Allsång på Skansen = Sing-along at Skansen

Allsång på Skansen is a Swedish show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is supposed to sing-along with musical guests to well-known Swedish songs. The show started in 1935 on a small scale; about 50 people in the audience. Today about 10,000–25,500 people come to each performance. Since 3 August 1979 the show has been broadcast by Sveriges Television. Initially the show had about 300,000 viewers. When Lasse Berghagen took over as host, the ratings increased to about 2 million viewers. In 2003, Allsång på Skansen was the first SVT programme that was broadcast with 5.1 multichannel sound. In 2007, it became one of the first Swedish live programmes broadcast in high-definition television.


Hosted as usual by Lasse Berghagen, Benny appeared with BAO! (Benny Andersson's Orchestra).

Björn was in the audience and and was included in the broadcast (with wife Lena).  He introduced Benny and Helen Sjöholm.

Songs performed:

1. BAO! with Helen Sjöholm - Vår Sista Dans
2. BAO! - Cirkus Finemang
3. Helen Sjöholm and Josefin Nilsson - Jag vet vad han vill (I Know Him So Well)

Jag vet vad han vill was from the forthcoming Swedish Chess.  The timing was perfect as they performed against a beautiful sunset and you could see the Globe Arena (Globen) in the distance.

Björn Skifs was also a guest on the show whlst Tommy Körberg and Ludvig Andersson could be seen in the audience. Lasse had a little interview with Benny where he announces that the BAO! was going on a little tour to include Glasgow.

Josefin Nilsson took part in one of the sing-a-longs.

Release information:
This programme was available on the SVT Open Archive but has since been removed.

Benny pulling faces at someone in the audience during Vår Sista Dans

Allsång på Skansen (Benny), 1997;
Allsång på Skansen (Benny & Björn), 2001;
Allsång på Skansen (Benny), 2002;
Allsång på Skansen (Benny), 2003;
Allsång på Skansen, 2005; 
Allsång på Skansen, 2007; 
Allsång på Skansen, 2008;
Allsång på Skansen, 2011;
Allsång på Skansen, 2015;
Allsång på Skansen, 2016;

Thanks to Jan Bach, Malin Westerberg and Carl Magnus Palm and Gunnar Moe c/o ABBAtalk.
YouTube clips 011BEK and Steve Layton.