See Kebnekaise

Kebnekaise

Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden and Sápmi. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian Mountains, has two peaks, of which the southern, glaciated one is highest at above sea level at the latest time of measurement. The north top is free of ice...

 for the highest mountain in Sweden.

Kebnekajse are a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 band that was most active during the 1970s. The band were greatly influenced by both traditional Swedish folk music

Swedish folk music

Swedish folk music is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden. The primary instrument of Swedish folk music is the fiddle. Another common instrument, unique to Swedish traditions, is the nyckelharpa...

 and African music. Their name is taken from Kebnekaise

Kebnekaise

Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden and Sápmi. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian Mountains, has two peaks, of which the southern, glaciated one is highest at above sea level at the latest time of measurement. The north top is free of ice...

, the highest mountain in Sweden. The spelling was also correct to the mountain, but in the last two albums (Elefanten and Vi drar vidare), they changed it to the present name.

They put themselves into the category of progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

, but at the time in Sweden, progressiveness was a political concept rather than musical.

The band uses guitar, violin, congas, drums, and bass, and various other instruments. Kebnekajse played a variety of styles starting from hard rock, but then moving to folk music, symphonic prog and jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

. With their 2009 album release the band returned to prog folk.

Discography

• Resa mot okänt mål
  Resa mot okänt mål
  Resa mot okänt mål was the Swedish progressive rock-group Kebnekaise's first album, released in 1971.-Track listing:* Tänk på livet - 05:00...
  
  (1971) (Journey to an unknown destination)
• Kebnekajse II (1973)
• Kebnekajse III (1975)
• Ljus från Afrika (1976) (Lights from Africa)
• Elefanten (1976) (The elephant)
• Vi drar vidare (1978) (We press on)
• Electric Mountain (1993) - Compilation album
• Resa mot okänt mål (remastered) (2001)
• Kebnekajse (2009)
• Idioten (2011)