Artists from Sweden

560 published artists from Sweden, led by ABBA, Avicii and Zara Larsson. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

560 published artists from Sweden; 2,754 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists9 tier 1 · 30 tier 2 · 521 tier 3: 560
Release groups: 11,062
Studio albums: 3,184
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 2,754
Timeline events: 6,208
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 373.6M
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded: 150M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 25.6 years
Full biographies: 282
Biography words: 640,347

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1990s (152 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1950s	9
1960s	19
1970s	37
1980s	52
1990s	152
2000s	113
2010s	43
2020s	8

127 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Sweden

Top 8 genres by artist count. pop music is the most common, with 99 artists.

Covers from Sweden

2,754 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Voyage
ABBA · 2021
Remix Abba (disc 1)
ABBA · 2007
Reunion, Vol. 1–6
ABBA · 2002
The Visitors
ABBA · 1981
Super Trouper
ABBA · 1980
Voulez‐vous
ABBA · 1979
The Album
ABBA · 1977
Arrival
ABBA · 1976
ABBA
ABBA · 1975
Waterloo
ABBA · 1974
Ring Ring
ABBA · 1973
TIM
Avicii · 2019

Leaders

ABBA has the most release groups (218); Alice Babs the longest career (69 years); Max Martin the most awards (18).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
ABBA	218
Siw Malmkvist	199
John Dahlbäck	197
Bladee	157
Roxette	144

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Alice Babs	69
Carl Michael Bellman	67
Nicolai Gedda	66
Siw Malmkvist	65
Ann-Margret	63

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
Max Martin	18
Lasse Stefanz	18
Benny Andersson	16
Robyn	14
Avicii	12

Other countries with pop music artists, and the browse view for Sweden.

pop music in other countries

United States 596
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 252
Japan 207
France 160
Canada 129
Turkey 116
Germany 75
Indonesia 66

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Most famous artists from Sweden

ABBA

Sweden · Group · 1970–1982

pop music, disco, pop rock, dance music, glam rock, Europop, Eurodisco, music of Sweden, Scandinavian pop

42.6M listeners · 162 wikis

Avicii

Sweden · Person · born 1989

pop music, electronic dance music, house music

39M listeners · 89 wikis

Zara Larsson

Sweden · Person · born 1997

pop music, dance-pop, electropop

53.9M listeners · 66 wikis

Basshunter

Sweden · Person · born 1984

pop music, electronic dance music, electro, techno, trance, Eurodance

221 wikis

Roxette

Sweden · Group · 1986–2016

rock music, pop music, pop rock, dance-pop, soft rock, Europop, power pop

17.8M listeners · 63 wikis

Loreen

Sweden · Person · born 1983

pop music, dance-pop, electropop, music of Sweden, trance, indie rock, indie pop, trip hop, Eurodance

8.7M listeners · 77 wikis

Ace of Base

Sweden · Group · 1990–present

pop music, dance-pop, soft rock, synth-pop, Europop, music of Sweden, Eurodance

15.5M listeners · 53 wikis

Tove Lo

Sweden · Person · born 1987

pop music, synth-pop, electropop, indie pop

29M listeners · 46 wikis

Swedish House Mafia

Sweden · Group · 2007–present

electronic dance music, electro, house music, electro house, progressive house

26.8M listeners · 43 wikis

The Cardigans

Sweden · Group · 1992–present

rock music, pop rock, alternative rock, indie rock, power pop

15.6M listeners · 45 wikis

Europe

Sweden · Group · 1978–present

hard rock, heavy metal music, glam metal, speed metal

7.9M listeners · 60 wikis

Lykke Li

Sweden · Person · born 1986

pop music, dance-pop, alternative rock, art pop, synth-pop, electropop, indie pop, dream pop

17.9M listeners · 39 wikis

Artists from Sweden

At a glance

When they started

Genres in Sweden

Covers from Sweden

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

pop music in other countries

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Most famous artists from Sweden

ABBA

Avicii

Zara Larsson

Basshunter

Roxette

Loreen

Ace of Base

Tove Lo

Swedish House Mafia

The Cardigans

Europe

Lykke Li

More from Sweden

Robyn

Alesso

Icona Pop

Ghost

Eric Prydz

Yung Lean

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Axwell

Peter Bjorn and John

Agnetha Fältskog

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Benny Andersson

Björn Ulvaeus

Måns Zelmerlöw

Jenny Lind

Sanna Nielsen

Charlotte Perrelli

Ann-Margret

Helena Paparizou

Sabaton

Birgit Nilsson

Arch Enemy

Opeth

Bathory

Marie Fredriksson

Carola Häggkvist

In Flames

Yngwie Malmsteen

Dark Tranquillity

Maher Zain

Malena Ernman

Eric Saade

Meshuggah

HammerFall

Kikki Danielsson

Jill Johnson

Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

Ludwig Göransson

Lotta Engberg

Carl Michael Bellman

Therion

Robin Bengtsson

Franz Berwald

Soilwork

Per Gessle

Marduk

The Hives

Neneh Cherry

Darin Zanyar

Max Martin

Alice Babs

Lena Philipsson

Per "Dead" Ohlin

Agnes Carlsson