5 Dec 2025
Culture
Music News Swedish Culture What's on: Stockholm

Allsång på Skansen with Scarlet and other favorites

You know the drill by now, Tuesday nights in the summertime mean one thing and one thing only: Allsång på Skansen, or as Pernilla Wahlgren herself (or more likely her genius scriptwriter Edward af Sillén) put it: the longest TV tradition in Sweden, with the shortest TV host. The live-sent TV show once again brought […]

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Concerts Festivals Music

Still sporty, still spicy, still slaying – Melanie C at the fab 90s festival

Melanie C aka Sporty Spice was always the powerhouse of the Spice Girls – the one doing backflips in crop tops and belting out girl power anthems. She brought the athletic edge to the fab five that dominated the 90s pop scene. As part of the Spice Girls she helped sell over 100 million records […]

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Music News Swedish Culture What's on: Stockholm

Laleh, Darin and more at Allsång på Skansen

We are in the second week of the 2025 Allsång på Skansen season, and the sing-along show had once again pulled a huge crowd for the live-sent summer spectacle. As you should know by now, Allsång på Skansen is the most Swedish of all things Swedish, and a cherished institution of Stockholm summer, bringing out […]

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Concerts Music

Greczula brings the glam rock to Grönan

Greczula had his big breakthrough at Melodifestivalen 2025, where he charmed the audience and finished at a strong third place. Based off of that success he is doing a summer tour around Sweden, which brought him to Gröna Lund’s small stage as well. Kristofer Greczula started his musical career in bands called Damn Delicious and […]

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Rosendal 2025: BIJI brings a vibrant, boundary-crossing celebration

BIJI is a powerful Swedish duo formed by artist/actor Robin Nazari and filmmaker/producer Maceo Frost, based in Stockholm. Emerging in 2019, their project – named after the Kurdish word for “long live” or “viva” – originated as a bold celebration of multicultural coexistence. Robin with his Kurdish background, and Maceo with his African-American–Swedish heritage, blend […]

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Rosendal 2025: Sean Paul turns up the temperature

Sean Paul’s performance on the Sunday evening of the Rosendal Garden Party was a vibrant celebration of early‑2000s dancehall nostalgia, stirring up both classic energy and crowd‑pleasing moments. From the moment he stepped on stage, the Jamaican superstar commanded the crowd, calling out, “Stockholm, are you ready?” and livening the audience with his crowd-engagement. The […]

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Rosendal 2025: Chaka Khan – the Queen of Funk still reigns supreme

She’s a legend, she’s an icon, and her presence was shining bright on that stage when Chaka Khan headlined the closing night of Rosendal Garden Party 2025, ending the vibrant ad eclectic weekend on a high note. Born Yvette Marie Stevens in 1953, Chaka Khan rose to fame in the early 1970s as lead vocalist […]

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Rosendal 2025: Róisín Murphy keeps the audience transfixed with her theatrics and sounds

Róisín Murphy brought bold fashion, pure energy and music spanning from Moloko classics to her solo anthems when she played at the Rosendal Garden Party stage on opening night. The show was brimful with improvisational flair, Róisín’s dynamic vocals and dance-friendly beats. Róisín Murphy‘s journey spans from cult classic origins in Moloko in the 90s […]

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Electric Banana Band – a uniquely Swedish cultural phenomenon

Electric Banana Band is a joyful fusion of children’s music, rock, humour and environmental messaging, and they have entertained generations since their founding in 1980. They played at Gröna Lund and of course we were there. Created by beloved Swedish entertainers Lasse Åberg and Klasse Möllberg, the band emerged from a popular children’s TV show […]

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Stockholm Through the Eyes of a Local: Exploring Your City as a Tourist

Sweden’s capital city is one of the most visited in Europe accounting for 3 million overnight stays in 2024. Visitors are attracted to the city because of its rich history, iconic landmarks, stunning island cityscape, world-class museums, and green spaces, to name some. For the more than 2.5 million inhabitants who call it home, Stockholm […]

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