Sven-Ingvars is a Swedish
pop/
rock
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group from
Slottsbron
Slottsbron is a locality situated in Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 1,039 inhabitants in 2010.
Sports
In Slottsbron there is a local sports club called Slottsbrons IF.
Music
Sven-Ingvars
Sven-Ingvars is a Swedish pop/ ...
, Sweden. The band was formed in 1956 by Sven Svärd (drums), Ingvar Karlsson (guitar and accordion),
Sven-Erik Magnusson
Knut Sven-Erik Magnusson (13 October 1942 – 22 March 2017) was a Swedish singer and musician known for being the lead singer of the band Sven-Ingvars that during their sixty-year history played many different types of popular music, and was at ...
(vocals, guitar, and clarinet). Later the band were joined first by Rune Bergman on bass guitar and then by Sven-Olof Petersson on tenor and baritone saxophone. The group made their first
EP as a quartet in the early 1960s (''
Guitar Boogie''). In the mid-1960s the group was popular in Sweden with hits such as "
Te' dans me' Karlstatösera", "
Ett litet rött paket", "
Fröken Fräken
"Fröken Fräken" is a song written by Thore Skogman and recorded by Sven-Ingvars, who released it as a single in 1964. Their version charted at Svensktoppen for six weeks between 21 November 1964 and 9 January 1965, peaking at first position.
T ...
", "
Börja om från början", "
Säj inte nej, säj kanske, kanske, kanske", "
Vid din sida
"Vid din sida" is a song written by Ingvar Hellberg. and recorded by Sven-Ingvars, releasing it as a single around November 1966.
The song charted at Svensktoppen for 15 weeks starting from 5 November 1966.
Charts
References
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Önskebrunnen
"Önskebrunnen" is a song based around the old themes with wishing wells, and written by Rune Wallebom and originally recorded by Sven-Ingvars who released it as a single in October 1967. It also appeared on a 1967 EP record for the film ''Under d ...
and many others. They were so popular that in 1963, the opening act for the group was
The Beatles
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.
Biography
Ingvar Karlsson is the only remaining member of the band since the start in 1956. Since the 1970s, they have often been classified as a
dansband
(; "dance band"), or in Norwegian and Danish, is a Swedish term for a band that plays ("dance band music"). ' is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired ...
. In 1990, Sven-Ingvars was awarded a
Grammis
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for "Dansband of the year". In 2005, Sven-Ingvars was awarded the "special prize from the jury" at the Grammis awards.
Former member, Sven-Erik Magnusson, died on 22 March 2017 of
cancer
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. The band continued with his son as a singer.
On 6 July 2019 keyboardist Thommy Gustafsson died at the age of 71.
Discography
* ''Te' dans mä Karlstatösera'' (1963)
* ''Sven Ingvars'' (1964)
* ''Dans ikväll'' (1966)
* ''Nu är vi här... igen'' (1968)
* ''Sven-Ingvars i Carnegie Hall'' (1970)
* ''Sven-Ingvars i Frödingland'' (1971)
* ''Man borde inte sova'' (1972)
* ''På turné'' (1973)
* ''Allt går igen'' (1973)
* ''Guld'' (1975)
* ''
Playa blanca'' (1976)
* ''Åh, va skönt'' (1977)
* ''Ett vykort från Sven-Ingvars'' (1978)
* ''Apropå'' (1980)
* ''Sven-Ingvars jubileums à la carte'' (1981)
* ''Å vilka tider'' (1982)
* ''Våga - vinn'' (1983)
* ''Exposé'' (1985)
* ''Nya vindar'' (1987)
* ''Sven-Ingvars kvartett rainbow music'' (1989)
* ''Dansparty'' (1992)
* ''Allt går igen'' (1993)
* ''
Två mörka ögon'' (1994)
* ''På begäran'' (1994)
* ''Byns enda blondin'' (1994)
* ''En dröm om våren'' (1995)
* ''Du flicka med vind i ditt hår'' (1995)
* ''Septemberbarn'' (1995)
* ''Kärlekens alla färger'' (1995)
* ''Lika ung som då'' (1996)
* ''Hus till salu'' (1997)
* ''Nio liv'' (1998)
* ''Älskar du mig'' (1999)
* ''Retro aktiv'' (2000)
* ''Här nere på jorden'' (2001)
* ''Musik vi minns'' (2003)
* ''
Guld & Glöd'' (2005)
Citations
External links
Grammis awards of 1990Grammis awards of 2005
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Musical groups established in 1956
Dansbands
Swedish pop music groups
1956 establishments in Sweden