Succéschottis also known as Världens längsta schottis is a

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written by Göran Arnberg and Magnus Fermin. It was originally recorded by For Meget Productions. Lyrically, the song is a joyful tune describing an international

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around the

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, with references to various geographical locations, from Washington to

Blekinge Blekinge () is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second-smallest provin ...

Lotta Engberg Anna Charlotte "Lotta" Engberg (born Pedersen; 5 March 1963) is a Swedish singer. She represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with "Boogaloo (song), Boogaloo" after winning Melodifestivalen 1987. She also tried many times in Melodif ...

performed the song on her 1987 album '' Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola'', and her version was released to

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 ...

, where it stayed for 10 weeks during the period 14 June–1 November 1987, peaking at third position. Cowboybengts covered the song on their 2001,

Grammis The Grammis (sometimes referred to as the Swedish Grammy Awards) are music awards presented annually to musicians and songwriters in Sweden. The oldest Swedish music awards were instituted as a local equivalent of the Grammy Awards given in t ...

awarded album ''Vi är Cowboy Bengts''. Lotta Engberg also appears on this version, with a sampled addition of her "Hej!" in the opening of her version of the song. The song has also been recorded in other languages, including a Norwegian take known as "Østerdalssvingom" with references to other geographical locations, which has been recorded by Norwegian dansband

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References

Dansband songs Lotta Engberg songs Songs in Swedish {{1980s-song-stub