Jazz was introduced in Sweden during the 1920s, and was spread through dancehalls and concerts. During the 1930s and 1940s the popularity was increasing, together with increasing

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. It was by this time that the first

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s was started in Sweden. The golden age of Swedish jazz is considered to be during the 1950s, with artists like Arne Domnérus,

Lars Gullin Lars Gunnar Victor Gullin (4 May 1928 – 17 May 1976) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist. Career Lars Gullin was born in Visby, Sweden. He was a child prodigy on the accordion. At age thirteen, he played clarinet in a military band and later l ...

Alice Babs Hildur Alice Nilson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known internationall ...

and

Monica Zetterlund Monica Zetterlund (born Eva Monica Nilsson; 20 September 1937 – 12 May 2005) was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. She represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the jazz ballad " En gång i Stockholm" ("Once Upon a T ...

. East-West Records was a jazz record label active during the 1950s which featured American and Swedish musicians.www.JazzDiscography.com
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was established in 1980.

Musicians

* Peter Asplund: Trumpeter, born 1969. * Dan Berglund: Double bassist, born 1963. * Magnus Broo * Gunhild Carling * Lars Danielsson * Palle Danielsson * Lars Jansson * Lars Edegran *

Lisa Ekdahl Lisa Ekdahl (born 29 July 1971) is a Swedish popular music singer and songwriter. She has so far released 10 albums, most of them in Swedish, but some entirely in English. Her voice has been described as "child-like" and "soft, supple and smoot ...

* Lars Erstrand *

Börje Fredriksson Börje Fredriksson (June 30, 1937 – September 21, 1968) was a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist. Fredriksson was born in Eskilstuna, Sweden. He played at the beginning of the 1960s in a quartet with Bobo Stenson (piano), Palle Danielsson (bass) ...

*: Drummer, born 1976. * Per-Ola Gadd: Double bassist, born 1962. * Lars Gulliksson *

Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player. Career Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chris ...

* Rigmor Gustafsson * Bengt Hallberg * Jonas Hellborg * Jan Johansson *: Saxophonist, born 1969. * Per "Texas" Johansson * Anders Jormin *: Trumpeter, born 1970. * Jacob Karlzon * Orange Kellin * Jonas Kullhammar * Åke Hasselgård * Nils Landgren * Magnus Lindgren *: Saxophonist, born 1965. * Sture Nordin * Bent Persson * Mats Rondin * Bernt Rosengren *: Saxophonist, born 1942. * Fredrika Stahl * Bobo Stenson *

Esbjörn Svensson Bror Fredrik "Esbjörn" Svensson (16 April 1964 – 14 June 2008) was a Swedish jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjörn Svensson Trio, commonly known as e.s.t. Svensson became one of Europe's most successful jazz musicians at the tu ...

* Gösta Törner * Ulf Wakenius * Per Henrik Wallin * Putte Wickman *

*: Pianist, born 1963. * Magnus Öström: Drummer, born 1965. * Rune Öfwerman

Bands

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* The Torbjörn Zetterberg Hot Five

References

External links

Swedish Jazz Association
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