The Linköping singer was congratulated with his group – Kultur & Nöje – Corren.se

Never before have the voices been so evenly distributed in the category of the dance group of the year as this year. When Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist came out on stage in Malung to split the last statue of Sunday, the thrill was messy

– It's a great honor and a great pleasure to tell you that for the group dance of 2018, Martinez was named. Hultqvist for a sweaty public in the hot summer evening.

Linda Bengtzing, program leader, welcomed a happy group on stage

– This was not planned, we can not say. We were so terribly proud to be named. A big thank you to everyone who voted, said the group when they received the award.

Sandra Estberg is a singer in Martinez and lives in Linköping. She thinks it's unreal that their bands have been exposed to this year's dance group, but tells her to start sinking.

– It was incredibly fun and we are very happy everyone. We drank bubbles on the bus, then we went in and danced, she said.

They travel across Sweden and meet a large audience, she thinks they helped them win

– We were shocked the biggest groups and we were not a dew prepared . We meet a lot of people all over Sweden and we seem to appeal to a wide range of our varied music, "said Sandra Estberg.

The 19th edition of Guldklavengalan, or "Dansbandsbranschens grammis", offers a good distribution of prizes among the nominees

The singer of the year has become Henrik Sethsson of Casanova, the band from Motala and Vadstena . Maria Persson of Blender received the same award for women, for the third year in a row.

– Wow! I did not mean it. Thank you to everyone who voted. It's for you to sing and I see you. There is nothing better than standing on stage and singing, said a Maria Persson moved to the scene of Folkets Orrskogen

In addition to the seven awards ceremonies, Lill-Babs was rewarded of the song "Leva Life" and Christer Sjögren Special Jury Award for his 50 years as a full-time artist

The Gold Claw is the start of the week of the dance band in Malung, which offers 82 group bookings this year. Among other things, Vikingarna is doing its only show in Sweden this year.