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"I THINK it's just luck and timing that all these artists emerged at the same time," says Lykke Li about the current wave of Swedish pop stars. "It's not like we all have and write songs afterwards."

For all that, there's little doubt about the current rude health of the Swedish scene. It really does seem as if there's a non-stop parade of Swedes producing mind-boggling pop at the moment. is starting to make her mark, and we can expect drummer- producer-artist Kleerup to follow her and Lykke Li in 2008.