Ola Salo

Ola Salo

Ola Salo is a Swedish rock musician known for being the lead vocalist of glam rock band The Ark. He lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child, where, in 1991, he and his friends Jepson and Leari officially started the band The Ark. Salo is openly bisexual. Salo and the other members of the band had an international breakthrough in 2000 with the album We Are The Ark, containing the signature song "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" (for which Ola won a Grammis for "Song of the Year"), a song Salo wrote after watching the Danish film Idioterne (The Idiots). In October 2006 during a party celebrating the new Swedish embassy in Washington, The Ark was performing on stage. As a plane was flying very low overhead Salo said "In this country, you don't know where those planes are headed. Well, this one seems to be heading in the right direction anyway..." meaning the airport, but then suddenly adding "...to the White House" which happened to be in the same direction. This caused controversy as many newspapers reported that Salo had "wished an airplane to crash into the White House". Salo later said that it was a bad joke, "totally unserious way of being cheeky toward the White House" and not a political statement. The band ended up cancelling almost its entire U.S. tour. On 10 March 2007, Salo and the band The Ark won Melodifestivalen 2007 and went on to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "The Worrying Kind", where, in which they came 18th with 51 points. Salo has recently translated Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar into Swedish for a performance in Malmö this autumn in which he will play the title role of Jesus, and as a result he stated that "2008 will be a very quiet year" for The Ark after a hectic 2007 with the Eurovision Song Contest and the release of Prayer for the Weekend. In 2009. Salo featured on the Empire Dogs' album, Come On You Preachers.

  • Title: Ola Salo
  • Popularity: 0.558
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1977-02-19
  • Place of Birth: Avesta, Dalarnas län, Sweden
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  • Also Known As: Rolf Ola Anders Svensson, The Ark
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Ola Salo Movies

  • 2021
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    Glam, Sweat & Tears

    Glam, Sweat & Tears

    1 2021 HD

    Tears were formed in the small town of Katrineholm, Sweden, back in 1968. A band from the same era as Sweet, David Bowie and T-Rex. In the middle of...

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  • 2001
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    Vi är The Ark

    Vi är The Ark

    1 2001 HD

    Intimate documentary following the rock band The Ark on tour.

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  • 2001
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    The Ark

    The Ark

    1 2001 HD

    The members of The Ark talk about their hectic year since their breakthrough debut in the year 2000 in between live performances.

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  • 2014
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    Jesus Christ Superstar - Swedish Arena Tour

    Jesus Christ Superstar - Swedish Arena Tour

    8 2014 HD

    Jesus Christ Superstar Swedish Arena Tour of Ola Salo's Swedish translation of Jesus Christ Superstar.

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  • 2012
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    The Ark - Live på Peace & Love 2011

    The Ark - Live på Peace & Love 2011

    8 2012 HD

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  • 2014
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    Jesus Christ Superstar - Swedish Arena Tour

    Jesus Christ Superstar - Swedish Arena Tour

    8 2014 HD

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  • 2015
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    Renées brygga

    Renées brygga

    1 2015 HD

    TV presenter invites Swedish celebrities and interesting personalities to her summer island in the Stockholm Archipelago for an evening filled with...

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  • 2021
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    Masked Singer Sverige

    Masked Singer Sverige

    7.7 2021 HD

    Join us as twelve well-known people take part in one of the world's most spectacular singing competitions. Their identity is kept secret behind...

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  • 1997
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    Så ska det låta

    Så ska det låta

    6 1997 HD

    Så ska det låta is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish The Lyrics Board. The show was introduced in 1997 and led by Peter Harryson...

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  • 2011
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    Moraeus Med Mera

    Moraeus Med Mera

    10 2011 HD

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  • 2009
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    Skavlan

    Skavlan

    5 2009 HD

    Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in...

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  • 1959
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    Melodifestivalen

    Melodifestivalen

    4.4 1959 HD

    The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio to determine the country's...

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  • 2021
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    Evert! Evert! Evert!

    Evert! Evert! Evert!

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2005
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    Sommarkrysset

    Sommarkrysset

    1 2005 HD

    Sommarkrysset is a Swedish television program that is broadcast live from the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm during summer. It was first...

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  • 1987
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    På spåret

    På spåret

    6.9 1987 HD

    På spåret is a popular Swedish TV game show broadcast on SVT since September 5, 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet...

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  • 2010
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    Hellenius Hörna

    Hellenius Hörna

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Hellenius Hörna

    Hellenius Hörna

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1979
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    Allsång på Skansen

    Allsång på Skansen

    4.3 1979 HD

    Allsång på Skansen is a Swedish tv show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays. The audience is supposed to sing-along with...

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  • 2018
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    Stjärnornas Stjärna

    Stjärnornas Stjärna

    1 2018 HD

    Eight Swedish artists, representing different genres and generations, compete against each other each week by performing hit songs from eight...

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  • 1959
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    Melodifestivalen

    Melodifestivalen

    4.4 1959 HD

    The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio to determine the country's...

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  • 2010
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    Så mycket bättre

    Så mycket bättre

    7.2 2010 HD

    "Så mycket bättre" is the Swedish version of the format "Beste Zangers". This is asinging reality show where each artist attempts to do...

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  • 2011
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    Tack för musiken

    Tack för musiken

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2014
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    Stjärnor hos Babben

    Stjärnor hos Babben

    10 2014 HD

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  • 1970
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    Stjärnor hos Babben

    Stjärnor hos Babben

    4.4 1970 HD

    The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio to determine the country's...

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