Streaplers

Streaplers is a Swedish musical group, founded 1959 in Kungälv as a pop group and later developed into a dansband. Original members were Gert Lengstrand (vocals), Bjarne Lundquist, Göran Liljeblad, Håkan Liljeblad och Lars Larsson. The group made a breakthrough with Säkkijärven Polka in 1963. Hit songs such as Diggety Doggety, "Mule Skinner Blues" and Rockin' Robin followed. Singer Gert Lengstrand left the group in 1966, and was replaced by Curt Borkman. Since then the band began development towards playing dansband music. Robert Löfvendahl became the new singer in 1969. The same year, the band had a Svensktoppen number one hit with "Tusen öars land". In 1970, Ove Pilebo began as singer and Streaplers became one of Sweden's most popular dansbands, with 225 concerts. As a dansband, they had many Svensktoppen hits, like "Valentino", "Va' har du under blusen, Rut? ", "Jag har en dröm" and "Till min kära", which during the period 1995-1997 was on the list for 73 weeks, 22 of the hits made first place. Today, the twins Håkan an Göran are the only original members. The other members are Kenny Samuelsson, Anders Larsson (taking over when Lasse Larsson left the band, Anders is Lasse's brother's son) and Kjetil Granli. 1959-1966: Gert Gert Lengstrand 1967-1969 Curt Borkman 1969-1970: Robert Löfvendahl 1970-1984: Ove Pilebo 1984-1990: Towe Wideberg 1990-1997: Bosse Möllberg 1997-____: Kenny Samuelsson 1959-2013: Håkan Liljeblad 2013- : Per Lundin 1959-2009: Göran Liljeblad 2009-2014: Henrik Uhlin 2014-2022: Henrik Göransson 2022- : Maxi Jäsklid 1959-1963: Mats Alfredsson 1963-1988: Bjarne Lundqvist 1988-1990: Kent Szwonder 1990-____: Kjetil Granli 1995-2004: Lars Larsson 2003-2003: Jörgen Flach (replacing Lars Larsson when the latter was sick) 2004-____: Anders Larsson (Selective - charting albums with peak position in Swedish Albums Chart parenthesis) Discogs "Historia - Streaplers". Streaplers (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-10-09. "Streaplers - Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.at/ Hung Medien. "Veckolista Album, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved June 7, 2019. "Veckolista Album, vecka 22". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved May 29, 2020. "Veckolista Album, vecka 27, 2023". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 July 2023. "Veckolista Album, vecka 23, 2024". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 June 2024. "Veckolista Album, vecka 24, 2025". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 14 June 2025. Official website (in Swedish)