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Sweden - State-sponsored rock Valhalla...remains crucial to its musical calendar (Robyn is among recent competitors). But Abba's success at first seemed to take all Sweden's international air. Roxette and Ace of Base's slick Euro-pop and Europe's absurd Euro-rock kept export... In this article: Sweden, Peter, Bjorn & John, Karin Dreijer Andersson, ABBA, Robyn, Victoria Bergsman, Young Folks, Lykke Li, Jose Gonzalez, and Jens Lekman |
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Party Crasher
...November 26 a week earlier. The album reached #2 in the Swedish album charts, curiously becoming the first Gessle involved studio album that didn't reach #1 in Sweden since Roxette's Pearls of Passion, in 1986. When the album was released...
In this article: Itunes, Pearls of Passion, Per Gessle, The World According to Gessle, Roxette, and UK
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Music of Sweden
...death metal bands became very popular with the international heavy metal community. Some of the greatest innovators in the entire metal scene hail from Sweden. Swedish pop bands like ABBA, Roxette, Army of Lovers, Ace of Base, Alcazar ,...
In this article: The Hellacopters, Kent, ABBA, Mando Diao, Looptroop, Joakim Thastrom, Refused, Sahara Hotnights, and Millencolin
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Roxette
...Christmas single. After the success of "Neverending Love" in Sweden, Gessle and Fredriksson quickly recorded a full length album, translating songs Gessle had written originally for his third solo album. With the release of Pearls...
In this article: Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, It Must Have Been Love, The Look, Gyllene Tider, Listen to Your Heart, United States, Joyride, and Look Sharp!
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Marie Fredriksson
...performing at a Roxette concert in Spain 2001. In 1988, Roxette went back to the studio and recorded a second album, Look Sharp! '' which once again returned them to the charts in Sweden. However, Roxette then had an unexpected number one...
In this article: Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, Roxette, Cancer, Het Vind, Gyllene Tider, Antligen, and US
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The Look
...unknown outside of Sweden, Roxette released their second album Look Sharp! With the success of the first two singles from the album, they toured Sweden again. When the "The Look" was about to be released in Sweden as the third single, an...
In this article: The Look, Roxette, Look Sharp!, United States, Fjords, KDWB, She Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Per Gessle, and EMI
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Sweden
...prominent bands in the world , with about 370 million records sold. With ABBA, Sweden entered into a new era, in which Swedish pop music gained international prominence. There have been many other internationally successful bands since,...
In this article: European Union, Tax, Europe, Stockholm, United States, Denmark, and Scania
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Pearls of Passion
...album was originally only released in Scandinavia and Canada. The album peaked at #2 on the Swedish albums chart but apart from Canada in failed to get released outside Sweden. However, Roxette went onto record and release their follow-up,...
In this article: Pearls of Passion, It Must Have Been Love, Roxette, Neverending Love, I Call Your Name, Goodbye to You, Soul Deep, Dance Passion, and Pretty Woman
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Sweden (pronounced /ˈswiːdən/), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the Öresund Bridge in the south.
At 450,000 km² (174,000 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union in terms of area, and it has a total population of over 9.2 million. Sweden has a low population density of 20 people per km² (52 per square mile), but with a considerably higher density in the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas, and it is expected that these numbers will gradually rise as a part of the ongoing urbanisation. Sweden's capital is Stockholm, which is also the largest city in the country (population of 1.3 million in the urban area and with 2 million in the metropolitan area). The second and third largest cities are Gothenburg and Malmö.
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government and a highly developed economy. It ranks first in the world in The Economist's Democracy Index and 7th in the United Nation's Human Development Index. Sweden has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 1995 and a member of the OECD.
- Name:
- Sweden
- Conventional Long Name:
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Local Name:
- Konungariket Sverige
- Capital:
- Stockholm
- Language:
- None (Swedish de facto)
- Largest City:
- Stockholm
- Government type:
- Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy
- Area:
- 173,732
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $335.405 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 30th
- GDP (nominal):
- $454.839 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 8th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 18th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $55,623 (IMF)
- Time Zone:
- CET
- Currency:
- Swedish krona
- Demonym:
- Swedish or Swedes
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- SEK
- Country Calling Code:
- 46
- ccTLD:
- .se
- EU Accession:
- January 01, 1995
- Anthem:
- Kungssången
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