''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly
record chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, ofte ...
airing on
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio Aktiebolag, AB (; "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio programming, radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a television ...
. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the
Swedish language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the G ...
.
Svensktoppen has aired since 1962,
except for the years 1982–1985. In the years leading up to the January 2003 change, the programme was strongly dominated by
dansband music.
The first number one hit song was "Midnattstango" performed by Swedish crooner
Lars Lönndahl.
New rules on 17 January 2016 restricted the maximum length for a song to chart to one year.
Presenters
Winners
See also
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Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name si ...
, today's official sales-based Swedish record chart
References
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External links
Svensktoppen on Sveriges Radio
Music chart shows
1962 establishments in Sweden
1962 radio programme debuts
Sveriges Radio programmes