Sarek (band)
Encyclopedia
Sarek is a Swedish
folk-pop
band formed in 2002, taking their name from Sarek National Park
. They debuted in 2002 with the single Vinterland (Winter land) and in 2003 they broke through with their single Genom eld och vatten (Through fire and water) in Melodifestivalen
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Singles
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....
folk-pop
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
band formed in 2002, taking their name from Sarek National Park
Sarek National Park
Sarek National Park is a national park in Jokkmokk Municipality, in the province Lapland in northern Sweden. Sarek borders the national parks Stora Sjöfallet and Padjelanta...
. They debuted in 2002 with the single Vinterland (Winter land) and in 2003 they broke through with their single Genom eld och vatten (Through fire and water) in 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...
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Members
- Stina Engelbrecht (music, lyrics, vocals, chorus, kulningKulningKulning, or herding calls is a domestic Scandinavian music form, often used to call livestock down from high mountain pastures where...
) - Jessica Wetterstrand (vocals)
- Zara Kronvall (vocals)
- Kristofer Pettersson (nyckelharpaNyckelharpaA nyckelharpa , sometimes called a keyed fiddle, is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string.The nyckelharpa is similar in appearance to a...
, accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
) - Göran Månsson (fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, jew harp, percussion)
Discography
Albums- 2003 – Genom eld och vatten
- 2004 – Sarek
- 2008 – I natt ska marken skälva
Singles
- 2002 – Vinterland
- 2003 – Genom eld och vatten
- 2003 – Solen glimmar
- 2004 – Älvorna
- 2004 – Medan stjärnorna vandrar
- 2004 – Törst
- 2004 – Alla änglar log
- 2008 – I natt ska marken skälva
- 2008 – Magiska sekunder