''Musikhjälpen'' (; "Music Aid") is the
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''
Serious Request
Serious Request is a family of annual multi-day, multimedia fundraising events for International Red Cross initiatives, typically hosted by radio stations in the week before Christmas. The project was begun in 2004 by Dutch public pop music ...
'' radio and television campaign. The annual show is an appeal for money which each year helps a certain cause. Three radio/television personalities are locked inside a glass house for 144 hours, and they broadcast live on Swedish public service radio network
Sveriges Radio and on public services television through
SVT. People send text messages requesting a song, with each text costing 50, 100, 200, or 500
Swedish kronor. In later years, a Musikhjälpen-app has been used for requesting songs as well.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2008
![Serious request malmo 2008](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Serious_request_malmo_2008.jpg)
;Theme – "" ("67 million refugees need your help")
In 2008, Sweden held the event for the first time, with SVT
Sveriges Radio and
Radiohjälpen as main organizers. Each year since the show has been held and broadcast as Musikhjälpen.
The 2008 glass house stood at Gustaf Adolfs torg in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...
from 13 to 19 December. The show was broadcast around the clock at
Sveriges Radio P3
P3 (''Sveriges Radio P3'' or ''pe tre'') is a mainstream CHR-formatted station operated by Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcasting organization Sveriges Radio. The P in P3 originally stood for Program (''Programme'') but today has no ...
and
Din gata 100,6, and also on
SVT2 at certain schedules during the day. It was hosted by the radio presenters
Kitty Jutbring,
Henrik Torehammar and
Ehsan Noroozi.
A daily half-hour highlights show ''Musikhjälpen: Extra'' was hosted by Fredrik Ekelund and Charlotte Lundgren. Singer
Jason Diakité (also known by his stage name Timbuktu) was a reporter, and traveled a month before Musikhjälpen to
Congo, where he met refugees and assisted the organization on the ground.
In its first year, Musikhjälpen gained 3,016,247 SEK in donations.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2009
![Musikhjalpen2009](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Musikhjalpen2009.jpg)
;Theme – "" ("Your music stops malaria")
In 2009, the Musikhjälpen glass house stood at
Avenyn
Avenyn ( en, The Avenue; formally Kungsportsavenyen, (en. "Kingsgate Avenue")) is the main boulevard of Gothenburg, Sweden. Designed in the mid 19th century as the first middle-class residential district outside the bastions of the fortified heart ...
in Gothenburg between 14–20 December. The theme for this year was
malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. S ...
and as in 2008 the show was broadcast live around the clock at Sveriges Radio P3 and on
SVT Play
SVT Play is the brand used for the video on demand service offered by Sveriges Television, more specifically to the streaming services offered on the SVT website, svt.se, and its counterpart for mobile phones. The brand was introduced in Decemb ...
at certain times. The hosts were radio presenters
Ametist Azordegan,
Christer Lundberg and rapper
Jason Diakité (aka Timbuktu), who all got locked into the glass house by singer
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...
.
Traveling reporters this year were
Ehsan Noroozi and
Kitty Jutbring. The ''Musikhjälpen Extra'' host was
Mela Tesfazion.
5,748,442 SEK was raised this year, approximately 2,300,000 more than in 2008.
On 7 January 2010, it was revealed that the project had been defrauded during twenty minutes on the night of 19–20 December. The number shown in the television screens which showed how to wish for songs and give money had been changed. No money was ever given to the fake number and no arrests were ever made.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2010
;Theme – "" ("Children are not for sale")
In 2010, the glass house was located in Malmö for the second time in 3 years.
Jason Diakité (Timbuktu) hosted again alongside morning-radio host
Martina Thun and comedian
Nour El-Refai
Nour El Refai (born 14 November 1987) is a Swedish actress and comedian. She became known for her participation in the candid-camera show ''Raj Raj'' in 2007 and hosted Melodifestivalen 2014. El Refai has also appeared in several movies such as ...
.
Ametist Azordegan and
Christer Lundberg were traveling reporters this year and theme was the
trafficking of children
Trafficking of children is a form of human trafficking and is defined by the United Nations as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, and/or receipt" kidnapping of a child for the purpose of slavery, forced labour and exploitation. ...
. As before, the show was broadcast on Sveriges Radio P3 and SVT Play, and at times on SVT during 13–19 December.
By 18 December 2010, the previous year's record total had already been broken; when the show was over 12,236,417 SEK had been collected to help the victims of trafficking.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2011
![Musikhjälpen 111216 at a distance (edit)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Musikhj%C3%A4lpen_111216_at_a_distance_%28edit%29.jpg)
;Theme – "" ("All girls have the right to go to school")
In 2011, the glass house was located in Gothenburg for a second time, at the
Gustaf Adolfs torg square between 12–18 December. For the third time in a row, rapper
Jason Diakité hosted the show, along with TV-personality
Gina Dirawi
Gina Dirawi ( ar, غنا ديراوي; born 11 December 1990) is a Swedish television presenter, singer-songwriter, radio personality, blogger, comedian and actress. While she is best known as the first woman ever to host Melodifestivalen on thre ...
and radio presenter
Kodjo Akolor. The theme for this year was that all girls should have the right to get an education. The travelling reporters for this year were comedian
Klara Zimmergren and artist
Daniel Adams-Ray
Daniel David John Adams-Ray (born 18 August 1983 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a Kenyan-Swedish singer and fashion designer.
Background
Daniel Adams-Ray was born in Kenya to an Indonesian mother and a father of Swedish/ Scottish heritage. His mother ...
, who visited
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
.
264 auctions were held which raised 2.1 million SEK. Among the auctioned items was
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...
's platinum record for his
''Thriller''.
A total of 18,104,362 SEK was raised.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2012
;Theme – "" ("Slum children have the right to clean water")
Malmö again hosted the event, from 10 to 16 December, for the third time. For the second year in a row
Jason Diakité (Timbuktu),
Kodjo Akolor and
Gina Dirawi
Gina Dirawi ( ar, غنا ديراوي; born 11 December 1990) is a Swedish television presenter, singer-songwriter, radio personality, blogger, comedian and actress. While she is best known as the first woman ever to host Melodifestivalen on thre ...
were the hosts of the Musikhjälpen and were locked inside the glass house. This became Timbuktu's fourth year as host of the show.
A total of 135,000 song-requests were registered, and 23,301,823 SEK was raised, again a steady increase to the previous year.
Filip and Fredrik auctioned themselves off as receptionists, which raised 221,100 SEK.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2013
![Musikhjälpen 2013 - Glasburen 1 (crop)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Musikhj%C3%A4lpen_2013_-_Glasburen_1_%28crop%29.JPG)
;Theme – "" ("All girls have the right to survive a pregnancy")
Musikhjälpen was held in
Gothenburg between 9–15 December 2013. This was the third time that Gothenburg had been the host city of Musikhjälpen. The show was broadcast from
Gustaf Adolfs torg and this year the money was used to help pregnant girls in poorer countries.
The show's hosts were
Kodjo Akolor for the third time, artist
Sarah Dawn Finer
Sarah Dawn Finer (born 14 September 1981) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. Her father is of English heritage from the United Kingdom, her mother is Jewish from the United States, and she was born and raised in Sweden. As a student, s ...
and radio presenter
Emma Knyckare
Emma Margareta Knyckare, née Emma Andersson (born 14 July 1987) is a Swedish comedian and radio presenter. Knyckare has hosted the radio shows ''Morgonpasset'', ''Tankesmedjan'' and her own radio show ''Knyckare i P3''. She was also one of the ...
.
For the first time since 2009, ''Musikhjälpen Extra'' was a daily show; it was hosted by
Sofia Rågenklint. This year's travelling reporters were
Bianca Kronlöf
Bianca Alicia Kronlöf (born 30 March 1985) is a Sweden-Finnish actress, comedian and screenwriter.
Life
Kronlöf's parents are from Vaasa, Finland; her father is a Swedish-speaking Finn, mother Finnish, maternal grandmother Scottish, and thro ...
and
Robin Olin, who went to
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
to give daily live reports from the country. It was the first time that the traveling reporters were at the foreign location live throughout Musikhjälpen's broadcast.
28,426,046 SEK was raised.
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''Musikhjälpen'' 2014
;Theme – "" ("Help us to stop the spread of HIV")
In an after-Musikhjälpen programme for the 2013 show on 29 May 2014 Sveriges Radio revealed that there would be a 2014 edition of the aid show. For the first time Musikhjälpen was held in Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Located north of the c ...
. The glass house stood at Stora torget between 8 and 14 December.
Hosts for this year were the artist 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 ...
, Swedish rapper Petter and radio presenter Kodjo Akolor. Travelling reporter for this edition was the blog- and TV-personality William Spetz, and destination for this year's travel was Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2015
;Theme – "" ("No one should have to flee the climate")
Musikhjälpen was broadcast in 2015 for the first time from Linköping
Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...
between 13 and 19 December. The theme for this year was "No one should have to flee the climate", with focus on climate related catastrophe which has forced million of people to flee. This year Kodjo Akolor, Gina Dirawi
Gina Dirawi ( ar, غنا ديراوي; born 11 December 1990) is a Swedish television presenter, singer-songwriter, radio personality, blogger, comedian and actress. While she is best known as the first woman ever to host Melodifestivalen on thre ...
and 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 ...
presented the show during the live radio and television broadcasts which was on SVT and Sveriges Radio. Samir Badran would have been the "publics ambassador", but decided to withdraw the same day as the broadcasts was about to start because of an Instagram post. The day after it was announced that Farah Erichsén and Oscar Zia
Oscar Zia (born 10 October 1996) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and actor. In 2012, he first came to national attention for coming eighth in the Swedish version of '' X Factor''. In 2014, Zia finished as runner-up on the eighth season of '' ...
became new ambassadors. The travelling reporter for this year was Clara Henry
Clara Susanna Henry (born 9 April 1994) is a Swedish actress, blogger, comedian, television presenter and author. She has approximately 372,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel and hosts her own talk show on Swedish TV station Kanal 5. She h ...
, who reported from the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
The total sum of money raised was 31,105,000 (SEK) which was a new record. The single thing that brought in the most money was a bidding on a "taco evening" along with singer Miriam Bryant
Miriam Melanie Bryant (born 8 March 1991) is a Finnish-Swedish singer and songwriter.
Biography
Influenced by her British father's musical heritage and her Finnish mother's melancholy, Miriam Bryant began to write songs in November 2011 togethe ...
which gave 103,025 (SEK) to the cause.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2016
;Theme – "" ("Children in war have the right to go to school")
Musikhjälpen was broadcast in 2016 for the first time from Örebro
Örebro ( , ) is the sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...
between 12 and 18 December. The hosts were Kodjo Akolor, musicians Pelle "Howlin' Pelle" Almqvist from The Hives
The Hives are a Swedish rock band that rose to prominence in the early 2000s during the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the album '' Veni Vidi Vicious'', containing the single "Hate to Say I Told You So". ...
and Josefine "Little Jinder" Jinder. This year's public ambassadors was Farah Abadi and Oscar Zia
Oscar Zia (born 10 October 1996) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and actor. In 2012, he first came to national attention for coming eighth in the Swedish version of '' X Factor''. In 2014, Zia finished as runner-up on the eighth season of '' ...
. Travelling reporter for this edition was Molly Nutley
Molly Nutley (born 16 March 1995) is a Swedish actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, ...
who travelled to Africa to meet people that had fled the wars. 49,003,745 SEK was raised this year which was a new record.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2017
;Theme – "" ("Children are not for sale")
The tenth Musikhjälpen was hosted at Rådhustorget in Umeå
Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.
Situated on the Ume River, U ...
. The three presenters for this year was Farah Abadi, Kalle Zackari Wahlström and Molly Sandén
Molly My Marianne Sandén (born 3 July 1992), also known by her middle name My Marianne, is a Swedish pop singer and voice actress. As a teenager, she represented Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 and participated in Melodif ...
which was locked inside a glass house to host 144 hours of live radio as earlier years. This edition was held between 11 and 17 December. The ambassadors for the audience this year was blogger Hanna "HanaPee" Persson and adventurer and athlete Aron Anderson. Travelling reporter for this year was 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 ...
who travelled to the Philippines. This year broke the record for money received as 74,410,363 (SEK) was collected.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2018
;Theme – "" ("Everyone is entitled to function differently")
The city of Lund was the host of the eleventh edition of Musikhjälpen. The program was broadcast between 10 and 16 December at Stortorget in Lund and hosts for this year was Daniel Adams-Ray
Daniel David John Adams-Ray (born 18 August 1983 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a Kenyan-Swedish singer and fashion designer.
Background
Daniel Adams-Ray was born in Kenya to an Indonesian mother and a father of Swedish/ Scottish heritage. His mother ...
, William Spetz and Farah Abadi, all three has in earlier years been part of Musikhjälpen as travelling reporters. The theme for this year was built around people with special needs that live in poor and underdeveloped nations. Travelling reporter was Hanna Persson "HanaPee" who visited Guatemala. Ambassadors for this year was Peg Parnevik
Peg Parnevik (born 3 September 1995) is a Swedish-American singer, songwriter, and television personality, known for starring in the Swedish reality show ''Parneviks'' mainly broadcast from their home in Jupiter, Florida.
Life and career
Early ...
and Aron Anderson.
During the week 50,550,204 (SEK) was collected.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2019
;Theme – "" ("Sex is not a weapon")
Musikhjälpen 2019 was hosted between 9–15 December 2019 in Stora torget in Västerås
Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049.
Västerås is the se ...
. This was the first time Musikhjälpen was broadcast from Västerås, presenters for this year was announced on 11 November as Farah Abadi, Miriam Bryant
Miriam Melanie Bryant (born 8 March 1991) is a Finnish-Swedish singer and songwriter.
Biography
Influenced by her British father's musical heritage and her Finnish mother's melancholy, Miriam Bryant began to write songs in November 2011 togethe ...
and Daniel Hallberg. The travelling reporter for this years edition was singer Janice Kavander
Janice Deborah Kavander Kamya (born 29 September 1994) mostly known as Janice, is a Swedish singer.
Music career
Born to a Ugandan father and a Finnish mother (born in Helsinki, to a half-Finnish and half-Dutch family), Janice started studying ...
, she travelled to Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
. Ambassadors for the audience this year was Arantxa Alvarez
Arantxa Isabel Álvarez Garri (born 17 November 1991) is a Swedish television presenter and singer. She grew up in Norrköping and is since 2014 residing in Malmö.
Career
Alvarez participated in ''Idol 2013'' broadcast on TV4 and made it to ...
and Aron Anderson.
This year a total of 50 572 139 (SEK) was collected.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2020
;Theme – "" ("No human should be left without hospital care")
Musikhjälpen 2020 was hosted between 14–20 December 2020. Firstly this years Musikhjälpen was to be held in Norrköping, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
, it was decided that this year's edition was to be held at a location in Stockholm. Presenters for this year are Brita Zackari, Farah Abadi and Felix Sandman
Karl Felix Wilhelm Sandman (born 25 October 1998) is a Swedish singer and actor. He is best known as a member of the boy band FO&O with two studio albums '' Off the Grid'' (2014) and ''FO&O'' (2017). He plays Sebastian Fagerman in the first Swed ...
.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2021
;Theme – "" ("For a world without child labor")
Musikhjälpen 2021 was hosted between 13–19 December 2021, at Gamla Torget in Norrköping. With Brita Zackari, Oscar Zia
Oscar Zia (born 10 October 1996) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and actor. In 2012, he first came to national attention for coming eighth in the Swedish version of '' X Factor''. In 2014, Zia finished as runner-up on the eighth season of '' ...
and Anis Don Demina
Anis Don Demina (; born Anis Dhahir 25 April 1993) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and DJ.
Early life
His Kurdish father, an auto mechanic, fled from the Gulf War to Russia where he met Anis's Belarusian mother, a pianist and musi ...
as presenters. On 15 December Oscar Zia had to leave the glass house as he suffered from a cold. He was replaced by Kodjo Akolor. On 16 December, it was revealed that Anis Don Demina had also become sick with a cold and had to leave the glass house, he was replaced by 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 ...
.
''Musikhjälpen'' 2022
;Theme – ""
Musikhjälpen 2022 was hosted between 12–18 December 2022, at Kungstorget in Gothenburg. Presenters for this year is Klas Eriksson,
Tina Mehrafzoon and Oscar Zia
Oscar Zia (born 10 October 1996) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and actor. In 2012, he first came to national attention for coming eighth in the Swedish version of '' X Factor''. In 2014, Zia finished as runner-up on the eighth season of '' ...
.
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