Magnus Uggla
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Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 artist, composer
Composer
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, actor
Actor
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, and occasional radio host known for his satirical
Satire
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 lyrics. He is a member of the Swedish nobility and a descendant of several European rulers, among which John III of Sweden
John III of Sweden
-Family:John married his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland , house of Jagiello, in Vilnius on 4 October 1562. In Sweden, she is known as Katarina Jagellonica. She was the sister of king Sigismund II Augustus of Poland...

 and Gustav Vasa. Through his mother, he also has Jewish ancestors.

Uggla was the lead singer of the hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band JUSO (later renamed Alexander Lucas) before going solo in the early 70's. Their influences were Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

, The Groundhogs
The Groundhogs
Groundhogs are a British rock band founded in late 1963, that toured extensively in the 1960s, achieved prominence in the early 1970s and continued sporadically into the 21st century.-Career:...

 and Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

 among others. Uggla's first two glam-
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

 and art rock
Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...

-inspired albums Om Bobbo Viking
Om Bobbo Viking
Om Bobbo Viking is a 1975 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was his debut album. The musicians that perform on the album were originally from Harpo's band.-Track listing:# Hallå # Mrs Space# John Silver...

 and Livets teater
Livets teater
Livets teater is a 1976 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album reached the 28th place at the Swedish album chart.In the documentary movie Rockdokumentären, Magnus Uggla stated that he was very inspired by the bands Yes and Genesis during the writing and recording of this...

 didn't sell well, the first only about 500 copies in Sweden and Livets teater even less. But his departure from glam rock with the punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 and hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 inspired Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt
Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt
Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt? is a 1977 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla....

 gained him much popularity and the album sold about 150 000 copies. In the 1970s, several music magazines gave Magnus the name "The Swedish Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter (singer)
Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and...

". In 1979, he was one of the members in Magnus Uggla Band.

Povel Ramel
Povel Ramel
Baron Povel Karl Henric Ramel was a Swedish entertainer. Ramel was a singer, pianist, vaudeville artist, author and a novelty song composer. His style was characterized by imaginative wit, both verbal and musical...

 awarded him the Karamelodiktstipendiet in 1991.

Magnus Uggla participated to the fourth semifinal of Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...

 2007 with the song "För kung och fosterland", competing for the opportunity to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

 in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. On February 24, 2007 Magnus Uggla performed his song, and advanced to the Second Chance round the following Saturday, where he lost to Sonja Aldén
Sonja Aldén
Sonja Aldén, born 20 December 1977 in St Albans, England, United Kingdom, is a Swedish singer mostly famous for her 2006 and 2007 Melodifestivalen entries, her friendship with Shirley Clamp and her ability to write songs for other artists, for example the hard rock/heavy metal band The Poodles, who...

 in the last round of voting. Earlier that week, he had received complaints about the lyrics of the song which contains a line that could be interpreted as degrading to Polish people, but the Swedish Chancellor of Justice
Chancellor of Justice
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 decided not to try this as a violation of the hate speech
Hate speech
Hate speech is, outside the law, any communication that disparages a person or a group on the basis of some characteristic such as race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or other characteristic....

 act.

Uggla's solo influences includes Karl Gerhard
Karl Gerhard
Karl Gerhard was a Swedish revue-writer and performer. Many of Karl Gerhard’s plays and songs are politically to the left, and during the 1930s and World War II, they contained clear anti-fascist statements....

, David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

, The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

, Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. He is best known as the founder, frontman, lead singer & guitarist for T. Rex, but also a successful solo artist...

, Wendy Carlos
Wendy Carlos
Wendy Carlos is an American composer and electronic musician. Carlos first came to notice in the late 1960s with recordings made on the Moog synthesizer, then a relatively new and unknown instrument; most notable were LPs of synthesized Bach and the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's film A...

 and Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.-The early years:Mott The Hoople...

. In an interview with Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet is a Swedish tabloid founded by Lars Johan Hierta in 1830 during the modernization of Sweden. It is one of the larger daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. Aftonbladet is owned by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and Norwegian media group Schibsted, and its editorial page...

, he cited The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

 as the greatest band in the world.

Discography

Studio albums
  • 1975: Om Bobbo Viking
    Om Bobbo Viking
    Om Bobbo Viking is a 1975 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was his debut album. The musicians that perform on the album were originally from Harpo's band.-Track listing:# Hallå # Mrs Space# John Silver...

  • 1976: Livets teater
    Livets teater
    Livets teater is a 1976 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album reached the 28th place at the Swedish album chart.In the documentary movie Rockdokumentären, Magnus Uggla stated that he was very inspired by the bands Yes and Genesis during the writing and recording of this...

  • 1977: Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt
    Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt
    Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt? is a 1977 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla....

  • 1978: Vittring
    Vittring
    Vittring is a 1978 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album was recorded with the English punk rock band Stadium Dogs."Stjärn...r" is a Swedish version of "Star Star" by The Rolling Stones....

  • 1980: Den ljusnande framtid är vår
    Den ljusnande framtid är vår
    Den ljusnande framtid är vår is a 1980 album from Swedish pop- and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The music and lyrics on the album departures from Uggla's earlier punk and hard rock style and instead tending towards new wave and electronic rock....

  • 1983: Välkommen till folkhemmet
    Välkommen till folkhemmet
    Välkommen till folkhemmet is a 1983 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It is the first album to focus on what later became his signature sound, pop rock with satiric lyrics.-Side A:# Overture / Dumskallarnas julafton...

  • 1986: Den döende dandyn
    Den döende dandyn (album)
    Den döende dandyn is a 1986 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla.Den döende dandyn is also the name of a notable painting by Nils Dardel, which in 1984 famously had been bought by financier Fredrik Roos for what was then a record price for a Swedish painting.The song "Joey Killer"...

  • 1987: Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre
    Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre
    Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre is a 1987 cover album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla.Most of the songs are famous recordings from the progg era.-Side 1:...

  • 1989: 35-åringen
    35-åringen
    35-åringen is a 1989 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla.- Track listing :# Stig in och ta en cocktail # Baby boom# P-F# Jätte-kult# Dum dum# Jag mår illa# Rembrant...

  • 1993: Alla får påsar
    Alla får påsar
    Alla får påsar is a 1993 album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla.-Track listing:# "Mitt decennium"# "Jånni Balle"# "Vi 2 "# "Victoria"# "Trubaduren"# "Nummer 1"# "2:a på bollen"# "4 sekunder"# "Dansar aldrig nykter"...

  • 1997: Karaoke
    Karaoke (album)
    Karaoke is a 1997 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album was recorded in mid 1997 in Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden...

  • 2000: Där jag är e're alltid bäst
    Där jag är e're alltid bäst
    Där jag är e’re alltid bäst is a 2000 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla.Musically, this album was a return to Uggla's early punk and hard rock roots....

  • 2004: Den tatuerade generationen
    Den tatuerade generationen
    Den tatuerade generationen is a 2004 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was a success, peaking #1 in Sweden. The notable songs are, Värsta Grymma Tjejen, Nu har Pappa Laddat Bössan and Efterfest-Track listing:# Magnuspassionen...

  • 2006: Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
    Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
    Ett bedårande barn av sin tid is a 2006 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album contains covers of Karl Gerhard songs.-Track listing:# Jag är ett bedårande barn av min tid# Desto vackrare blir jag...

  • 2007: Pärlor åt svinen
    Pärlor åt svinen
    Pärlor åt svinen which translates as Pearls Before Swine is a Magnus Uggla album, released on October 24, 2007. The album has the singles "Pärlor åt svin","Vild och skild" and "För kung och fosterland".-Track listing:#"Åh vilken härlig dag" - 3.57...

  • 2010: Karl Gerhard passerar i revy
  • 2011: Innan filmen tagit slut...


Collections
  • 1985: Retrospektivt collage
    Retrospektivt collage
    Retrospektivt collage is a 1985 compilation album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla.-Track listing:# Varning på stan# Centrumhets# IQ# Trendit trendit# Mälarö kyrka# Hallå# Johnny the Rucker# Sommartid...

  • 1985: Collection
    Collection (Magnus Uggla album)
    Collection is a 1985 half official double compilation album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album was released for the Finnish market.-A:# IQ# Jazzgossen# Raggarna# Mälarö kyrka# Vi möttes bara för en kväll...

     (only released in Finland
    Finland
    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

    )
  • 1994: 100% Uggla - Absolut inget annat
  • 2002: Klassiska mästerverk
    Klassiska mästerverk
    Klassiska mästerverk is a 2002 compilation album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla.-Track listing:CD 1# Kung för en dag# Vittring# Jag mår illa# Varning på stan# Fula gubbar# Nitar & läder...

  • 2008: Magnus Uggla 1975-2008


Live albums
  • 1981: Godkänd pirat
    Godkänd pirat
    Godkänd pirat is a 1981 live album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album was recorded and released to stop distribution of bootleg recordings from Magnus Uggla concerts.- Track listing :# Mitt liv# Du ska va gla...

     – Live


Maxi EP
  • 1979: Magnus Uggla band sjunger schlagers
    Magnus Uggla band sjunger schlagers
    Magnus Uggla Band sjunger schlagers is a 1979 EP from Swedish pop and rock group Magnus Uggla Band. All songs, expect Johnny the Rucker, are covers.-Track listing:# Johnny the Rucker# Leva livet# Ring ring# Mälarö kyrka...


International singles

Singles released in France, Spain, United Kingdom and Germany.
  • 1979: Everything You Do/Concrete Kid
  • 1981: Ain't About To Go Back/Scandal Beauties
  • 1981: Body Love/The Other Side (also released in Sweden)

International covers

Magnus Uggla has recorded several covers. These are the international ones, for which Uggla wrote new Swedish lyrics:
  • The Rolling Stones
    The Rolling Stones
    The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

    ' "Star Star
    Star Star
    "Star Star" is a song by The Rolling Stones that appeared on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup. One of the raunchiest songs in the band's catalogue, the song was originally titled "Starfucker" until Atlantic Records guru Ahmet Ertegün insisted on the change...

    " became Uggla's "Stjärn…r" (or actually "Stjärnluder")
  • The Crystals
    The Crystals
    The Crystals are an American vocal group based in New York, considered one of the defining acts of the girl group era of the first half of the 1960s. Their 1961–1964 chart hits, including "Uptown", "He's a Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron " and "Then He Kissed Me", featured three successive female lead...

    ' "Then He Kissed Me
    Then He Kissed Me
    "Then He Kissed Me" is a song written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. The song was released as a single in September 1963 by The Crystals. It is a narrative of a young woman's encounter, romance, and eventual marriage with a fellow youth. The single is one of The Crystals' most...

    " became Uggla's "Å, han kysste mej"
  • Nick Gilder
    Nick Gilder
    Nicholas George "Nick" Gilder , is an English-Canadian musician who first came to prominence as the frontman for the glam rock band Sweeney Todd. He later had a successful solo career as a singer as well as a songwriter.-Biography:...

    's "Metro Jets" became Uggla's "Centrumhets"
  • Bruce Woolley
    Bruce Woolley
    Bruce Woolley is an English writer, performer, record producer and composer.- Early years :Bruce Woolley was born in Loughborough, England on 11 November 1953 and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School where he learned electric guitar, began to write songs and where he met his future wife,...

    's "Blue Blue (Victoria)" became Uggla's "IQ"
  • Nick Gilder
    Nick Gilder
    Nicholas George "Nick" Gilder , is an English-Canadian musician who first came to prominence as the frontman for the glam rock band Sweeney Todd. He later had a successful solo career as a singer as well as a songwriter.-Biography:...

    's "Worlds Collide" became Uggla's "Herr servitör"

Recorded with original lyrics:
  • David Bowie
    David Bowie
    David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

    's "Rebel Rebel
    Rebel Rebel
    "Rebel Rebel" is a song by David Bowie, released in 1974 as a single and on the album Diamond Dogs. Cited as his most-covered track, it was effectively Bowie's farewell to the glam movement that had made him a star.-Music and lyrics:...

    "
  • Steppenwolf
    Steppenwolf (band)
    Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...

    's "Born to Be Wild
    Born to Be Wild
    "Born to Be Wild" is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. It is often used in popular culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude...

    "
  • Ramones
    Ramones
    The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...

    ' "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
    Sheena is a Punk Rocker
    "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is a song by the punk rock group The Ramones. It first appeared on their third LP, Rocket to Russia, in 1977, and was also included on later pressings of the group's second album, Leave Home...

    "

Swedish covers

Uggla has covered the following Swedish songs by other artists on officially released studio records (the artists mentioned are those who first recorded the songs, not the songwriters/composers):
  • "Jazzgossen" by Karl Gerhard
    Karl Gerhard
    Karl Gerhard was a Swedish revue-writer and performer. Many of Karl Gerhard’s plays and songs are politically to the left, and during the 1930s and World War II, they contained clear anti-fascist statements....

  • "Leva livet" by Lill-Babs
    Lill-Babs
    Lill-Babs is a Swedish singer and actress.-Biography:Lill-Babs was born in Järvsö, Gävleborg County, as the first daughter of Britta and Ragnar Svensson...

     (originally "It's My Party
    It's My Party (song)
    "It's My Party" is a song most famously sung by American singer Lesley Gore in 1963. This song hit #1 on the pop and rhythm and blues charts in the United States. "It's My Party", peaked at #9 in the United Kingdom, becoming Gore's only major hit there...

    " by Leslie Gore)
  • "Ring ring" (Swedish version) by ABBA
    ABBA
    ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

  • "Mälarö kyrka" by Sven Lindahl
  • "Livet är en fest" by Nationalteatern
    Nationalteatern
    Nationalteatern is a Swedish progg rock group from the 1970s that featured leftist political lyrics. It was originally a traveling theater ensemble with many members, most notably Ulf Dageby, Anders Melander, Totta Näslund, Nikke Ström, Hans Mosesson and Pale Olofsson.-History:Initially formed as a...

  • "Påtalåten" by Ola Magnell
    Ola Magnell
    Ola Magnell is a Swedish pop-rock singer and guitarist. His works were first put out by Metronome Records in the 1970s.- External links :*...

  • "Vem kan man lita på?" by Hoola Bandoola Band
    Hoola Bandoola Band
    Hoola Bandoola Band was a Swedish progg group from the 1970s with leftist political texts. Leading members were Mikael Wiehe and Björn Afzelius.-History:Hoola Bandoola Band was, together with Nationalteatern, the biggest band of the Swedish progg movement...

  • "Häng med på party" by Ulf Neidemar
  • "I natt är jag din" by Tomas Ledin
    Tomas Ledin
    Tomas Folke Jonas Ledin is a Swedish singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken.Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when his first single, Då ska jag spela, was a big hit...

  • "Hög standard" by Peps Persson
    Peps Persson
    Peps Persson is a Swedish blues and reggae musician from Tjörnarp, Scania. Throughout his career he has mostly made music in Swedish and is well known for his Scanian dialect...

  • "Vi måste höja våra röster" by Margareta Garpe, Suzanne Osten and Gunnar Edander (since nobody seems to know exactly who recorded it first, these are the composers and songwriters)
  • "Tusen systrar" by Jösses Flickor
  • "In kommer Gösta" by Philemon Arthur & the Dung
  • "Speedy Gonzales" by Nationalteatern
    Nationalteatern
    Nationalteatern is a Swedish progg rock group from the 1970s that featured leftist political lyrics. It was originally a traveling theater ensemble with many members, most notably Ulf Dageby, Anders Melander, Totta Näslund, Nikke Ström, Hans Mosesson and Pale Olofsson.-History:Initially formed as a...

  • "Hog farm" by Pugh Rogefeldt
    Pugh Rogefeldt
    Pugh Rogefeldt, real name Anders Sture Torbjörn Rogefeldt , is a Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter.-Biography:...

  • "Ska vi gå hem till dig" by Lasse Tennander
  • Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
    Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
    Ett bedårande barn av sin tid is a 2006 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album contains covers of Karl Gerhard songs.-Track listing:# Jag är ett bedårande barn av min tid# Desto vackrare blir jag...


Plastic Bertrand has recorded a French version of Magnus Uggla's song "Vittring". It's called "Rock'n'Roll Je Te Hais" and can be found on Bertrands LP "L'Album".

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