If Eurovision were a country, Sweden would be the occupying force. The festival’s Big Boss is from Sweden and there are a great many Swedes involved in the yearly production. Swedish song writers dominate the playing field – or rather ‘singing field’ – (they’ve been involved in four songs this year, four in 2022, eight in 2021, another eight in 2020 and in 2019 in a total … »

‘I am an activist,’ Loreen said at the end of 2017 during one of her performances. It was ever so casual. The four words were pronounced by the Swedish-Moroccan singer in front of the guests of the Pontus Schulz foundation: a Swedish organisation that advocates a system that makes better use of Mother Earth’s resources. She sang Statements. The song that … »