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Blue Swede

Swedish rock band from Stockholm
Organization musical_group Q885906
Blue Swede
Capitol Records · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group

Status and dates

Inception
1973[5]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1973 GND (DNB) 1972 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Location

Location of formation
Stockholm[6]
More facts +8
Genre
pop rock[1]
Country of origin
Sweden[4]
Discography
Blue Swede discography[3]
End of work period
1975[8]
Member category
Category:Blue Swede members[12]
Name
Blue Swede, Björn Skifs & Blåblus, Blåblus[9][10][11]
Record label
Capitol Records[2]
Start of work period
1973[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Björn Skifs & Blåblus en Blue Swede id Björn Skifs & Blåblus ja ブルー・スウェード ko 블루 스위드 sv Björn Skifs & Blåblus sv Blåblus sv Blue Swede sv The Blue Swede
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000122595736
VIAF cluster ID
60145970108732251073
Library of Congress authority ID
n93114564
GND ID
10298949-7
AZLyrics.com artist ID
b/blueswede
Acharts.co artist ID
blue_swede
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000063739
Apple Music artist ID
140872900
BIBSYS ID
13037565
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16938189z
Billboard artist ID
blue-swede
DR music artist ID
3081182
Show all 28 identifiers +16
Deezer artist ID
6037
Discogs artist ID
258997, 2366187
Fandom article ID
marvelcinematicuniverse:Blue_Swede
Freebase ID
/m/01440b
IMDb ID
nm8085521
Jaxsta profile ID
415ae17a-9529-4100-a754-204add9d6bdd
LyricsTranslate ID
blue-swede-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
f98a61b4-394d-4e1f-a5f3-f747b9494e5a
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000067394
NL CR AUT ID
xx0101511
Quora topic ID
Blue-Swede
Spotify artist ID
0UpuH5U4nZ3UGGUJi0Zfbp
Swedish Film Database group ID
227701
Tidal artist ID
10606
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MusicAct", "BlueSwede::39x8x"]
Yle topic ID
18-335832
📚 Sources · 2
  • GND (DNB) as of 2026-09-30 · 2 statements · CC0 1.0 DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
  • BnF data as of 2026-10-01 · 1 statement · fr-lo Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retained; entity keys/type classification derived. Data includes external enrichment and inferred relationships.

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Sweden 2026-09-30 GND (DNB) (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-30
where from?
Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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1975 2026-10-01 BnF data (fr-lo) as of 2026-10-01
where from?
Source
BnF data
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261102 landed
Licence
fr-lo
Credit
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retain…
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1975 2026-09-30 GND (DNB) (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-30
where from?
Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
Bronze
41a59441281a5f69… opendata-index.html +10 files
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4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retained; entity keys/type classification derived. Data includes external enrichment and inferred relationships.
🔗 Connections
Country of origin 1
Sweden
Genre 1
pop rock
Instance of 1
musical group
Location of formation 1
Stockholm
Mb:performer of 1
Hooked on a Feeling
Record label 1
Capitol Records
← Mb:founder 1
Björn Skifs
← Mb:member of band 1
Björn Skifs
← Member of 1
Björn Skifs
← Performer 1
Hooked on a Feeling
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Capitol Records Stockholm Sweden

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  1. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member category → Category:Blue Swede members
    End of work period → +1975-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Location of formation → Stockholm
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'no', 'pt', '
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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