Ragnarök is a

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prog-rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

band, founded in

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in 1972, by Peter Bryngelsson,

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and Staffan Strindberg. Their first album was released 1976 by

Silence Records Silence (Silence Records AB), is a Swedish record company located outside Koppom, Värmland in Sweden. Silence was started in 1970 in Stockholm and released records by, amongst others: Bo Hansson, Philemon Arthur and the Dung, Samla Mammas Manna, ...

Members of the band

1972–1978

: Guitar, flute *Staffan Strindberg: Bass * Peter Bryngelsson: Guitar *Peder Nabo: Guitar, flute *Liselott Larsen: Vocals *Kosta-Mats Christiansson: Drums

1978–1980

* Peter Bryngelsson: Bass, guitar *Thomas Wiegert: Drums * Dan Söderqvist: guitar *Peder Nabo: Piano, flute *Kjell Karlgren: Saxophone, piano *Ingmar Ljungström: Synthesizer

1980–1982

* Peter Bryngelsson: Guitar *Kjell Karlgren: Saxophone, piano *Thomas Wiegert: Drums *Magnus Jarlbo: Trumpet, piano *Per Andersson: Bass

1982–1983

* Peter Bryngelsson: Guitar, vocals *Kjell Karlgren: Saxophone, bass, vocals *Thomas Wiegert: Drums *Dan Jonsson: Guitar *Lars Liljegren: Marimba, organ

1983–2002

*Thomas Wiegert: Drums *Kjell Karlgren: Saxophone, keyboard *Kent Ohlsson: Vocals, guitar

2003–2016

* Peter Bryngelsson: Guitar, vocals *Peder Nabo: Piano, flute *

: Guitar, flute *Staffan Strindberg: Bass *Thomas Wiegert: Drums

2017–present

* Peter Bryngelsson: Guitar, vocals *Peder Nabo: Piano, flute *

: Guitar, flute *Staffan Strindberg: Bass *Mikael Svanevik: Drums

Discography

*''Ragnarök'' (1976) *''Fjärilar i magen'' (1979) *''Fata Morgana'' (1981) *''3 Signs'' (1983) *''Well'' (1991) *''Path'' (2008) *''Live in Tokyo'' (2012)

External links

ragnarokprogg.se

Progg.se
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ragnarok (Swedish Band) Swedish progressive rock groups Musical groups established in 1972 Silence Records artists