Rosa Honung is a record company started in the early 1980s and focused on punk rock. Rosa Honung existed as a cultural association in the 1970s before being registered as a company. They are notable both for their roster and their feud with

Asta Kask Asta Kask is a Swedish punk band from Töreboda, Sweden. It was founded as "X-tas" in 1978, but changed to ''Asta Kask'' in 1980. In 1984 the band started working with Rosa Honung Records. After the 1986 release of the "Aldrig en LP" the band spl ...

where the record company trademarked their name. Rosa Honung also tried to become a publisher to rival

STIM STIM, ''Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå'' (Swedish Performing Rights Society), is a Swedish collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publisher A music publisher is a type of publisher that specializes in distribu ...

. Rosa Honung published records with artists such as

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, Tredje Könet, Weaselface,

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, Livin' Sacrifice,

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and

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as well jazz musicians such as Jan Johansson and Lars Gullin. Rosa Honung have also released Feels like a woman with The Troggs. Rosa Honung is mostly known for the record by

. Carola released her first records, then in the group Standby, on Rosa Honung, before breaking through with " Främling" in

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have written a song against Rosa Honung called ''Rosa Honungs grav''.MusicBrainz: “Rosa Honungs grav” by Total Egon
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