The Best Act From Sweden

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
ABBA	22
The Knife	7
Entombed	3
Katatonia	3
Ace Of Base	3
Whale	2
Robyn	2
Eagle-Eye Cherry	2
Samla Mammas Manna	1
Hammerfall	1
Bo Hansson	1
Hellacopters	1
International Noise Conspiracy	1
Stina Nordestam	1
The Hives	1
Merrymakers	1
Army Of Lovers	1
Cardigans	1
Stakka-Bo	1
Secret Service	0
Wannadies	0
Pandora	0
Weeping Willows	0
Ola & The Janglers	0
Sophie Zelmani	0
Soundtrack Of Our Lives	0
No Fun At All	0
Vikingarna	0
Popsicle	0
Rednex	0
Rob'n'Raz	0
Union Carbide Productions	0
Trampolines	0
This Perfect Day	0
Roxette	0
Sahara Hotnights	0
Tages	0
The Spotnicks	0
Millencollin	0
Lutricia McNeal	0
Dungen	0
Dr. Alban	0
Clawfinger	0
Neneh Cherry	0
Eva Dahlgren	0
Carola	0
Caramba	0
Brainpool	0
Blue Swede	0
Alice Babs	0
Emilia	0
E-Type	0
Zarah Leander	0
Kent	0
Jan Johansen	0
Herreys	0
Hep Stars	0
Harpo	0
Eric Gadd	0
Freestyle	0
Agnetha Fältskog	0
Europe	0
Atomic Swing	0

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

isn't pugh from sweden?

― QuantumNoise, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

and Jens Lekman

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

um, not that I was voting for him or anything

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

I can't see anyone other than Eagle Eye Cherry winning this one.

― Dom Passantino, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

It's either The Radio Dept or El Perro Del Mar.

― DavidM, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

and where's Love Is All, anyway?

― Garrett Martin, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009S2GVY.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― scott seward, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

OMG, Geir added katatonia for me! how inclusive of him. and entombed even. i love too many swedish bands. entombed being only one of many. but i'm gonna vote for katatonia cuz i want to have their babies.

― scott seward, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

Erm... there is a distinct lack of a lot of awesome Swedish death metal bands in this list. Big ones, even. In Flames, at the Gates, Dark Tranquillity, Arch Enemy , etc. I mean, what the hell?

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i was gonna vote for Radio Dept.

― pinder, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

No Ralph Lundsten?

― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

no Meshuggah? ffs

― latebloomer, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

No Parson Sound, Algarnas Tradgard and Arbete Och Fritid, still I can vote for Samla mammas Manna.

― Marco Damiani, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Where the fuck is Meshuggah???

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

Refused?

― John Justen, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

WHERE ARE THESE LISTS COMING FROM?

― John Justen, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

The greatest band ever from Sweden is bob hund and they need to be on this poll.

― sonderangerbot, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

There is a whole bunch of internationally uknown Swedish acts singing in Swedish, you know.

Anyway, I forgot about Yngwie Malmsteen so I guess I've unleashed the fucking fury.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 6 April 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

The greatest band ever from Sweden is bob hund and they need to be on this poll. Bob dog!! I've heard this. I met two swedish dudes at Intonation in 05 and this guy had a bob hund shirt.

Ebba Gron too.

― Stevie D, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

I wish the Moonbabies had made this list.

― EZ Snappin, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

no leather nun? outrageous!

― stirmonster, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

Whither the Concretes?

― ailsa, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

Bob Hund and Ebba Grön would have been obvious items had I included bands who are only considered big among those who understand Swedish (Jokke, Dum Dum Boys and DeLillos would have been included in the Norwegian list for the same reasons)

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 6 April 2007 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

what about REFUSED??

― Stevie D, Saturday, 7 April 2007 04:27 (nineteen years ago)

More candidates (in my book, at least) not listed:

Eggstone
Club 8

Probably a few more from here: [url][Removed Illegal Link]

― mfleming, Saturday, 7 April 2007 06:02 (nineteen years ago)

BBCode bites again:

http://www.hellosurprise.com/

― mfleming, Saturday, 7 April 2007 06:03 (nineteen years ago)

crap list lock thread

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Saturday, 7 April 2007 07:48 (nineteen years ago)

no im from barcelona? no peter bjorn and john?

― wesley useche, Saturday, 7 April 2007 08:18 (nineteen years ago)

You need at least SOME token indiepop on that list. Peter Bjorn and John, Jens Lenkman, The Shermans.

Are I'm from Barcelona Swedish? I had, rather naively, assumed they were from Barcelona.

― hobart paving, Saturday, 7 April 2007 08:21 (nineteen years ago)

Nice to see Whale there, though.

― hobart paving, Saturday, 7 April 2007 08:22 (nineteen years ago)

And where is Komeda?

― zeus, Saturday, 7 April 2007 08:53 (nineteen years ago)

We need Ulf Lundell!

(voted Robyn, but Union Carbide Productions should win)

― MRZBW, Saturday, 7 April 2007 09:27 (nineteen years ago)

ABBA, obviously.

― ana, Saturday, 7 April 2007 11:17 (nineteen years ago)

You need at least SOME token indiepop on that list.

Wannadies, Popsicle, Brainpool, Whale, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, This Perfect Day, Merrymakers, Trampolines. Should be sufficient.

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 7 April 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

Not to mention Kent

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 7 April 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

Geir, any list about best act from Sweden to include Jan Johansen and not bob hund is a crazy list, non-swedish or not, sorry.

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 7 April 2007 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

Bob Hund sing in Swedish and hardly anybody outside of Scandinavia will have any interest in their music whatsoever.

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 7 April 2007 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

What about Jay-Jay Johanson? (Although ABBA obviously win this one.)

― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 7 April 2007 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, as much as I love Ace of Base, Robyn and the Knife, it's totally Abba.

― Tape Store, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:36 (nineteen years ago)

parsson sound/(international) harvester/trad gras och stenar

― ian, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:38 (nineteen years ago)

NO Flesh Quartet, NO Garmarna, NO Kebnekajse -- NO fokken kredibility.

― t**t, Sunday, 8 April 2007 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

red sleeping beauty, the seashells, happydeadmen

― keythkeyth, Sunday, 8 April 2007 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

BRAINBOMBS.
BRAINBOMBS.
BRAINBOMBS.
BRAINBOMBS.
BRAINBOMBS.

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, 8 April 2007 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

Flesh Quartet I ought to have included. They do have an International following.

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 8 April 2007 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, this one's in the bag for ABBA (though I would vote for Komeda if given the option.)

― lindseykai, Sunday, 8 April 2007 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

Abba will walk this.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 00:56 (nineteen years ago)

What, no Bathory?

E-Type

Haha, does this guy still make music?

― Siegbran, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

Anton Maiden (RIP NEVER FORGET)

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

I guess ABBA's win is no surprise here....

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 13 April 2007 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

Only 22 votes?????

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 13 April 2007 00:29 (nineteen years ago)

Thrillpillow keeps advertising themselves as "direct from Sweden"...and since their lyrics are largely unintelligible, it might be true. And if it is true, by god, they should be on the list.

― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 13 April 2007 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

LO FI FNK

― Steve Shasta, Friday, 13 April 2007 03:06 (nineteen years ago)

Shit, I forgot to vote!

Oh well, I woulda said ABBA anyways. (Or possibly Union Carbide Productions.)

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 13 April 2007 03:11 (nineteen years ago)

E-TYPE!

And yes, he does still make music. He's currently working on a new album that he is expecting to release sometime this year. :D

― Mitch, Friday, 13 April 2007 07:44 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

and what about the only swedish band that mattered? the esbjörn svensson trio. is jazz no music?

― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 8 October 2009 15:42 (sixteen years ago)

Well, I did include Jan Johansen. I believe one of his albums is actually #1 on RYM's ranking of best Swedish albums as voted by Swedish RYM members.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 9 October 2009 15:06 (sixteen years ago)

three years pass...

If someone had just linked this cover of Final Solution, we non-Swedes might have taken more time to find out about Bob Hund. I'm catching up now, via Spotify.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDRYBlKm-BA

― dlp9001, Saturday, 10 August 2013 15:27 (twelve years ago)

how did ABBA beat the Knife by that wide of a margin? this is a scandal.

― Treeship, Saturday, 10 August 2013 15:28 (twelve years ago)

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