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Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt (GES) is a Swedish supergroup formed in 1994. The group's line-up comprises
Anders Glenmark Gert Anders Glenmark (born 20 November 1953) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is the brother of singer Karin Glenmark and nephew of band leader Bruno Glenmark. Career Among the artists for whom Glenmark has w ...
,
Orup Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like " Jag blir ...
and
Niklas Strömstedt Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt (born 25 July 1958) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actor. Early life Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt was born on 25 July 1958 in Lund, Sweden, to Gunhild Margareta (née Henriksson) and Bo Eugén Strömstedt. S ...
, whose last names begin with the letters forming the trio's name. During 1994 and 1995, the group achieved many list successes in Sweden, and has since then been active in periods.


History

In 1993,
Anders Glenmark Gert Anders Glenmark (born 20 November 1953) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is the brother of singer Karin Glenmark and nephew of band leader Bruno Glenmark. Career Among the artists for whom Glenmark has w ...
,
Orup Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like " Jag blir ...
and
Niklas Strömstedt Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt (born 25 July 1958) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actor. Early life Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt was born on 25 July 1958 in Lund, Sweden, to Gunhild Margareta (née Henriksson) and Bo Eugén Strömstedt. S ...
performed together in a group called "Miss Ellies Kapell" at the entertainment house Brygget in
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, where they played each other's songs. The group also consisted of Micke "Syd" Andersson from
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and Tommy Ekman from
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. Strömstedt had later been asked by the
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to write the official song for the
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. He accepted the assignment together with Orup and Glenmark in order to write the song. The World Cup song '' När vi gräver guld i USA'' became a big hit single during the summer of 1994 and won a
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award for Song of the Year in February 1995. By the end of January 1995, the album '' Glenmark, Eriksson, Strömstedt'' was released, which peaked at the top of the charts in Sweden. In connection with the album release, SVT broadcast a special program about GES under the direction of
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. The album has sold over 500,000 copies and is considered a Swedish pop classic, with hit singles such as "En jävel på kärlek" and "Hon är min". During the summer of 1995, a sold-out tour of Sweden was performed by the group, which was seen by over 200,000 people. The group made a comeback as an intermission during the final of the
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in the
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and released their second album ''
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'' in April of the same year. The album peaked at No. 2 on the
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and during the summer a tour of 25 performance dates was carried out. The tour was not a success and had low audience numbers. After not performing together for almost ten years, a mutual friend of the group had his birthday in the summer of 2012, and the members decided to perform some covers of his favorite songs. When
Orup Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like " Jag blir ...
got his own hour of ''
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'' in "Allsångsscenen är din" during the summer of 2016, GES made a comeback with a few songs and the interest to continue playing together was aroused. In the summer of 2017, the band played six sold-out evenings in front of 24,000 concertgoers at
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on the island of
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. During the summer of 2018, GES conducted its first concert tour since 2003, with a premiere at
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on 11 July and ending at
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on 25 August, with a total of 18 performance dates. The tour premiere at Dalhalla broke the audience record for the arena with a total of 5,739 visitors. In the spring of 2020, a pub show was planned to be performed at the
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in
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. It was originally going to be performed between 3 April and 2 May, but it was delayed due to the
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. The premiere was moved to
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in
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in September and the Gothenburg dates were planned to be held in
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during March 2021.


Discography

* '' Glenmark, Eriksson, Strömstedt'' (1995) * ''
Den andra skivan ''Den andra skivan'' is the second studio album by the Swedish supergroup Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt. Track listing All songs written by Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt (GES) is a Swedish supergroup (music), ...
'' (2003)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt 1994 establishments in Sweden Swedish pop music groups Swedish rock music groups Musical groups established in 1994 Swedish musical trios