''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly

record chart A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include ...

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 repetiti ...

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 cou ...

. 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 ...

music. The first number one hit song was "Midnattstango" performed by Swedish crooner

Lars Lönndahl Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was bor ...

. 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 Ulf Elfving (born 27 November 1942 in Stockholm) is a Swedish journalist and broadcaster."Elfving, Ulf", ''Nationalencyklopedin'' biographical entry, retrieved 24 March 2014 Elfving started his career in the 1960s. He was programme manager of th ...

(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 Svensktoppen ...

(1973–1975) *Kersti Adams-Ray (1975–1976) *Pekka Langer (1976) *Alicia Lundberg (1976) *

Sven Lindahl Sven Gustaf Lindahl (born 25 June 1937, in Stockholm) is a Swedish journalist, songwriter, radio and television presenter. As a teenager, he played in a boogie-woogie band. After leaving school, he worked briefly as a welding apprentice in Luton a ...

(1977) *Pekka Langer (1977) *Gert Landin (1977) * Arne Weise (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 Melodifestivalen 2005 was the selection for the 45th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contes ...

(2003 – 19 August 2007) *

Carolina Norén Krång Anna Carolina Norén (born 29 January 1965) is a Swedish radio presenter for Sveriges Radio and television presenter. She has been the host of the music chart show Svensktoppen since 2007 and also commentates on Sveriges Radio's broadcas ...

(26 August 2007 – present)

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Svensktoppen on Sveriges Radio
Music chart shows 1962 establishments in Sweden 1962 radio programme debuts Sveriges Radio programmes

Presenters

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