Arvingarna

Arvingarna
General information
Genre (s)	Dansbandspop
founding	1989
Current occupation
Vocals, keyboard	Lasse Larsson (* 1972)
guitar	Kim Carsson (* 1972)
bass	Casper Janebrink (* 1970)
Drums	Tommy Carsson (* 1968)

Arvingarna is a Swedish dansband that was founded in 1989 and took part in the Melodifestivalen in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2019.

Career

With their contribution Eloise , the group took first place at the Melodifestivalen in 1993, and was thus allowed to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest . There the song Eloise takes seventh place.

In addition to this song, the single Pamela (1997) was her biggest hit to date. It reached number 2 in the Swedish charts.

The name of the band, Arvingarna (German: Die Erben ), alludes to the fact that the parents of some of the band members have already performed in Dansbands. The music of Arvingarna and similar bands is commonly called dansbandspop in Sweden .

Arvingarna received in 1992 for the album Coola killar and in 2002 for the album Diamanter awards as "Dansband of the year" at the awards of the Swedish music award Grammis .

Band members

• Lasse Larsson (born February 26, 1972 ), keyboard and vocals
• Tommy Carsson (born August 7, 1968 ), drums and vocals
• Kim Carsson (born March 20, 1972 ), guitar and vocals
• Casper Janebrink (born January 2, 1970 ), bass and vocals

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		SE
1992	Coola killar	SE49 (2 weeks) SE
1993	Eloise	SE7 (7 weeks) SE
1994	Tjejer	SE9 (6 weeks) SE
1995	For alltid	SE14 (11 weeks) SE
1996	Då & nu	SE38 (2 weeks) SE
1997	Nya spår	SE41 (2 weeks) SE
1999	Lime	SE13 (14 weeks) SE
2001	Diamonds	SE17 (3 weeks) SE
2005	#8th	SE23 (6 weeks) SE
2007	All Included - Arvingarnas största hits från 1992-2007	SE26 (2 weeks) SE
	Rockin 'Around the Christmas Tree	SE42 (4 weeks) SE
2009	Underbeard	SE35 (2 weeks) SE
2013	Änglar och en massa kärlek	SE20 (7 weeks) SE
2013	Våra allra bästa	SE14 (4 weeks) SE
2019	I do	SE4 (8 weeks) SE

More albums

• 1998 - Airplane
• 2002 - Collection

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		SE
1993	Eloise Eloise	SE10 (6 weeks) SE
1995	Bo Diddley Foer Alltid	SE21 (4 weeks) SE
1997	Pamela Nya Spår	SE2 (22 weeks) SE
1999	Det svär jag på lime	SE39 (3 weeks) SE
2005	Hon kommer med sommaren # 8	SE52 (1 week) SE
2019	I Do I Do	SE6th gold (10 weeks)SE

Web links

• Arvingarna at Discogs (English)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: SE
2. ↑ Awards for music sales: SE