Östen med Resten (sometimes spelt ''Östen mä Resten'') is a
Swedish music group from
Hälsingland
Hälsingland (), sometimes referred to as Helsingia in English, is a historical province or ''landskap'' in central Sweden. It borders Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is part of the land of Norrland. ...
. It was formed in 1985. The original members were
Östen Eriksson
Bror Östen Tommy Eriksson (born 1 March 1958 in Enånger, Hälsingland, Sweden) is a Swedish musician. He is member of the song group ''Östen med Resten'' and he works in the organization '' Hälsinge Akademi''.
Eriksson started with entert ...
, Jens Kristensen and Nisse Damberg. The name, which literally means "Östen with the rest", was coined by
Lasse Berghagen
Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born 13 May 1945) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actor.
Berghagen is a well known singer-songwriter in Sweden. He released his first record in 1965, aged just 19. Four years later, in 1969, he released the sing ...
in 1986, when the band was to perform in
Järvsö
Järvsö (), locally known as ''Jarse'' (), is a locality and a parish situated in Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 1,407 inhabitants in 2010. From Järvsö, people commute to Ljusdal, Färila, Bollnäs, and Gävle. The Järv p ...
together with the singer
Lill-Babs
Barbro Margareta Svensson (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018), known by her stage name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host. From the early 1950s until her death in 2018, she was one of Sweden's best-known and popular singers. ...
. It is a pun on "Östen med Rösten" (Östen with the voice), which was the sobriquet of
Östen Warnerbring
Östen Warnerbring (22 November 1934 – 18 January 2006), also known as Östen med Rösten (lit. "Östen with the Voice"), was a Swedish singer, musician, composer and lyrics writer who mastered several musical genres. He started out as a jazz mu ...
.
In 1994–95, Östen med Resten hosted a television entertainment show called ''Östen direkt'' on
SVT.
They have participated in
Melodifestivalen
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several times: in
2002
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with the song ''
Hon kommer med solsken
Hon kommer med solsken (''She comes with sunshine'') is a song written by Larry Forsberg, Lennart Wastesson and Sven-Inge Sjöberg. Swedish folk music band Östen med Resten performed this song at Melodifestivalen 2002, where it finished on ...
'', in
2003
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with ''
Maria'',
and in
2006 with ''
Ge mig en kaka till kaffet
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''.
References
External links
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Svt.se
Swedish pop music groups
Swedish folk music groups
Melodifestivalen contestants of 2003
Melodifestivalen contestants of 2002
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