De ä bar å åk

"De ä bar å åk"
Song by Swedish alpine ski team
from the album Vi åk bättre da för da
Language Swedish
Released February 1976
Genre popular music
Label Metronome
Songwriter(s) Bosse Carlgren and Billy G:son

"De ä bar å åk" (Northern Swedish dialect for "You just go") is a song written by Bosse Carlgren and Billy G:son, 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".

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 being asked how he did to win.

The song charted at Svensktoppen for five weeks between 24 April-22 May 1976, peaking at third position.

The song also appears in the 2014 film The Anderssons Rock the Mountains.[2]

Charts

Chart (1976-1977) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 19

References

  1. ↑ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
  2. ↑ "Sune i fjällen (2014)" (in Swedish). Svensk filmdatabas. 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Swedish singles chart positions


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