| Florence Valentin | |
| Origin: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Years Active: | 2002–2010, 2019 |
| Label: | MNW, Bonnier Amigo, Startracks |
| Associated Acts: | Glasvegas, Perssons Pack, The Clash, Ebba Grön, Club Killers |
| Past Members: | Love Antell August Berg Daniel Kurba Sebastian Ross Magnus Jonsson Jonny Calzone Mats-Peter Krantz Cezary Tomaszewski Helena Gutarra Therese Johansson |
Florence Valentin was a Swedish pop-rock band from Stockholm. The band existed between 2002 and 2010. Both the lyrics and music to the band's tracks was made by the band's lead singer Love Antell.[1] The band was founded in 2002 and got its breakthrough the year afterwards with the song "Allt dom bygger upp ska vi meja ner".[2] For the general public Florence Valentin became known when the band performed the song at the late night talkshow Sen kväll med Luuk on TV4.[3] Their first album "Johnny Drama" was released in 2004 by MNW's label Mistlur Records and distributed by Bonnier Amigo.[4] The band second album Pokerkväll i Vårby Gård was released in June 2007 by the record label Bonnier Amigo again.[5] Florence Valentin performed at Allsång på Skansen which was broadcast on SVT with the song with the same name as their second album "Pokerkväll i Vårby Gård".[6] On 25 March 2009 the band's third album Spring Ricco was released by the record label Startracks.[7] They disbanded in 2010. but reunited announcing a national tour and released the single "Sanningen om mej".
The group's name comes from the scandal singer Johnny Bode.[8] Florence Valentin was one of many pseudonyms Bode used during his career in the 1930s.[9]