Laka has a large collection of music (on vinyl, LPs & Singles and on CD or even VHS and Music Cassettes) supporting the anti-nuclear struggle. Most of these recordings are documenting a specific struggle in a specific era and location, and are living documents of that decennia long struggle. We’re focusing on officially released music, but if appropriate added some digital content too. Music is part of Laka's 'special collections' - the culture of the international anti-nuclear movement - which also includes a large collection of anti-nuclear songbooks, posters and graphic novels. If you have anything to add, want to make a contribution or an inquiry about a specific record, please do not hesitate to contact us.
This page is still under construction, more information about the releases will be added soon
Various Artists
Vi Kan Leva Utan Kärnkraft
LP, Vinyl, 1975
Although Roland van Malmborg is the undisputed ‘troubadour’ of the Swedish antinuclear movement, his only officially released song against nuclear power is on this album: Stoppa all Atomkraft
Listen to the song Stoppa all Atomkraft, written and performed by Roland von Malberg.
Hets
Uran
Single 45 rpm, 1979
Hans Edler
Nej Till Kärnkraft
Single 45 rpm, 1979
Tomas Bergh
Upp Till Kamp
Single 45 rpm, 1979
This 7” single (also released on 12”) is his only official release. side A Upp till Kamp (up for battle) is a discoversion of L’Internationale the anthem of various anarchist, communist, socialist movements since the late nineteenth century. The anarchist Eugène Pottier wrote it in 1864, later the melody was composed by Pierre De Geyter, a Marxist. The B-side of this 7” Oh... tryggare kan ingen vara (Oh... no one can be safer) is a satirical (punk) version – dedicated to his son - , with some adaptations lyrically, of the Christian hymn (circa 1850) called "Children of the Heavenly Father". i fabriken trygga skugga / neutronbarn börjar plugga / Ringhals 8 Forsmark 4 / goda råd blir jävligt dyra (in the shadow of the secure factory / neutron children start studying / Ringhals 8 Forsmark 4 / good advice gets damn expensive).
The Faction
A-Rock / Här Är Jag Igen
Single, 45 rpm, 1979
Musikgruppen Vinden Vänder
Den Objudne Gästen
Single, 45 rpm, 1979
Various Artists
Antikärnkraftwerk
Single 45 rpm, 1979
The A-side of this single Frihetens Eko (The echo of Freedom), was written by Tomas Forssell and performed by Skottes Musikorkester. Tommy Skotte, whose main instrument is double bass, played in various progg groups in the 1970s. Thomas Wiehe (brother of Mikael) together with actors, singer & songwriters Per Dunsö, Ola Ström with whom he had been working for a long time, and Truls, performed the B-side of this release: Vaggsång fem i tolv (Lullaby at five to twelve). It is an old song from the 1977 album Professor Djurström and Göte Skötare by Dunsö and Ström with new lyrics. Thomas Wiehe was also part of the 1975 Vi kan leva utan kärnkraft compilation.
This single comes with A2 poster.
Torvmossegossarna
Atomkraft? Nej Tack
Single, 33 rpm, 1980
En Röd Kör Och Sånggruppen Den Mänskliga Faktorn
Säj Nej!
Single 45 rpm, 1980
On the back of the sleeve more explanation about the issues the songs deal with: radioactive waste and plutonium, employment and energy production, savings and efficiency. And an explanation about the three voting options at the referendum.
Listen to the song Säg nej, performed by En Röd Kör.
Aston Reymers Rivaler
Godis Är Gott
Single, 45 rpm, 1980
Sky High
Säj Nej...Till Kärnkraft
Single 45 rpm, 1980
Musikgruppen Nejrösterna
Solen Och Vinden Vattnet Och Jorden
Single 45 rpm, 1980
Two songs on this 7” Solen Och Vinden Vattnet Och Jorden (The Sun And The Wind The Water And The Earth) and Kärnkraftsman (Nuclear power man), recorded early 1980 and released on the Live Studio Lane label (with only one release)
This 7” was also a way to raise money for the Peoples campaign: on the sleeve it is stated that “the entire surplus from the sale goes directly to the No side in the referendum”.
Various Artists
Den Manskliga Faktorn
Single 45 rpm, 1980
Various Artists
Nej till Kärnkraft
LP, vinyl, 1980
Energioperans Kör & Orkester
Den Femte Naturkraften
LP, Vinyl, 1980
Björn Afzelius
Globetrotter
LP, vinyl, 1980
As a solo-artist, Afzelius continued to speak out on public issues and take part in benefits and support concerts for a wide variety of progressive causes. Not only in Sweden, but also in Denmark, where he performed at the OOA’s september 1983 Rock mod atomkraft concert. On this album Globetrotter (1980), recorded late 1979, the song Vi älskar dej, Amerika (We love you, America) in which he sings about his roadtrip through America. Jag träffade Miss Fonda, dom oförlöstas mor. / Det var vid Three Mile Island, där skräcken ännu bor. / Hon stod där med detektorn bland halvt förbrända kor. (I met Miss Fonda, the mother of the unredeemed. / It was at Three Mile Island, where the horror lives on. / She stood there with the detector among half-burnt cows.)
Povel Ramel
The Nej Tack Jump
Single 45 rpm, 1981
The song The Nej Tack Jump is an Q & A between Ramel and the audience. Ramel: “I performed it in front of an audience that was extremely alert and answered correctly all the time, despite the fact that the final verse was at least twice as long and was also played at an increasingly intense tempo.” Although released in 1981, long after the referendum, the lyrics refer to Linje 3, so it is safe to assume that the song was recorded during a live performance before March 23, 1980.
Povel's clear political stance on nuclear power was conditioned by the fact that his wife, Susanna Ragnarsdotter Östberg, was intensively involved in the Folkkampanjen mot kärnkraft (People's Campaign against nuclear power).
Listen to the song The Nej Tack Jump, written and performed by Povel Ramel.
Jorm
Pleutajokkrokk
Single 45 rpm, 1981
Jorm, the progg band (more about progg) from Luleå joined the protests and made the song "Pleutajokkrokk". On the sleeve: en land som lämlas över till nästa generation ska vara brukat, inte missbrukat! (a country passed on to the next generation should be used, not abused!)
Öbarna
Vattensång Från Kynnefjäll
Single 45 rpm, 1982
In the early 1980s Kynnefjäll in northern Bohuslän, less than 100 km north of Goteborg, was one of the possible locations – on the list beacause of its specific type of rock, called gneiss - for geological disposal of Swedish nuclear waste. herrar fran Stockholm / kommer hit med borrmaskin / styr upp mot gnejsen / högt pa Kynnefjall (gentlemen from Stockholm / comes here with a drill / heading up towards the gneiss / high on Kynnefjall). The struggle took 20 years but in the end Kynnefjäll was removed from the list. This was Öbarnas contribution to that struggle against the disposal of nuclear waste at the Kynnefjäll plateau. In the end Forsmark, coincidentally also the site of a nuclear power plant, was selected at the disposal site.