Sven-Ingvars is a Swedish
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rock
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group from
Slottsbron
Slottsbron is a locality situated in Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 1,039 inhabitants in 2010.
Sports
In Slottsbron there is a local sports club called Slottsbrons IF.
Music
Sven-Ingvars
Sven-Ingvars is a Swedish pop m ...
, 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 band were joined first by Rune Bergman on bass guitar and then by Sven-Olof Petersson on tenor and baritone saxophone. The group made their first
EP as a quartet in the early 1960s ("
Let's Think About Living
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", "
Guitar Boogie", and others). In the mid-1960s the group was popular in Sweden with hits such as "
Te' dans me' Karlstatösera", "
Ett litet rött paket", "
Fröken Fräken", "
Börja om från början", "
Säj inte nej, säj kanske, kanske, kanske", "
Vid din sida",
Önskebrunnen
"Önskebrunnen" is a song based around the old themes with wishing wells, and written by Rune Wallebom and originally recorded by Sven-Ingvars who released it as a single in October 1967. It also appeared on a 1967 EP record for the film '' Under ...
and many others. They were so popular that in 1963, the opening act for the group was
The Beatles
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.
Biography
Ingvar Karlsson is the only remaining member of the band since the start in 1956. Since the 1970s, they have often been classified as a
dansband
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. In 1990, Sven-Ingvars was awarded a
Grammis
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for "Dansband of the year". In 2005, Sven-Ingvars was awarded the "special prize from the jury" at the Grammis awards.
Former member, Sven-Erik Magnusson, died on 22 March 2017 of
cancer
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. The band continued with his son as a singer.
On 6 July 2019 keyboardist Thommy Gustafsson died at the age of 71.
Discography
* ''Te' dans mä Karlstatösera'' (1963)
* ''Sven Ingvars'' (1964)
* ''Dans ikväll'' (1966)
* ''Nu är vi här... igen'' (1968)
* ''Sven-Ingvars i Carnegie Hall'' (1970)
* ''Sven-Ingvars i Frödingland'' (1971)
* ''Man borde inte sova'' (1972)
* ''På turné'' (1973)
* ''Allt går igen'' (1973)
* ''Guld'' (1975)
* ''
Playa blanca
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Approximately ...
'' (1976)
* ''Åh, va skönt'' (1977)
* ''Ett vykort från Sven-Ingvars'' (1978)
* ''Apropå'' (1980)
* ''Sven-Ingvars jubileums à la carte'' (1981)
* ''Ã… vilka tider'' (1982)
* ''VÃ¥ga - vinn'' (1983)
* ''Exposé'' (1985)
* ''Nya vindar'' (1987)
* ''Sven-Ingvars kvartett rainbow music'' (1989)
* ''Dansparty'' (1992)
* ''Allt går igen'' (1993)
* ''
Två mörka ögon
''Två mörka ögon'' is a 1991 album from Sweden, Swedish "dansband" Sven-Ingvars.
Track listing
#Två mörka ögon (song), Två mörka ögon
#Jag ringer på fredag
#Virus och bakterier
#Börja om från början
#På sångens vingar
#Markandsdagen ...
'' (1994)
* ''På begäran'' (1994)
* ''Byns enda blondin'' (1994)
* ''En dröm om våren'' (1995)
* ''Du flicka med vind i ditt hår'' (1995)
* ''Septemberbarn'' (1995)
* ''Kärlekens alla färger'' (1995)
* ''Lika ung som då'' (1996)
* ''Hus till salu'' (1997)
* ''Nio liv'' (1998)
* ''Älskar du mig'' (1999)
* ''Retro aktiv'' (2000)
* ''Här nere på jorden'' (2001)
* ''Musik vi minns'' (2003)
* ''
Guld & Glöd'' (2005)
Citations
External links
Grammis awards of 1990Grammis awards of 2005
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Musical groups established in 1956
Dansbands
Swedish pop music groups
1956 establishments in Sweden
Musical groups from Värmland County
Grums Municipality
20th-century establishments in Värmland County