| Arvingarna | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genre: | Dansband |
| Years Active: | 1989–present |
| Label: | Sony |
| Current Members: |
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Arvingarna is a Swedish dansband formed in Gothenburg in 1989.[1] The group consists of Casper Janebrink (vocals and bass guitar), Lars Larsson (guitars, vocals and keyboards), Kim Carlsson (vocals and guitars) and Tommy Carlsson (drums and vocals). At Melodifestivalen 1993, they performed the song '"Eloise", which won, allowing Arvingarna to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in Millstreet Co.Cork in May that year, where the song finished 7th.
Arvingarna was founded in 1989, following the members earlier having played heavy metal, without any major successes.[2] The band's name ("The heirs") refers to the group member's parents, who also were active in dansbands. Arvingarna plays a form of dansband music that is it inspired by pop music and rock music, and has also being described as a boyband.[3]
The band has competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2019 and 2021.
In 2019 they participated in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "I Do", where they placed 7th in the final scoring 64 points.[4] The band returned two years later and participated in Melodifestivalen 2021 with the song "Tänker inte alls gå hem" taking part in the first heat on 6 February 2021 where they qualified directly for the finale.[5] [6] The finale was held on 13 March 2021 at the Annexet in Stockholm. Arvingarna finished 9th in the final with a total of 44 points.
| Year | Album | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [7] | |||
| 1992 | Coola killar | 49 | |
| 1993 | Eloise | 7 | |
| 1994 | Tjejer | 9 | |
| 1995 | För alltid | 14 | |
| 1997 | Nya spår | 41 | |
| 1998 | Airplane | ||
| 1999 | Lime | 13 | |
| 2001 | Diamanter | 17 | |
| 2005 |
| 23 | |
| 2007 | Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree | 42 | |
| 2009 | Underbart | 35 | |
| 2009 | Arvingarna upp till dans | 35 | |
| 2009 | Änglar och en massa kärlek | 20 | |
| 2019 | I Do | 4 | |
| 2020 | När snön faller ner | 8 | |
| 2021 | Tänker inte alls gå hem[8] | 2 | |
| 2022 | Klart det ska bli jul | 1 |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | |||
| 2002 | Collection | ||
| 2007 | All Included - Arvingarnas största hits från 1992-2007 | 26 | |
| 2017 | Våra allra bästa | 14 |
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [9] | |||
| 1996 | Då & nu | 38 | |
| 1993 | "Eloise" | 10 | Eloise |
| 1995 | "Bo Diddley" | 21 | För alltid |
| 1997 | "Pamela" | 2 | Nya spår |
| 1999 | "Det svär jag på" | 39 | Lime |
| 2005 | "Hon kommer med sommaren" | 52 |
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| 2019 | "I Do" | 6 | Melodifestivalen 2019 |
| 2020 | "Säg att du är min"[10] | — | Tänker inte alls gå hem |
| 2021 | "Tänker inte alls gå hem" | 24 | |
| "Sommar igen"[11] | — | ||
| "Som jag hade dig förut" | — | Så mycket bättre | |
| "Soluppgång"[12] | — | ||
| "Prinsessan"[13] | — | ||
| 2022 | "Dröm om December" | 51 | Klart det ska bli jul |
| "Klart det ska bli jul" | 54 | ||
| "Önska god jul till varann" | 97 |