Ljuva sextital is a song written by Benny Andersson, Stig "Stikkan" Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus, and originally recorded by

Brita Borg Brita Kerstin Gunvor Borg (10 June 1926 – 4 May 2010) 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, s ...

, released it as a 1969 single with the song ''Jan Öiwind Swahn'' acting as

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, and Sven-Olof Walldoff's band acting as musicians. With her recording, Brita Borg scored a Svensktoppen hit for 20 weeks between 1 June-12 October 1969, peaking at second position. Sven-Olof Walldoff's Band also recorded an own version, on their 1972 studio album '' Säj det med en sång''. Song lyrics describe the 1960s, which was soon about to end when the song was recorded, as well as watching forwards to circa 1990. Despite being released before the first Moon landing (July 1969) the song lyrics include references to the Moonflights, who were planned as the

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was going on. (The Moon had been rounded by the United States with

Apollo 8 Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth. These ...

spacecraft in December 1968, without landing).

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{{authority control 1969 singles Songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus Songs written by Stig Anderson Swedish-language songs 1969 songs Polar Music singles Brita Borg songs