| De ä bar å åk | |
| Artist: | Swedish alpine ski team |
| Album: | Vi åk bättre da för da |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Released: | February 1976 |
| Genre: | popular music |
| Label: | Metronome |
"De ä bar å åk" (Northern Swedish dialect for "You just go") is a song written by Bosse Carlgren and Billy Gezon, and used as a fight song for the Swedish alpine ski team, featuring Ingemar Stenmark, Stig Strand, Calle Briandt and Jan Green.[1] It was released as a 1976 single together with "Vi åk bättre da för da" (Northern Swedish dialect for "We go better day for day").
The song title refers to "De ä bar å åk", a quotation credited to Swedish alpine skier Ingemar Stenmark when answering a journalist's question in a radio interview when asked what he did to win.
The song charted at Svensktoppen for five weeks between 24 April-22 May 1976, where it peaked at 3rd.
The song also appears in the 2014 film The Anderssons Rock the Mountains.[2]