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Europe

Swedish rock band
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Summary

Europe is a musical group[1]. Europe ranks in the top 0.98% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,398 views/month, #200 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Notable work: The Final Countdown[3]
  • Award received: Swedish Music Hall of Fame[4]
  • Genre: speed metal[5], glam metal[6], hard rock[7], heavy metal music[8]
  • Named after: Europe[9]
  • Record label: Epic Records[10], Edel Records[11], UDR[12]
  • Discography: Europe discography[13]
  • Commons category: Europe (musical group)[14]
  • Country of origin: Sweden[15]
  • Has part(s): Joey Tempest[16], John Norum[17], John Levén[18], Mic Michaeli[19], Ian Haugland[20]
  • Inception: 1978[21]
  • Location of formation: Upplands Väsby[22]
  • Official website: https://europetheband.com[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Europe (musical group)[24]
  • Topic has template: Template:Europe (band)[25]
  • Official name: Europe[26]
  • Native label: Europe[27]
  • Different from: Europa[28]
  • Start of work period: 1979[29]
  • Social media followers: 17,948[30]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[31]

  • Country: SE[32]

  • Began / founded: 1982[33]

  • Genre(s): aor, arena rock, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, pop metal, rock[34]

  • Community tags: aor, arena rock, european, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, pop metal, rock, scandinavian, swedish[35]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ccfe7a3c-1a45-4984-a8d0-644549cefe61[36]

Why It Matters

Europe has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Europe is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

What awards did Europe receive?

Honors received include Swedish Music Hall of Fame[4].

Related Entities

Epic Records Joey Tempest Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → Europe (Sweden Band)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Archive of our own tag: Europe (Sweden Band), Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/233248955|Europe (Sweden Band) (#233248955)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → k0004415-Europe-hudebni-skupina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0004415-Europe-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 18w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Start of work period → +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception → +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Shazam artist id → 461932
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Freebase id: /m/01_52t"
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