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Uppsala, Sweden (1999 – present)

Laakso is a Swedish indie-band with Finnish influences, vocal harmony and harmonic guitar-work. The band consists of Markus Krunegård, Lars Skoglund, David Nygård and Mikael Fritz.

During the fall of 1999 in the lunch canteen of a university outside of Uppsala, Sweden, Markus was humming to a Belle & Sebastian song so as David could hear him. It was enough to convince them that the chasm between the indie-nerd that didnt care enough and the vegan who wanted only to demonstrate could in fact be bridged. A year or so later they moved in together and formed LAAKSO. The name LAAKSO and the fact that the band exclusively sang in Finnish when they first formed is due to Davids both parents and Markus mother all coming from Tornedalen (Tornionjokilaakso, Laakso meaning valley).

After resolutely searching amongst the students of Uppsala they found Micke, a dungeons and dragons fanatic from Gotland (an island off the East cost of Sweden) who liked Guns & Roses and loved to play bass; and Jonathan the drummer. Jonathan developed stage fright and was replaced a few days before the recording of the debut EP - Long Beach by Lars, a carefree lad with a passion for funk.

Things developed at a steady pace and LAAKSO made new friends. David and the Citizens and The Concretes were probably the most meaningful meetings. The first indirectly lead to a recording contract with the small independent Adrian Recordings and to Luger becoming their booking agency.
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