Silence is a Swedish record company located outside Koppom

Koppom

Koppom is a locality situated in Eda Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 633 inhabitants in 2005....

, Värmland

Värmland

' is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are Vermelandia and Wermelandia. Although the province's land originally was Götaland, the...

 in Sweden.

Silence was started in 1970 in Stockholm and released records by, amongst others: Bo Hansson

Bo Hansson

Bo Hansson was a Swedish musician best known for his four instrumental albums released in the 1970s.-Early life and musical career:...

, Philemon Arthur and the Dung

Philemon Arthur and the Dung

Philemon Arthur and the Dung is a mysterious music group from Scania, Sweden, consisting of two members known only by their pseudonyms Philemon Arthur and the Dung. The band formed in the early 1960s under the name The Popbeams, which they changed before the release of their first album...

, Samla Mammas Manna

Samla Mammas Manna

Samla Mammas Manna was a Swedish progressive rock band, often characterized by its virtuoso musicianship, circus references and silly humour, similar in many ways to the song-writing styles of Frank Zappa. They were one of the founding members of the Rock in Opposition movement in the late 1970s....

, and other progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 acts. In 1977, Silence moved to a new studio in Värmland, in a converted school, where artists and bands like Twice a Man

Twice a Man

Twice a Man are an ambient electronica music group based in Gothenburg, Sweden, comprising members Dan Söderqvist and Karl Gasleben ....

, Ebba Grön

Ebba Grön

Ebba Grön was a Swedish punk band formed in Stockholm in 1977. Ebba Grön consisted of Joakim Thåström , Gunnar Ljungstedt and Lennart Eriksson . After the release of their second album in 1981, they were joined by a fourth member, Anders Sjöholm, also known as Stry Terrarie, on keyboard...

, Dag Vag

Dag Vag

Dag Vag, Swedish pop, reggae, punk band formed in 1978. Main singer Stig Vig. The bands early punk sound became more and more reggae-style, and the band itself calls it transcontinental rock-reggae...

, Hellacopters, Eldkvarn

Eldkvarn (band)

Eldkvarn is a Swedish rock band formed in Norrköping in 1971, consisting of brothers Plura Jonsson and Carla Jonsson . The third original member is the bass player Tony Thorén, who has produced a number of albums by Eldkvarn, as well as other artists...

, and Kent

Kent (band)

Kent is a Swedish alternative rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet , and Havsänglar...

 recorded several albums. Some notable artists currently signed to Silence are Bob Hund

Bob hund

bob hund is a seven-piece indie rock band from Sweden. Their music, hard to classify, has been described as "what you might expect if you managed to merge Pere Ubu and Pixies with a touch of Kraftwerk"....

, Bergman Rock

Bergman Rock

Bergman Rock is the English language alter ego of the Swedish indie band bob hund. In this incarnation, the band has released three singles and two albums. The more recent album, Bonjour Baberiba Pt II, was released on May 4, 2005....

, Sci-Fi SKANE

Sci-Fi SKANE

Sci-Fi SKANE is a musical collaboration of Swedish musicians Thomas Öberg and Jonas Jonasson, members of Swedish rock groups bob hund and Bergman Rock.Sci-Fi SKANE was started in 2005, and the goal was stated as being to "create stupidity and dance"....

, and Fint Tillsammans.

Silence is also one of the larger record labels included in the Svenska oberoende musikproducenter (Swedish independent music producers).