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Mattias Alkberg
With over three decades in the service of music, Mattias Alkberg is one of Sweden’s most uncompromising and distinctive voices. As a poet, punk, pop craftsman, and rock icon, he has consistently moved in the borderland between the brutally honest and the unexpectedly beautiful—often in the same breath.
Mattias Alkberg was born in 1969 in Boden and currently lives in Luleå. He was the singer and guitarist in The Bear Quartet, who made their recording debut in 1992—the same year his first poetry collection, Separerade ägg (Separated Eggs), was published. In recent years, he is best known for his solo albums, his poetry, and as the frontman of the punk band Södra Sverige.
Over the years, Alkberg has released more than 30 albums, both as a solo artist and with various bands. He has also created a number of stage productions: Alla är sämst (Everyone Is the Worst) in 2018, Om känslor och sånt skit (About Feelings and That Kind of Crap) in 2019, and Mattias Alkbergs Begravning (Mattias Alkberg’s Funeral) at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 2013, which also became a concert film broadcast by SVT.
With over three decades in the service of music, Mattias Alkberg is one of Sweden’s most uncompromising and distinctive voices. As a poet, punk, pop craftsman, and rock icon, he has consistently moved in the borderland between the brutally honest and the unexpectedly beautiful—often in the same breath.
Mattias Alkberg was born in 1969 in Boden and currently lives in Luleå. He was the singer and guitarist in The Bear Quartet, who made their recording debut in 1992—the same year his first poetry collection, Separerade ägg (Separated Eggs), was published. In recent years, he is best known for his solo albums, his poetry, and as the frontman of the punk band Södra Sverige.
Over the years, Alkberg has released more than 30 albums, both as a solo artist and with various bands. He has also created a number of stage productions: Alla är sämst (Everyone Is the Worst) in 2018, Om känslor och sånt skit (About Feelings and That Kind of Crap) in 2019, and Mattias Alkbergs Begravning (Mattias Alkberg’s Funeral) at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 2013, which also became a concert film broadcast by SVT.