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Tid För Tystnad
''Tid för tystnad – Marie Fredrikssons ballader'' (''Time for Silence – Marie Fredriksson's Ballads'') is a compilation album by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, released on 28 November 2007 by Capitol Records in conjunction with Fredriksson's own independent record label Mary Jane/Amelia Music. It was compiled by Fredriksson alongside her husband Mikael Bolyos and former EMI executive Kjell Andersson, and consists of personal favourites among her previously recorded ballads, along with new songs "Ordet är farväl" and "Ett bord i solen". Both of these tracks were issued as airplay-only promotional singles in Sweden. The latter is a Swedish version of "A Table in the Sun", a song from her 2004 English album '' The Change''. The compilation received generally positive reviews from Swedish publications, and charted moderately in her home country upon release. In July 2008, ''Tid för tystnad'' was released in Argentina, and peaked within the top twenty of the Ar ...
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Marie Fredriksson
Gun-Marie Fredriksson (; 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, who was best known internationally as the lead vocalist of pop rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo achieved international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their albums '' Look Sharp!'' (1988) and '' Joyride'' (1991), and had multiple hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, including four number ones. Fredriksson had a successful career in her native country prior to forming Roxette. She was a member of punk group Strul, a band which created their own music festival in 1979. Strul's dissolution led to the creation of her next project, the short-lived MaMas Barn, after which she began releasing solo work. Her first album, '' Het vind'', was issued in 1984, followed by '' Den sjunde vÃ¥gen'' in 1986 and '' ... Efter stormen'' in 1987. Roxette's international breakthrough coincided with a period of inactivity for Fredriksson ...
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Expressen
''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue". Overview The first edition of ''Expressen'' was published on 16 November 1944. A main feature that day was an interview with the crew members of a British bomber who were successful in sinking the German ship ''Tirpitz''. A project of Albert Bonnier Jr., Carl-Adam Nycop, and Ivar Harrie – who was to become the first editor-in-chief – Expressen was created in part to push back against " national socialism and related violent ideologies." The paper is owned by the Bonnier Group. As of 2005, the paper had a liberal stance, but it declared its independent leaning in 1995. Through mergers, the Gothenburg edition of ''Expressen'' is titled '' GT'' (originally ''Göteborgs-Tidningen'') and the Malmö edition is titled ''Kvällsposte ...
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Den Ständiga Resan
''Den ständiga resan'' (''The Eternal Journey'') is the fourth studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, released on 9 October 1992 by EMI Sweden. Predominantly composed during Roxette's "Join the Joyride! Tour", the album contains some of Fredriksson's darkest lyrical content. "Så länge det lyser mittemot" (''"As Long as There Is Light on the Other Side"'') and "Mellan sommar och höst" (''"Between Summer and Autumn"'') were issued as singles. The latter song, along with "Så stilla så långsamt" (''"So Still, So Slow"'') and "Det regnar igen" (''"It's Raining Again"''), were top ten hits on the Swedish Airplay Chart. The album remains both her highest-selling and most critically successful release in her native country. It spent two weeks atop the Swedish Albums Chart, where it was certified platinum within a month of release. As of 2002, the record sold over 185,000 copies in Sweden alone, and remains her only studio album to chart outside of Sweden, ...
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Efter Stormen
''... Efter stormen'' (''After the Storm'') is the third studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, released on 12 October 1987 by EMI Sweden. Her first release since Roxette's commercial breakthrough in Sweden, the album was a massive success, peaking at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and selling over 50,000 copies within a month of release. It has since been certified platinum by the Swedish Recording Industry Association for shipments in excess of 100,000 units. The title track preceded the album as its first and only commercial single, although "Bara för en dag" was also a top ten hit on the Swedish Airplay Chart. The record won Best Swedish Album at the 1987 Rockbjörnen awards, where Fredriksson won the award for Best Swedish Female. It also received a nomination at the 1988 Grammis Awards, the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The album was remastered and reissued in 2003 with three bonus tracks. Background and recording Following ...
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Niklas Strömstedt
Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt (born 25 July 1958) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Early life Niklas Strömstedt was born on 25 July 1958 in Lund as the first child of Margareta (née Henriksson) and Bo Strömstedt. Strömstedt's sister, Lotten, is four years his junior. Strömstedt was raised in the Stockholm suburb of Hagsätra. Strömstedt attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. Career Strömstedt played the keyboards on Ulf Lundell's recordings and tours from the late 1970s to the end of the 1980s. Strömstedt's most recognised hit as a solo artist is the song " Om", reaching number one on the Swedish chart and Svensktoppen in 1990. He also had success with the album ''Halvvägs till framtiden'' released in 1992 with the hits "Oslagbara" and "Bilderna av dej". In 1994 he formed the music group GES with Orup and Anders Glenmark. Melodifestivalen Strömstedt wrote music and lyrics to " I morgon är en annan dag", ...
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Den Sjunde VÃ¥gen
''Den sjunde vågen'' (''The Seventh Wave'') is the second studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, originally released on 17 February 1986 on LP and Cassette by EMI Sweden, with a CD release following on 29 October 1986. The album was a commercial success upon release, peaking at number six and spending almost three months on the Swedish Albums Chart. "Den bästa dagen" ("The Best Day") and "Silver i din hand" ("Silver in Your Hand") preceded the album as single releases: the b-sides from these singles served as bonus tracks when the record was later issued on CD. The album was remastered and reissued in 2002 as part of Fredriksson's 24-bit HDCD box set, ''Kärlekens guld''. This edition included Fredriksson's previously unreleased recording of "Det finns så mycket man inte känner till" ("There Is Much You Do Not Know") as a bonus track, a version of which had originally been released as a single in 1988 by Swedish pop singer Anna Book. Background and ...
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Het Vind
''Het vind'' (''Hot Wind'') is the debut studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, originally released on Gramophone record, LP and Compact Cassette, Cassette formats on 20 September 1984 by EMI Sweden. The album was preceded by its lead single, "Ännu doftar kärlek" ("Still the Scent of Love"), and both that single and the album became top twenty hits in her native country. The title track was released as the second and final single, although it failed to chart. This single was b-side, backed by a Swedish cover version, cover of Cyndi Lauper's "All Through the Night (Cyndi Lauper song), All Through the Night", which was translated by producer Lars-Göran "Lasse" Lindbom, and re-titled "Natt efter natt" ("Night After Night"). This song was included as a bonus track when the album was released on CD for the first time on 2 June 1987. Background and recording The album was recorded with many of the same musicians who featured on Per Gessle's Per Gessle (album), ...
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Ännu Doftar Kärlek
"Ännu doftar kärlek" ("There's Still a Scent of Love") is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, issued on 15 May 1984. Fredriksson had previously been lead vocalist for two commercially unsuccessful rock bands, Strul (''Trivial'') and MaMas Barn (''MaMas Children''). Following the disbandment of the latter group, she signed a recording contract as a solo artist with EMI Svenska, who released "Ännu doftar kärlek" as the lead single from her debut studio album, ''Het vind'' (1984). The track was written by Fredriksson, the sole credited lyricist, and its music was composed by Fredriksson alongside record producer Lars-Göran "Lasse" Lindbom; he had previously produced several albums by pop rock band Gyllene Tider, whose lead vocalist, Per Gessle, co-wrote the b-side for "Ännu doftar kärlek"—"Tag detta hjärta" ("Take This Heart"). In 1986, Fredriksson and Gessle formed pop duo Roxette, who would go on to sell over 75 million records worldwide. The song ...
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I En Tid Som VÃ¥r
''I en tid som vår'' (''In a Time Like Ours'') is the fifth studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, released on 4 November 1996 by EMI Sweden. The album was recorded and co-produced by Fredriksson alongside her husband Mikael Bolyos at their home studio in Djursholm. It was a commercial success upon release, peaking at number 2 for two non-consecutive weeks on the Swedish Albums Chart, and was certified platinum by the Swedish Recording Industry Association for shipments in excess of 80,000 units. " Tro" was released as the first and only commercial single from the album, which became a substantial hit in Sweden, peaking within the top ten and spending over 6 months on the singles chart. The song remains Fredriksson's longest-charting single in her native country. "I en tid som vår" and "Ber bara en gång" were issued as limited-edition promotional singles. Release and promotion The album was released on 4 November 1996, although Fredriksson refused to en ...
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Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include ..., formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening). Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in t ...
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Satiated
Satiation may refer to: * Satiety, feeling "full" and satisfied after eating; the cessation of hunger * Economic satiation, where increasing the amount of a good reduces the worth of each individual unit of it * Predator satiation, an anti-predator adaptation involving high population densities of the prey * Semantic satiation, where repetition of a word or phrase causes it to temporarily lose meaning * Satiation therapy, a type of behavioral therapy See also * Saturation (other) * Snatiation Snatiation is a term coined to refer to the medical condition originally termed "stomach sneeze reflex", which is characterized by uncontrollable bursts of sneezing brought on by fullness of the stomach, typically immediately after a large meal. T ... {{disambiguation pl:Nasycenie ...
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Sparvöga
"Sparvöga" (''"Sparrow-Eye"'') is an alternative pop song recorded by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, known internationally as the lead vocalist of the pop music duo Roxette. The track was written solely by Fredriksson, who also produced the song alongside Anders Herrlin and Per "Pelle" Andersson. It originally appeared as the theme music of the Swedish miniseries ''Sparvöga'' (1989), and was subsequently released on 7″ vinyl as a non-album single on 22 February 1989. The song was an immediate success in her native country, peaking at number six on the Swedish Singles Chart as well as number three on the Swedish Airplay Chart. It was later certified gold by the Swedish Recording Industry Association for shipments in excess of 25,000 units. The track also received positive reviews, with several publications referring to it as one of the most beautiful pop songs ever released by a Swedish artist. Composition and style The track was written as the theme music fo ...
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