"Den stora dagen" is a song written by Benny Borg and originally recorded by Swedish dansband Jigs on the 1978 album '' Goa bitar 7''. In

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Vikingarna Vikingarna (Swedish for ''the Vikings'') may refer to: * Vikingarna (band), a Swedish dansband * Vikingarnas FK Vikingarnas FK was a Swedish football club which was founded in 1908. The team was made up of the best players from IFK Stockholm and ...

recorded the song on the album " Kramgoa låtar 10", sometimes also called "Den stora dagen". Their recording became a Svensktoppen hit, staying at the chart for 10 weeks between 14 March-16 May 1982, peaking at second place. Vikingarna also re-recorded the song in

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. In 2006,

Mats Bergmans Mats Bergmans is a dansband from Nyköping, Sweden, established in 1973 as Sjösa kustband, before a naming dispute made them change name to Sjösagrabbarna. The band became a full-time band in 1981, and changed name to Mats Bergmans in 1987. Mem ...

recorded the song for the album '' Den stora dagen''. At Dansbandskampen 2008, Face-84 performed the song. However, not live over

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because the band was knocked out in the previous moment momentet "Dansbandsklassikern". However, their recording is at

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's official

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'' Dansafton'' in February

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, with music from Dansbandskampen. The song lyrics are story-telling, with a society-related theme about how older people are often forgotten. The song was performed by Robert Gustafsson and Åsa Fång in the TV program '' Så ska det låta'' at

, airing on 14 March 2008.

Linnea Henriksson Ellen 'Linnea' Petrea Henriksson (born 9 November 1986) is a Swedish singer and songwriter who participated in '' Idol 2010'' in which she placed fourth. , she is also the lead singer of the jazz band Prylf. In 2012 Henriksson released her first ...

performed the song at '' Så mycket bättre 2018''.

Chart positions

Linnea Henriksson

References

1978 songs Songs about telephone calls Swedish songs Swedish-language songs Vikingarna (band) songs Jigs (band) songs Mats Bergmans songs Songs written by Benny Borg Linnea Henriksson songs {{1970s-song-stub