"Sommar i Sverige" is a song written by Christer Lundh and Mikael Wendt. Lyrically describing the coastlines of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

during the

summer Summer or summertime is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, daylight hours are the longest and darkness hours are the shortest, with day ...

time, the song was recorded by

Sven-Ingvars Sven-Ingvars is a Swedish pop music, pop/rock music, rock group from Slottsbron, Sweden. The band was formed in 1956 by Sven Svärd (drums), Ingvar Karlsson (guitar and accordion), Sven-Erik Magnusson (vocals, guitar, and clarinet). Later the b ...

, and released as a single in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. and on the album '' Byns enda blondin'' the same year. The song also appeared at Svensktoppen for seven weeks during the period 16 July – 27 August 1994. In

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, the song was covered by Lasse Petters. and by Casanovas on the 2013 album Sommar i Sverige.

References

1994 singles 1994 songs Sven-Ingvars songs Songs in Swedish Songs about Sweden {{1990s-Sweden-single-stub