Nordic folk music

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2025 Wardruna is set to release the album 'Birna'.
2025 Featured as house band in SVT's På spåret.
February 1 2025 Two concerts with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm.
January 31 2025 Second performance with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm.
January 30 2025 First performance with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm.
January 24 2025 Klara announced she is expecting a baby in the summer.
2024 Performed at Glastonbury Festival. Contributed as guest musicians on Kati Rán's SÁLA album.
2024 Wardruna launched their 2024/2025 world tour at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, US.
2024 Klara toured with Hair musical in Sweden during spring.
November 2024 Announced a European tour for 2025, with a final show planned on 17 August before going on hiatus.
September 2024 The band announced their upcoming sixth studio album 'Birna', scheduled for release on 25 January 2025.
March 26 2024 Johanna gave birth to a baby girl.
January 15 2024 Concluded Scandinavian tour with final concert in Oslo, Norway.
2023 Collaborative tracks with Pink, M. Ward, and Lola Kirke
October 30 2023 First Aid Kit began a Scandinavian tour starting in Gothenburg.
October 9 2023 Johanna announced she was expecting her second baby.
July 7 2023 Released a deluxe edition of the 'Palomino' album with five new tracks and published a lyric video for 'Everybody's Got to Learn'.
May 3 2023 Won the Swedish Grammis Award in the alternative pop category for their album 'Palomino'.
January 12 2023 Nominated for the International Group of the Year at the Brit Awards for the third time.
2022 The band returned to touring after COVID-19 cancellations, performing European and North American shows and at Midgardsblot.
2022 Wardruna released a live album 'Kvitravn – First Flight of the White Raven', documenting their live performance.
2022 The band expands with new members: Freja Drakenberg on keyboards, Gabriel Runemark on drums, and Johannes Runemark on guitar and mandolin.
2022 Collaboration with Tove Lo on the track 'Cute & Cruel'
November 4 2022 Released their fifth album 'Palomino', followed by extensive touring.
August 19 2022 Released their third studio album, Drif, through Season of Mist. The album peaked at No. 9 in the German charts and No. 25 in the Austrian charts.
June 24 2022 Performed at the Glastonbury Festival with new band members Freja Drakenberg, Gabriel Runemark, and Johannes Runemark.
March 8 2022 Appeared on Swedish TV4's 'Benjamin's' program, performing a Swedish version of 'Come Give Me Love' with Benjamin Ingrosso, which was subsequently released as a single.
January 19 2022 First Aid Kit streamed Lions Roar 10th anniversary concert from Mosebacke Etablissement in Stockholm, introducing new band members Johannes and Gabriel Runemark.
2021 Multiple collaborative tracks with artists including Zara Larsson, Thomas Stenström, Maja Francis, and Thåström
2021 The song 'What You Need' was featured in an episode of the TV series 'Centaurworld'.
October 15 2021 Appeared on Thåström's single 'Isbergen'.
September 24 2021 Featured on Maja Francis' song 'Mama' from the album A Pink Soft Mess.
September 17 2021 Appeared on Thomas Stenström's song 'Hotel Amigo' from the album Spring Baby Spring.
March 26 2021 Full Who by Fire live album released.
February 2021 Released 'Suzanne' single from the Who by Fire live album, recorded in 2017 at the Leonard Cohen tribute concert.
January 2021 Wardruna released their fifth studio album 'Kvitravn'.
2020 Released non-album singles 'On the Road Again' and 'Come Give Me Love' in Swedish and English versions
2020 Their song 'My Silver Lining' was used in the Australian TV series 'Wanted' and in episode 6 of season 3 of 'Umbrella Academy'.
September 25 2020 Released two cover versions of Ted Gärdestad's 'Come Give Me Love' - one in original Swedish and one with their own English translation.
August 14 2020 First Aid Kit releases a cover of Willie Nelson's 'On the Road Again', with proceeds donated to Crew Nation to support out-of-work crew members.
June 18 2020 Johanna gives birth to a baby girl.
February 21 2020 First event of the country club held, just before concert venues were closed due to the pandemic.
January 16 2020 Klara announces plans to start a country club in Stockholm with a house band.
January 13 2020 Johanna announces her pregnancy, expecting a baby girl in the summer.
2019 Released non-album singles including 'Fireworks' / 'Running Up That Hill' and 'Strange Beauty' / 'Random Rules'
2019 Melvin Duffy and Steve Moore leave the band, marking a transition in their musical lineup.
2019 Received two Swedish Grammis award nominations: Song of the Year for 'Fireworks' and Alternative Pop Album of the Year for 'Ruins'.
December 19 2019 Performed Christmas-themed shows in Stockholm with Amanda Bergman and Maja Francis.
December 18 2019 Performed Christmas-themed shows in Stockholm with Amanda Bergman and Maja Francis.
December 17 2019 Performed Christmas-themed shows in Stockholm with Amanda Bergman and Maja Francis.

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