Pop Music Made in Småland: Music Production and Entrepreneurship in Sweden
2025 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Sustainable development
SDG 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation
Abstract [en]
Using interviews with and academic studies of the careers of internationally-famous music producers and music industry professionals from Småland, Sweden, this open access book studies the history and present state of pop music production and entrepreneurship. An exceptionally high number of established and emerging pop artists and producers from this region of Sweden have had significant success on the international stage. This book describes how the situation for music producers and artists from Småland has changed during the past 50 years or so, starting in the 1970s with the so-called ‘Swedish music wonder’ and ending with the situation contemporary artists and entrepreneurs are facing. The field has changed massively both in terms of technology (from analogue to digital), social production (from individual productions to collective projects), distribution and marketing (from selling concert tickets and LPs to creating “prosuming” fanbases and multipronged careers considering genres, venues and activities). This book will be of interest to students of and professionals in music production; music, economy and media scholars; readers active in creative industries; and fans of (Swedish) pop music.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, 1. , p. 193
Series
Pop Music, Culture and Identity, ISSN ISSN 2634-6613, E-ISSN 2634-6621
Keywords [en]
Music production, pop., music industry, music creation, Småland, digitalization, music education, music copyright, music entrepreneurship
National Category
Musicology Music
Research subject
Humanities, Music; Humanities, Musicology; Humanities, Music Education; Computer and Information Sciences Computer Science, Media Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-137324DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-66363-5ISBN: 9783031663628 (print)ISBN: 9783031663635 (electronic)ISBN: 9783031663659 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-137324DiVA, id: diva2:1946909
Projects
Digital musikproduktion på landsbygden, finansierad av This work was supported by The Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research & Charity
Funder
The Kamprad Family Foundation, 20220067
Note
Editor's introduction pp. v–x; English translation and editing of four interviews with music producers Julia Karlsson, Adée Olsson, Andreas Ahlm and Hilda Stenmalm which were conducted together with Göran Nikolausson; English translation and editing of two interviews with Björn Ulvaeus and Andreas Carlsson that were conducted by Göran Nikolausson in: Martin Knust (ed.): Pop Music Made in Småland: Music Production and Entrepreneurship in Sweden, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, pp. 1 – 11, 29 – 38, 57 – 66, 85 – 95, 117 – 125, 141 – 151.
2025-03-242025-03-242025-04-03Bibliographically approved