson. The band that sings in Swedish and many other languages, also released albums in German. It also took part in Melodifestivalen 2009 with the song "Sweet Kissin' in the Moonlight" but did not proceed into the finals.
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of many carols or songs may employ lyrics whose subject matter ranges from the nativity of Jesus Christ, to gift-giving and merrymaking, to cultural figures such as Santa Claus, among other topics. Performances of Christmas music at public concerts, in churches, at shopping malls, on city streets, and in private gatherings is an integral staple of the Christmas holiday in many cultures across the world.
Strängnäs Cathedral is a Lutheran cathedral church in Strängnäs, Sweden, since the Protestant Reformation the seat of the Church of Sweden Diocese of Strängnäs.
