"Den glider in" is a song written by Peter Karlsson, acting as

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for the

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during the 1995 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship in Sweden.

Nick Borgen Nils Thore "Nick" Borgen (born 5 January 1952 in Andenes, Nordland, is a Norwegian–Swedish musician, singer and writer. Life and career He made the songs " We Are All the Winners" and " Den glider in". Between 1990 and 2003, he had his o ...

recorded the song with the players, and released it as a promo single. It became highly popular in Finland when their team defeated Sweden in the tournament final. Later, the song has become popular as played whenever a home team scores. The words ''Den glider in'' originate from a famous call by Swedish radio reporter

Lennart Hyland Otto Lennart Hyland (24 September 1919 – 15 March 1993), was a Swedish TV-show host and journalist and one of the most popular and renowned TV personalities in the history of Swedish television. His biggest success as an entertainer was unquesti ...

. During the Sweden vs

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match in the 1962 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship, Nils Nilsson scored the final goal into an empty net, sealing the Swedes' 5-3 victory. Sweden would go on to win the entire tournament. The song also became a

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing on Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982–1985. In the years leading up to the January 20 ...

hit, charting between 29 April-6 May 1995, with a first position followed up with a third position.Svensktoppen - ''1995''
/ref> Sweden reached the final during the 1995 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship, losing to

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. This was the Finns' first ice hockey world championship. Finnish musician

Kirka Kirill "Kirka" Babitzin (Russian '' Кирилл Бабицын'', 22 September 1950 – 31 January 2007) was a Finnish vocalist and musician. One of the most commercially successful artists from Finland, his career lasted from the late 1960s u ...

recorded a new version of the song to celebrate the victory. The composer would have allowed translating the song into Finnish but as the record company refused to give permission for a translation, Kirka sang it in Swedish.

References

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