Magnus Sveningsson
is best known as the bassist

Bass guitar

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 in the Swedish rock

Rock music

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 band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

, The Cardigans

The Cardigans

The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in the town of Jönköping in October 1992.Their debut album Emmerdale gave them a solid base in their home country and enjoyed some success abroad, especially in Japan. It was not until their second album Life that an international reputation was secured...

, and has also recorded under a solo project entitled Righteous Boy

Righteous Boy

Righteous Boy is the solo project of Magnus Sveningsson, bassist from Swedish rock group The Cardigans. Sveningsson began the project during the long hiatus between the Cardigans' Gran Turismo and Long Gone Before Daylight albums...

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In 2006, he restarted The Cardigans' former record label

Record label

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, Trampolene. As an underlabel to Universal

Universal Records

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  they signed the Swedish band, The Animal Five, who reached some popularity in both Sweden and Germany

Germany

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Sveningsson is currently working with different cover bands in Malmö

Malmö

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, Sweden.