''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly
record chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often ...
airing at
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB (, "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a licensing fee, the level of which is d ...
. Until January 2003, the
song
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetitio ...
s had to be in the
Swedish language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countr ...
. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 change, the programme was strongly dominated by
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 by ...
music.
The first number one hit song was "Midnattstango" performed by Swedish crooner
Lars Lönndahl.
New rules on 17 January 2016, restricted the maximum length for a song to chart to one year.
Presenters
*Barbro Lindström (1962–1963)
*Carl-Uno Sjöblom (1963)
*Magnus Banck (1963)
*Torbjörn Johnsson (1964–1965)
*Gert Landin (1965)
*Bengteric Nordell (1965)
*Jörgen Cederberg (1966)
*
Ulf Elfving (1966–1973)
*
Kent Finell
Kent Finell (12 July 1944 – 27 August 2013) was a Swedish radio presenter and producer."Finell, Kent", ''Nationalencyklopedin'' bibliographical entry, retrieved 24 March 2014 He is best known for hosting the Sveriges Radio programme Svensktoppe ...
(1973–1975)
*Kersti Adams-Ray (1975–1976)
*Pekka Langer (1976)
*Alicia Lundberg (1976)
*
Sven Lindahl (1977)
*Pekka Langer (1977)
*Gert Landin (1977)
*
Arne Weise
Arne Georg Fredrik Weise (28 February 1930 – 25 September 2019) was a Swedish journalist and television personality, one of the presenters for Sveriges Television (SVT). He worked at Sveriges Radio from 1952 and started working for SVT in 197 ...
(1978)
*Pekka Langer (1978)
*Åke Strömmer (1978)
*Kent Finell (1979)
*Pekka Langer (1979)
*Gert Landin (1979)
*Kent Finell (1980)
*Kersti Adams-Ray (1980)
*Kent Finell (1980)
*Lasse Lönndahl (1980–1981)
*Janne Önnerud (1981)
*Östen Warnerbring (1981)
*Eddie Bruhner (1982 – 13 June 1982)
*''No shows'' (20 June 1982 – 6 October 1985)
*Jan-Erik Lundén (13 October 1985 – 1986)
*Janne Önnerud (1986–1987)
*Kent Finell (1987–2002)
*
Annika Jankell
Annika Hildegard Jankell (born 28 December 1961) is a Swedish television host and journalist. Jankell has hosted Melodifestivalen 2005 and began her career by hosting the music show ''Listan'' between 1987 and 1990 on SVT.
Personal life
Jankel ...
(2003 – 19 August 2007)
*
Carolina Norén (26 August 2007 – present)
See also
*
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish R ...
, today's official sales-based Swedish record chart
References
{{Reflist
External links
Svensktoppen on Sveriges Radio
Music chart shows
1962 establishments in Sweden
1962 radio programme debuts
Sveriges Radio programmes