Dansband ("Dance band") is a term in Swedish for bands who play a kind of popular music, dansbandsmusik ("Dance band music"), to dance partner dance to. As this music, bugg and foxtrot are often included. The music is inspired by swing music, "schlager" and country music, sometimes even by old dances, jazz, and rock music. The rock music inspired bands are often inspired by that rock music that was popular during the 1950s and 1960s. The terms dansband and dansbandsmusik were formed the years around 1970, when it became an own style of Swedish popular music. Most of the music has been developed in Sweden, and has became spread to states as Denmark, Finland and Norway. When the music came to Norway it was first called "Svensktoppar" ("Swedish tops"). The lyrics are often about love, friendship and peace. Other themes are dance. 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History

Before "dansband" became popular, many jazz ochestras played a "schlager inspired" dance music. Many people believe that the development of the "dansbands" during the 1950s and 1960s depended on that the interest for jazz went backwards and pop music and rock music became the most popular music among young people. Many Swedish "dansbands" on that time were during the 1960s known as pop groups. The "golden era" of dansband music was the 1970s, with bands as Flamingokvintetten, Ingmar Nordströms, Wizex and Matz Bladhs. At most in Sweden, there were around 800 full-time working "dansbands", in the late 1990s this number was down to around 500. For other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Rock is a form of popular music from the mid 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the late 1980s and shortly after the year 2000. ...

Svensktoppen

The Swedish Sveriges Radio hitlist Svensktoppen had a strong dansband dominance between 1985 and 2002. Sveriges Radio (SR) - Swedish Radio Ltd - is Swedens national publicly-funded radio broadcaster. ... Svensktoppen is a musical hit list at Sveriges Radio. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Famous groups

• Arvingarna, Sweden
• Barbados, Sweden
• Flamingokvintetten, Sweden
• Kjell Roos Band ("Roosarna"), Sweden
• Lotta & Anders Engbergs Orkester, Sweden (1989-1994)
• Lotta Engbergs, Sweden (1994-2002)
• Ole Ivars, Norway
• Wizex, Sweden

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Famous songs

• "Gråt inga tårar", by Thorleifs, 1975
• "De sista ljuva åren", by Lasse Stefanz Christina Lindberg, 1989
• "Två mörka ögon", by Sven-Ingvars, 1991
• "Eloise", av Arvingarna, 1993
• "Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd", av Vikingarna, 1998