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Songs from Sweden

Shaping Pop Culture in a Globalized Music Industry

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Authors:
  1. Ola Johansson

    1. Department of Geography, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, USA

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  • An original contribution on a theme which has not been properly explored previously
  • Provides an innovative theoretical construct
  • Features fascinating primary-source interviews with prominent music producers

Part of the book series: Geographies of Media (GOM)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: The Swedish Music Miracle, from 1.0 to 2.0

    • Ola Johansson
    Pages 1-24

  3. Local Music in a Global Network: Circulation, Reputation, and Hybridity

    • Ola Johansson
    Pages 25-42

  4. The Main Players

    • Ola Johansson
    Pages 43-98

  5. An Analysis of Swedish Pop Music

    • Ola Johansson
    Pages 99-135

  6. Concluding Thoughts

    • Ola Johansson
    Pages 137-144

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 145-169
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About this book

Songs from Sweden shows how Swedish songwriters and producers are the creative forces behind much of today’s international pop music. As Ola Johansson reveals, the roots of this “music miracle” can be found in Sweden’s culture, economy, and thriving music industry, concentrated in Stockholm. While Swedish writer-producers developed early global recognition for making commercially successful pop music, new Swedish writer-producers have continuously emerged during the last two decades. Global artists travel to Stockholm to negotiate, record, and co-write songs. At the same time, Swedish writer-producers are part of a global collaborative network that spans the world. In addition to concrete commercial accomplishments, the Swedish success is also a result of the acquisition of reputational capital gained through positive associations that the global music industry holds about Swedish music. Ultimately, pop songs from Sweden exhibit a form of cultural hybridity, drawing from both local and global cultural expressions.

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“Johansson’s study will still be of interest to scholars and students in Popular Music Studies and Scandinavian Studies. In particular, Songs from Sweden casts a welcome light on an otherwise enigmatic corner of the global popular music industry and is a welcome contribution to ongoing conversations about Sweden’s role as a producer and broker of transnational culture.” (Ryan Thomas Skinner, Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 93 (2), 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, USA

    Ola Johansson

About the author

Ola Johansson is a professor of geography at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, and has also researched music as a guest scholar at Linnaeus University in Sweden. Johansson is co-author of the books Sound, Society, and the Geography of Popular Music and World Regional Geography.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Songs from Sweden

  • Book Subtitle: Shaping Pop Culture in a Globalized Music Industry

  • Authors: Ola Johansson

  • Series Title: Geographies of Media

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2736-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2735-7Published: 17 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2738-8Published: 17 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2736-4Published: 16 May 2020

  • Series ISSN: 3005-012X

  • Series E-ISSN: 3005-0138

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 169

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Geography, Music, Area Studies

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