Nationalteatern is a
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progg
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rock
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group from the 1970s that featured leftist political lyrics. It was originally a traveling theater ensemble with many members, most notably
Ulf Dageby
Ulf Thorbjörn Dageby (born 10 May 1944) is a Swedish rock musician, singer and songwriter. Dageby is mostly known for his role in the leftist "rock orchestra" and theater ensemble Nationalteatern. At the 18th Guldbagge Awards he won the Special ...
,
Anders Melander,
Totta Näslund,
Nikke Ström
Nikke Ström (born 8 June 1951) is a Swedish rock musician, mostly known as the bass player in Nationalteatern.
Ström was born and raised in Karlskoga, where he played in different bands. In the beginning of 1970 he studied philosophy at St ...
,
Hans Mosesson and
Pale Olofsson.
History
Initially formed as a free theater group in
Lund in 1968, Nationalteatern moved to
Gothenburg and started to put heavy emphasis on the musical part of the plays. The leader of the group in the early days was
Anders Melander, who also played most of the instruments on the group's debut album, ''Ta det som ett löfte...ta det inte som ett hot'' (Take it as a promise...don’t take it as a threat). On the second album, ''Livet är en fest'' (Life is a party),
Ulf Dageby
Ulf Thorbjörn Dageby (born 10 May 1944) is a Swedish rock musician, singer and songwriter. Dageby is mostly known for his role in the leftist "rock orchestra" and theater ensemble Nationalteatern. At the 18th Guldbagge Awards he won the Special ...
was allowed more creative room, and he later evolved into the group's driving force. The album was a more straightforward rock album than the previous one, a formula that proved very successful.
In 1977, many members of Nationalteatern played a significant part in
The Tent Project. The next year saw the release of ''Barn av vår tid'' (Children of our time) – the first album featuring
Totta Näslund – and still later ''Rövarkungens ö'' (The Island of the Bandit King). After 1980, the group moved away from the theatrical work and concentrated on music, calling themselves a ''rock orchestra''.
The group dissolved soon afterward, but the new millennium has seen several reunions of Nationalteatern, touring all over Sweden, even after
Totta Näslund died in 2005. No new songs or albums have yet been recorded.
In 2002 a tribute album, ''
Nationalsånger - Hymner från Vågen och EPAs torg'', was released, featuring several of Sweden's most famous musicians (such as
Backyard Babies
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They are largely at ...
,
The Hellacopters
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,
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
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,
Lisa Miskovsky
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Biography
Miskovsky quickly placed herself on the Swedish rock music charts with her debut album ''Lisa Miskovsky'' and single "Driving One of Your Cars", with Swed ...
, and
The Ark) performing Nationalteatern songs.
Their music, which was composed to the plays the group wrote and performed at youth
community center
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s in Sweden, was written in a youth-in-trouble-theme, often containing an anti-drug message.
Members
Current members
*
Ulf Dageby
Ulf Thorbjörn Dageby (born 10 May 1944) is a Swedish rock musician, singer and songwriter. Dageby is mostly known for his role in the leftist "rock orchestra" and theater ensemble Nationalteatern. At the 18th Guldbagge Awards he won the Special ...
- Vocals, guitars
*Nikke Ström - Bass
*Håkan Nyberg - Drums, percussion
*
Mattias Hellberg
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Recording career
Hellbergs career starte ...
- Vocals, harmonica
*Håkan Svensson - Guitars
*
Jaqee Nakiri - Vocals
Former members
*Bernt Andersson
*Bengt Blomgren
*Lars-Erik Brossner
*Kurt Bünz
*
Inga Edwards
*Göran Ekstrand
*Bertil Goldberg
*Maria Grahn
*Anna Guttorp
*Peter Guttorp
*Lars Jacobsson
*Jussi Larnö
*Sonja Lund
*
Anders Melander
*Per Melin
*
Hans Mosesson
*
Totta Näslund
*Pale Olofsson
*Anki Rahlskog
*Med Reventberg
*Ulf Stenberg
*Peter Wahlqvist
*Håkan Wennberg
*Hans Wictorsson
Discography
Albums
*''Ta det som ett löfte.....ta det inte som ett hot'' (1972)
*''Livet är en fest'' (1974)
*''Kåldolmar och Kalsipper'' (1976)
*''Vi kommer att leva igen'' (1977 - with Nynningen)
*''Barn av vår tid'' (1978)
*''Rockormen'' (1979)
*''Rövarkungens ö'' (1980)
*''Luffarrock - En lurkmusikal'' (1981)
*''Nationalteatern rockorkester LIVE'' (1991)
*''Nationalteatern rockorkester LIVE'' (2006)
Singles
*"Livet är en fest"/"Bängen trålar" (1974)
*"Doin' the omoralisk schlagerfestival" (1975)
*"Kamrater, Bodenarbetare!"/"Rädda Varven" (1978)
*"Kolla Kolla"/"Ingelas sång" (1978)
Compilations
*''Nacksving – ett samlat grepp från Götet'' (1975)
*''Alternativ Festival'' (1975)
*''Vi äro tusenden'' (1977)
*''Från Flykt till kamp'' (1978)
*''Nationalteatern En samling 1972-80''
*''MNW-Klassiker: Nationalteatern'' (double CD) (2007)
DVDs and VHS
*Live -91 (1991)
*Tältet - Vem tillhör världen? (2005)
*Nationalteaterns Rockorkester - Live (2006)
References
External links
Nationaltern Official WebsiteNationalteatern MySpace
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Songs about drugs