Östen med Resten (sometimes spelt ''Östen mä Resten'') is a
Swedish music group from
Hälsingland
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. 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
Östen med Resten (sometimes spelt ''Östen mä Resten'') is a Sweden, Swedish music ...
, Jens Kristensen and Nisse Damberg. The name, which literally means "Östen with the rest", was coined by
Lasse Berghagen
Lars Nils "Lasse" Berghagen (13 May 1945 – 19 October 2023) was a Swedish singer and songwriter. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Jennie, Jennie". He was also known for presenting on Swedish television ...
in 1986, when the band was to perform in
Järvsö
Järvsö (), locally known as ''Jarse'' (), is a Urban areas in Sweden, 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, a ...
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 Sweden, Swedish singer, musician, composer, and lyrics writer who mastered several musical genres. He started as a j ...
.
In 1994–95, Östen med Resten hosted a television entertainment show called ''Östen direkt'' on
SVT.
They have participated in
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; ) is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almo ...
several times: in
2002
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with the song ''
Hon kommer med solsken'', in
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
with ''
Maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
'',
and in
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
with ''
Ge mig en kaka till kaffet''.
References
External links
*
Svt.se
Swedish pop music groups
Swedish folk music groups
Musical groups from Gävleborg County
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