The most popular music genre among the Swedish population is Pop. This was the result of a 2020 survey. The second most popular one was rock, according to 45 percent of respondents. Traditional folk music, as well as contemporary and art music were less liked, with fewer than ten percent of respondents.
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Polaris Nordic. (2020). What are your favorite genres of music?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169672/most-popular-music-genres-in-sweden/
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What are your favorite genres of music? [Graph], Polaris Nordic, July 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169672/most-popular-music-genres-in-sweden/