- Vispop
Vispop is the Swedish name for a genre of music which became popular in the
Scandinavia n countries in the mid-60s. The term is derived from the word "vise" which denotes traditional and popularfolk song . InNorway the term applied to this type of accompanied singing is "visesang". During the 1970s this was among the most popular genres of music in Scandinavia.Vispop is typically performed by a
singer-songwriter playing anacoustic guitar , and the lyrics often expresses social commentary. Musical groups such as the Norwegian groupBallade! also occur.The genre could be compared to American
folk rock or bluegrassVispop artists
;Norway
*Åse Kleveland
*Lillebjørn Nilsen
*Jan Eggum
*Øystein Sunde
*Alf Cranner
*Halvdan Sivertsen
*Finn Kalvik ;Sweden
*Ted Gärdestad
*Uno Svenningsson
*Cornelis Vreeswijk
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