Nikke Ström (born 8 June 1951) is a Swedish

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musician, mostly known as the bass player in

Nationalteatern Nationalteatern is a Swedish progg rock group from the 1970s that featured leftist political lyrics. It was originally a traveling theater ensemble with many members, most notably Ulf Dageby, Anders Melander, Totta Näslund, Nikke Ström, Han ...

. Ström was born and raised in

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, where he played in different bands. In the beginning of 1970 he studied

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. He had become politically active in the leftist movement against the

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, and he was chairman of the FNL group in his hometown Karlskoga. Nikke Ström moved to

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in 1971 and played in different leftist progg bands, including

Nynningen Nynningen ("The Hum") is a Swedish progressive rock group founded in Gothenburg in 1970. It released five albums in the 1970s before breaking up in 1980, then three more after reuniting in 2016. After the Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan (, ...

. He participated in the Tent Project (Tältprojektet), a musical theater performance on the history of the Swedish working class, which toured the country the summer of 1977, and the same year he joined Nationalteatern as bass player in the "rock orchestra".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Strom, Nikke 1951 births Living people Swedish male musicians Stockholm University alumni People from Karlskoga Municipality