"De ä bar å åk" (Northern Swedish dialect for "You just go") is a song written by Bosse Carlgren and Billy Gezon, 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" (Northern Swedish dialect for "We go better day for day").

"De ä bar å åk"
Song by Swedish alpine ski team
from the album Vi åk bättre da för da
LanguageSwedish
ReleasedFebruary 1976
Genrepopular music
LabelMetronome
Songwriter(s)Bosse Carlgren and Billy Gezon

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 asked what he did to win.

The song charted at Svensktoppen for five weeks between 24 April-22 May 1976, where it peaked at 3rd.

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

Charts

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

References

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