Choralerna, was a

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message w ...

-choir from

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active from 1968 to 1981. They were conducted by Jan-Olof "Jum-Jum" Johansson 1968-1969 and then by Lars Brandström^sv 1969-1981. Choralerna was one of Sweden's first and most well known gospel-choirs. They increased their international following by playing at Spree '73 and performing ''Living Water'' at

Eurofest '75 Eurofest '75 was an International Youth Conference and Evangelistic Campaign organised by the Billy Graham Organisation in Brussels, Belgium. It followed on from '' Spree '73'' held in London. The General Secretary for both was Harvey Thomas. Gra ...

as one of the main attractions.

Discography

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

''Gospel Soul'' (EP) (

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^sv) *

''Over My head'' (Signatur) *

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

''Get back, Satan'' (single) (Signatur) *

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

''Step Out'' (Signatur) *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

''Choralerna Live'' (Signatur) *

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

''Power'' (Signatur) *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

''Let's Celebrate'' ( Key Records) *

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

''Living Water'' (Choralerna production) *

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

''Let There Be Light'' (Myrrh UK) * 1976 ''Varde ljus'' (Signatur) *

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

''Danniebelle Live in Sweden'' ( Sparrow) (with

Danniebelle Hall Danniebelle Hall (October 6, 1938 – December 28, 2000), was an American gospel musician, recording artist, songwriter. Biography Early life Danniebelle Hall was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the fourth of eight children. She was born t ...

) *

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

''Vingar som bär'' (Signatur)

References

External links

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Choralerna's History
{{Authority control Musical groups from Gothenburg Gospel music groups Swedish choirs Musical groups established in 1968