Roland Cedermark, (23 April 1938 – 24 December 2020) was a

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musician (accordionist). He was born in Älvros and made his solo debut in 1976. He sold over 2 million records in Sweden. Amongst his hits were "Vandra varsamt" in 2010, "Någon behöver dej" in 1997 and "Whispering" in 1977.

Biography

Roland Cedermark came from a family of musicians, where, among other things, his grandfather was a fiddler from

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. Cedermark himself was conductor of the dance band Cedermarks from 1958 until 1973. He made his record debut as a solo artist in 1976, and has since sold more than 2 million copies of his records, of which as many as 12 have sold gold. His album is still released on cassette tape, as he especially addresses the older audience. Most recently during the 1990s and in the early 2000s, he had melodies at

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. Cedermark appeared in many TV programs, including ''Nygammalt'' and various café programs, and most recently in the vignette for the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons of the TV program

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. In 1994, he was appointed Filipstad's ambassador. Cedermark died in

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, aged 82.

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* * 2020 deaths 1938 births Swedish male musicians {{Sweden-musician-stub