Nationalteaterns Rockorkester

Frihamnen Event & Luger present:

NATIONALTEATERNS ROCKORKESTER

Pustervik

26 December 2026

Age restriction: 18+

Concert venue opens: 19.00

On stage: approx. 20.00

The music must carry on. That was Ulf Dageby’s conviction – and now it is Nationalteaterns Rockorkester’s task to make it a reality

“Whatever happens, keep playing.”

Those words have taken on a new meaning since Ulf Dageby’s death in the summer of 2025. For Nationalteaterns Rockorkester, it is no longer about trying to fill the void left by one of the band’s founders, singers and most important songwriters. It is about carrying the music forward, bringing it to new people and continuing to develop the stories that have made Nationalteatern an integral part of Swedish music history.

That was also how Ulf saw the band. An ever-changing line-up in which new musicians and voices could step in and carry the work forward. For him, it was more important that the music continued than who was on stage.

And there is every reason to believe that the stories will live on. “Barn av vår tid”, “Livet är en fest”, “Kolla kolla”, “Bängen trålar”, “Men bara om min älskade väntar”, “Hanna från Arlöv” – the songs continue to find new listeners and new contexts. They are about growing up, class, alienation and vulnerability, but also about life here and now. That is why they can continue to mean something to generations who have not even heard them yet.

“In this band, the individual isn’t important – it’s the stories that matter. Sad as it is, these songs are still relevant and need to be played,” says Matilda Sjöström, one of Rockorkestern’s singers.