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The list of best-selling Swedish music artists according to the Swedish newspapers. List. Artist Sales ABBA: 150 million [1] Roxette: 75 million [2] Ace of Base:
Franz Adolf Berwald (1796–1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds; Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787–1861), violinist, concert-master of the Swedish Royal Orchestra; Julie Berwald, actress and singer at the Royal Swedish Opera, later married to baron Knut Åkerhielm
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Swedish popular music, or shortly Swedish pop music, refers to music that has swept the Swedish mainstream at any given point in recent times.After World War II, Swedish pop music was heavily influenced by American jazz, and then by rock-and-roll from the U.S. and the U.K. in the 1950s and 1960s, before developing into dansband music.
The following is a list of Swedish composers Born before 1800. Gustaf Düben (the Elder) (1624–1690) Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758) Johan ...
Gustav Vasa encouraged musicians to attend his court, [4] and Gustav III would found the Royal Swedish Opera and Royal Swedish Academy of Music; the latter institutions are still major promoters of Swedish music today. [5] Sweden's most famous classic troubadour was Carl Michael Bellman, who lived from 1740 to 1795; he is famous for his ...