February 12, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Dance_band":
Lifestyle: 2 Feb 12
Sweden is about to be tossed into the frenzy that is ”Melodifestivalen”, the musical contest where the next artist to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be selected.
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Travel: 19 Mar 10
If watching the Olympics gave you an itch to hit the slopes, consider Romme Alpin, a bus ride from Stockholm, says Davrell Roberts Tien.
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Lifestyle: 13 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Culture and youth festivals in Stockholm; International music festival and continental market in Gothenburg; Music & arts festival in Malmö.
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Society: 8 Mar 09
Sarah Dawn Finer, Carolina af Ugglas and Sofie Berntsson completed the line up for Sweden's Melodifestivalen by claimed the remaining places at the "Second Chance" heat in Norrköping on Saturday.
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Society: 1 Mar 09
The fourth and final Melodifestivalen heat in Malmö in southern Sweden on Saturday was won by one hot favourite, soul queen Agnes, and one surprise, opera queen Malena Ernman.
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Society: 22 Feb 09
The third Melodifestivalen heat in Leksand in central Sweden left the hot favourites dreaming of glory in the Globen final. Pop trio E.M.D and teen sensation Molly Sandén claimed the final places.
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Society: 8 Jan 09
Stockholm musician Kleerup claimed three awards at Wednesday night's Grammis Gala, one more than the evening's other big winner, singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim.
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Society: 21 Dec 08
The Larz Kristerz orchestra waltzed away as champion of the hard-fought Dansbandskampen talent show on Saturday night, effectively claiming the title of Swedish dance band of the year.
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Lifestyle: 18 Dec 08
Musical styles may come and come, but Swedish dance bands remain as popular as ever. But why does the nation remain loyal to its perennial bearers of outrageous costumes. Jennifer Heape endeavours to find out.
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Society: 2 Apr 07
A song composed by Abba star Benny Andersson has spent a record-breaking 143 weeks on the Swedish top ten list.
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National: 31 Jan 07
Publicity-shy electronic indie duo The Knife swept the board at the Grammis, Sweden's top music awards, on Tuesday. The pair, wearing masks, accepted their awards on a pre-recorded video.
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National: 24 Oct 06
The frontman of well-known Swedish dance band Sven Ingvars has been sentenced to two months in prison for drunk driving. Sven-Erik Magnusson was 'very drunk' when he was caught, the prosecutor said.
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Business & Money: 12 Jul 06
Warner Music is to buy Mariann Grammofon AB, the record company founded and built up by Swedish producer and TV celebrity Bert Karlsson.
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Lifestyle: 2 Jul 04
The first of The Local's weekly cultural trawls nets the year's most popular songfest, a gallery short of a curator and a dearth of Swedish artists.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"Hej! We all know that Swedes like to have a “fika”. Take the quiz and find out if you have a good “fika vocabulary”. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=fika-quiz Good luck! " READ »
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