Pop culture in Sweden

Music: there have been many internationally successful bandas, such as Roxette, Ace of Base, Europe, The Cardigans, Army of Lovers, A-Teens, Robyn and The Hives, to name some of the biggest. Max Martin's multiplatinum-selling production and songwritting work for an artists like Backstreet Boys, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Britney Spears and Katy Perry. Nobody has influenced electronic dance music in the 21st century more than the Swedish House Mafia, and the entire score of the vastly influential American TV musical hit show Glee has been recorded and produced in Sweden.

Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA.

Cinema: Sweden have been fairly prominent in the film area through the years several successful Swedish Hollywood actors can be mentioned: Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, Max von Sydow, Dolph Lundgren, Lena Olin, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Peter Stormare, Izabella Scorupco, Pernilla August, Ann-Margret, Anite Ekberg, Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson and Ingrid Thulin.

Greta Garbo, in 'The Joyless Street'.

Fashion: Interest in fashion is big in Sweden and the country is headquartering famous brands like Hennes & Mauritz (operating as H&M), J. Lindeberg (operating as JL), Acne, Gina Tricot. These companies, however, are composed largely of buyers who important fashionable goods from throughout Europe and America, continuing the trend of Swedish business toward multinational economic dependency like many of its neighbours. Hennes & Mauritz, collection summer 2009.