Which band from Sweden do you like more?

Eggstone.

Acid House Kings.

 

ABBA, obviously.

 

Liked the naked blond bloke in the ferns we saw in the bad cover thread.
Was he called Bent ?

 

Maybe you are referring to Harpo.......

 

the merrymakers
eggstone
the confusions

 

Cardigans. I like Abba well enough but haven't found anything beyond their hit singles to be very interesting.

 

they have a new album just out , its called "Solna" , their hometown , i think .
its quite good actually
they are my favorite band from Sweden together with the Hellacopters

 

I like Abba, never heard any of these other bands nor do I intend to....my fave Swedish band is actually Algarnas Tradgard, how come they're not on the list ?

 

Älgarnas Trädgård was a pretty decent band. My favorite from that era is definitely Kebnekajse though. Their first two albums are among the best Swedish rock albums ever made if you ask me. The first one is kinda standard psych/prog, while the later ones are more influenced by Swedish folk music.

Then of course there's Pugh Rogefeldt. His first three albums are all really great, but the debut from -69 is spectacular. I think I've read somewhere that Kim Gordon's a big fan of the song Love, Love, Love, which was also sampled on DJ Shadows Endtroducing.

The different incarnations of Träd, gräs & stenar is also worth mentioning. They made some really psychedelic stuff, especially under their first name Pärson Sound that was very ahead of its time imo.

The jazz pianist Jan Johanssons album Jazz på svenska is just lovely and something I would recommend to anyone. Very minimalist and melancholy. It's commonly said that no album captures the "Swedish soul" and mentality as well as this one.

I'm a big fan of bob hund among the more recent bands, at least their first four albums or so are excellent.

 

I like Abba but it seems to me a more fair assessment would be to compare contemporary bands. My choice is TSOUL.

 

I was a little surprised at the exclusion of Dungen here, so I went with TSOOL, whose music is a treasure trove for fans of classic rock and psychedelia. I'll admit that I'd kind of lost track of those guys in recent years and this thread has encouraged me to go back and check out their newer material.

 

A few tips:

The Hellacopters
Union Carbide Productions
Bathory
Imperial State Electric
Thåström
Entombed
The Nomads
Thunder Express
Sator
Nationalteatern
Backyard Babies
"Demons"
Sahara Hotnights
The Solution
Dundertåget
Atomic Swing
Death Breath
Garbochock
Dollhouse
Opeth
The Robots
A-Bombs
Reeperbahn
The Bitter Twins


And of course... Soundtrack Of Our Lives, who sadly will call it quits after their tour this summer.

 

Abba, because I don't really know the others.

 

Opeth.

 

Dundjen is an absolutely fabulous prog band. They do so
Sing in swedish however

 

Eggstone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GboC875z2Cs

 

Viva La Difference in not available here in the States, but it's their best IMO. Great record.

 

ABBA.
Dungen.
Acid House Kings, Club 8, and the Legends (all Johan Angergard projects)

 

ABBA

Best Wishes
David

 

Shocking Blue were from The Netherlands - a country which would lend itself for a poll like this too. I'm surprised so many of you American voters are familiar with Swedish bands. I wonder how that would turn out for the Netherlands.

I chose Abba. As others stated, it's really no contest. The Cardigans would come in second and I think Roxette would be my #3.

 

Cardigans

 

OTHER:
The Knife, Dungen, Baby Grandmother, Pugh.

 

Ikea and Tina Turner?

I'll get my coat...

 

Entombed

 

I voted ABBA for their legacy.

My favourite album from Sweden is Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight. I don't like all their material though, but that album is a corker.