Roosarna

Roosarna, also known as the Kjell Roos Band, is a dansband in Vallsta, Sweden.[1] The band was formed in 1969 by the brothers Kjell, Anders and Sven-Åke as Bröderna Roos (the Roos brothers). In the mid-1970s they changed their name to Roosarna. Since 1975, it is a full-time playing band. In 1982, the band begun to cooperate with Kikki Danielsson.

Roosarna
Background information
OriginSweden
GenresCountry, Dansband music
Years active1969–present
MembersKjell Roos (vocals and guitar), Lennart Brink (bass), Kent Lovén (drums), Danne Wirenberg (guitar), Marcus Fernholm (keyboard)
Past membersKikki Danielsson (lead vocals)

In 1990 the cooperation was increased when they began to appear as Kikki Danielsson & Roosarna, and scored several Svensktoppen hits during the 1990s. Kikki Danielsson & Roosarna was awarded a Grammis in 1994 for the album Vet du vad jag vet. In September 1996 they changed their name to Kikki Danielssons orkester.

In 1998, the band toured in church buildings, and the same year released material in Germany. When Kikki Danielsson left the band in February 2000, the band took the name Kjell Roos Band. In February 2003, however, Kikki Danielsson once again began to tour with the band.

For the 2008–2009 Christmas and holiday season the band began to tour with Magnus Carlsson.[2] In 2011 and 2012 the band accompanied Johnny Logan during a church tour[3].[4]

Members
  • Kjell Roos – vocals and guitar
  • Kikki Danielsson – lead vocals. Left the band in 1999.
  • Lennart Brink – bass
  • Kent Lovén – drums
  • Danne Wirenberg – guitar
  • Marcus Fernholm – keyboard

Discography

Albums
gollark: What if marriage, but with arbitrary targets and forming an arbitrary digraph, and also it's transferable?
gollark: What's the going rate of marriages on the marriage market these days?
gollark: Finally a forward-thinking government which commoditized marriage!
gollark: Idea: fake marriages by sending fake witnesses.
gollark: https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/30/companies_house_xss_silliness/

References
  1. Svenska dansband – Roosarna
  2. Bengt Boman (20 October 2009). "Magnus Carlsson och Roosarna turnerar igen". Hela Helsingland (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  3. "Johnny Logan ser fram mot kyrkokonsert". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 23 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. TWA - Unik kyrkoturné i Sverige med Johnny Logan och bandet Roosarna har nu nått sitt slut! Archived December 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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