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The soccer summer of 1994 was completely unforgettable.
One who was with the gang in the USA was the artist Niklas Strömstedt.
And now he gets a very intimate and unexpected question about the WC 94 gang.
Something truly magical happened in the USA in the summer of 1994. A Swedish national soccer team had crossed the Atlantic to represent our blue-yellow country.
WC 94 feat
A few unforgettable sports nights later, they would become heroes for many, many years to come. Because no one forgets what happened during the football World Cup 94 when Sweden surprised everyone and went all the way to a sensational World Cup bronze.
Legends such as Thomas Ravelli, Stephen Schwarz, Thomas Brolin, Kenneth Andersson and Martin Dahlin charmed everyone and football fever reigned throughout Sweden when Blågult played. One who was on the trip in the US was the artist Niklas Strömstedt.
Intimate question
Together with friends Orup and Anders Glenmark they formed the band GES and had the great honor of making the WC song “When we dig gold in the USA”. Just like the World Cup effort that summer, the song also became unforgettable and is still played today.
When Strömstedt, who today is also a well-known TV profile, is a guest on the podcast “Fördomspodden”, he is once again reminded back to the summer of 1994. When he receives a highly intimate and highly unexpected question about the VM 94 gang.
Honest words
The host Emil Persson is really really curious about what actually happened in the USA and asks: “You are sitting on information that could destroy half the WC 94 squad’s marriage?”
– Well, actually I don’t. I wonder if I’m even sitting on any information that could destroy a marriage for a single player, answers a slightly distressed Strömstedt in the podcast.
Niklas Strömstedt continues to be pressed and then answers honestly the question about the bronze heroes in the WC 94 team.
– I have no idea who had relationships or such during WC 94. And I don’t think they really had time, he admits in the interview.
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