Ullared is the name of a village in Sweden that harbors a very big and wellknown low price store. Svensson's go there to buy stock jeans and stock blankets.Peter Wahlbeck is a stand up comedy act für alle. And apparently also a singer/poet.
"Back in 1975 there was a popular movement in sweden against the music competition Melodifestivalen. The young people fought big music corporations, and most evil of them all was Stikkan Andersson, founder of Polar Records and also ABBA's manager. Among other things the movement arranged the Alternativfestivalen as an alternative for Melodifestivalen. It was here that Ulf Dageby performed Doin the Omoralisk Schlagerfestival under the name Sillstryparn."
Updated: Article in Aftonbladet (Sweden's most read newspaper) today (10th of March) about this song and how the progressive/political tendencies back then actually was hot stuff.
"A beautiful version of the traditional and beloved Swedish song/hymn 'Ack Wärmeland du sköna' performed by Zarah Leander (clip from a 1965 TV broadcast)."
"kraftwerk entertain a german "audience" from a tv show in 1980 helping promote The Model from their Man Machine album.... even on this afternoon show they still look cool !!! (more) " Added by TONYM2M2