250 years after it was written, Carl Michael Bellman's song-play "Bacchi tempel" will have its world premiere. It will take place on Sweden's National Day during the Stockholm Early Music Festival.
EntertainmentArtist Sofia Karlsson has been awarded the Fred Åkerström scholarship worth 40,000 SEK.
EntertainmentBeyoncé vibes, a modern Bellman and an adult A-Teens act with autotune await at the Melodifestival premiere.
EntertainmentShe was mocked because of Bellman's poetry. Now she is getting vindication and the lead role in the newly written "Jag är Ulla Winblad" at the Folkoperan in Stockholm this fall.
EntertainmentPippi Longstocking, but not Hasse & Tage. Ikea – but not Cornelis. Several popular names are missing in the Swedish cultural canon that is proposed to be included in the teaching in school. 100 works have been selected within among other things literature, film, music, art and inventions.
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