Varm korv boogie is a song written by

Owe Thörnqvist Owe Thörnqvist (born 12 March 1929 in Uppsala) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and revue artist. Since the 1960s he has lived in Spain and Florida in the winter for health reasons, and in Sweden in the summers. He has also made regular concert tou ...

. Describing a hot dog (''varm korv'' in Swedish) salesman at Fyristorg in Uppsala, who turns to rock music after his business is closed down by the local health department, it is one of the earliest Swedish rock songs. Becoming one of his most famous songs, it has appeared in many songbooks at school in Sweden , and is common at

sing-along Sing-along, also called community singing or group singing, is an event of singing together at gatherings or parties, less formally than choir singing. One can use a songbook. Common genres are folk songs, patriotic songs, kids' songs, spirituals ...

events. Owe Thörnqvist recorded the song on the 1959 single ''Svartbäckens ros''., and an A-side single the same year, with ''Svartbäckens ros'' acting as B-side. In 1959 he also recorded it in Norwegian as ''Varm pølse boogie'', with ''Gun fra Haugesund'' (''Gun från Dragarbrunn'') releasing it as a single the same year. The song also appeared on the 1986 Owe Thörnqvist live album '' Owe Thörnqvist live''.Information at Svensk mediedatabas
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Later recordings

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1959 singles Thorleifs songs Swedish rock songs Family Four songs Berth Idoffs songs 1959 songs Songs written by Owe Thörnqvist {{1950s-single-stub