Sven-Ingvars is a pop

Pop music

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/rock

Rock music

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 group from Slottsbron

Slottsbron

Slottsbron is a locality situated in Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 1,048 inhabitants in 2005....

, Sweden

Sweden

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. The band was formed in 1956 by Sven Svärd, drums Ingvar Karlsson, guitar and accordion and Sven-Erik Magnusson, song, guitar and clarinet. Later Rune Bergman joined on bass guitar and even later Sven-Olof Petersson on tenor and baritone saxophone. The group made their first EP

Extended play

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 as a quartet in the early 1960s (Guitar Boogie). In the mid 1960s the group was popular in Sweden with hits such as "Te' dans me' Karlstatösera", "Ett litet rött paket", "Fröken Fräken", "Börja om från början", "Säj inte nej, säj kanske, kanske, kanske" and many others.

Sven-Erik Magnusson and Ingvar Karlsson are the only two members of the band since the start back in 1956. Since the 1970s they have often been classified as a dansband

Dansband

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. In 1990, Sven-Ingvars was awarded a Grammis

Grammis

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 for "Dansband of the year". In 2005, Sven-Ingvars was awarded the "special prize from the jury" at the Grammis awards.

Discography

• Dans ikväll (1966)
• Nu är vi här... igen (1968)
• Sven-Ingvars i Carnegie Hall (1970)
• Sven-Ingvars i Frödingland (1971)
• Man borde inte sova (1972)
• På turné (1973)
• Allt går igen (1973)
• Guld (1975)
• Playa blanca (1976)
• Åh, va skönt (1977)
• Ett vykort från Sven-Ingvars (1978)
• Apropå (1980)
• Sven-Ingvars jubileums à la carte (1981)
• Å vilka tider (1982)
• Våga - vinn (1983)
• Exposé (1985)
• Nya vindar (1987)
• Sven-Ingvars kvartett rainbow music (1989)
• Dansparty (1992)
• Allt går igen (1993)
• Två mörka ögon
  Två mörka ögon
  Två mörka ögon is a 1991 album from Swedish "dansband" Sven-Ingvars.-Track listing:#Två mörka ögon#Jag ringer på fredag#Virus och bakterier#Börja om från början#På sångens vingar#Markandsdagen#Min gamla vän#Nidälven#I en röd liten stuga...
  
  (1994)
• På begäran (1994)
• Byns enda blondin (1994)
• En dröm om våren (1995)
• Du flicka med vind i ditt hår (1995)
• Septemberbarn (1995)
• Kärlekens alla färger (1995)
• Lika ung som då (1996)
• Hus till salu (1997)
• Nio liv (1998)
• Älskar du mig (1999)
• Retro aktiv (2000)
• Här nere på jorden (2001)
• Musik vi minns (2003)
• Guld & Glöd (2005)

External links

• http://www.grammis.se/?page=61 Grammis awards of 1990.
• http://www.grammis.se/?page=75 Grammis awards of 2005.