Sverige, det bästa på vår jord (

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for '

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, the best on our earth'.) is a song written by

Sebastian Fronda Hans ''Sebastian'' Pasquale Fronda (born November 3, 1981, Hökåsen, Västerås) is a Swedish hip-hop artist. He released his first studio album in 2004, and toured Sweden in summer 2006. He then took a time-out from doing live performances to ...

, Mikael Clauss and Thomas Thörnholm. The song won an

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early 2008 Internet contest, applying for the Team Sweden

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for the

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and

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. The song was recorded by

Markoolio Marko Kristian "Markoolio" Lehtosalo (born 1 January 1975 in Lahti, Finland) is a Swedish-Finnish multi-platinum selling recording artist, singer, musician, songwriter, actor, and comedian. His stage name Markoolio is a portmanteau of his first ...

and was released as a single on 5 May 2008. It also appeared on his 2008 studio album, called ''

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''. The song peaked at number one on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Charts

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