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Bands or songs in Swedish
I would like to listen to some music in Swedish. Any recommendation? I want to improve my listening skills
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I'd recommend Kent. They've been around ages and have loads of albums under the belt. One of their recent albums, "Jag är inte rädd för mörkret" (I am not afraid of the dark) has some belters on, and they sing at a decent pace where you can pick up words and sounds. 999, Jag Ser Dig and Färger På Natten have really helped me.
And they've even got a song about how great Sweden is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmsW6oYT6AA
As a native Swede and Kent-lover, I couldn't agree more.
Kent is as a band really, really good - and for the purpose of learning Swedish, probably one of the better choices, since the lyrics are so good that you actually WANT to translate them. The singer sings very clearly also, and with something close to the accent "Rikssvenska" (Swedish spoke in Stockholm which is sort of the norm for how Swedish sounds), which even though it is definitely not the only kind of Swedish, it's a very good accent to start getting familiar with.
8-tracks is a good place to start. Adding "svenska" to your tags can help narrow down the playlists to ones that are mostly or entirely in Swedish.
I recommend this genre-crossing mix and this more pop-leaning mix to start.
And for Christmas I bought my sister Vart jag mig i världen vänder by Den Svenska Bjornstammen. It's not available on Amazon in the US (except as an atrociously overpriced CD) but it's on iTunes. I've been singing the chorus in the shower, never mind that I don't know the lyrics and make Swedish phonemes instead.
I have a Spotify list with (mainly) modern pop in Swedish if you’re interested:
http://open.spotify.com/user/lundgren8/playlist/1RmG3XnjoJjfH9sQ4oqj8l
ALINA DEVECERSKI IS LOVE ALINA DEVECERSKI IS LIFE.
And here's 16 Swedish hits in 6 minutes by two completely irrelevant people...
And I don't speak Swedish so judging by this video this might be a "bad" song to some people but it sounds good and, hey, you gotta learn everything if you're gonna learn a language! XD
Some of his songs include:
Balladen om Fredrik Åkare och den söta fröken Cecilia Lind
There's a movie about him, Cornelis, and I personally really liked it.
This band is German but the song is in Swedish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkX1iNUq6Jw&channel=xXPayongXx