Den sjunde vågen

Den sjunde vågen (The Seventh Wave) is the second studio album by Swedish singer songwriter Marie Fredriksson, originally released on 17 February 1986 on LP and Cassette by EMI Sweden, with a CD release following on 29 October 1986. The album was a commercial success upon release, peaking at number six and spending almost three months on the Swedish Albums Chart. "Den bästa dagen" ("The Best Day") and "Silver i din hand" ("Silver in Your Hand") preceded the album as single releases: the b sides from these singles served as bonus tracks when the record was later issued on CD. The album was remastered and reissued in 2002 as part of Fredriksson's 24 bit HDCD box set, Kärlekens guld. This edition included Fredriksson's previously unreleased recording of "Det finns så mycket man inte känner till" ("There Is Much You Do Not Know") as a bonus track,

Marie Fredriksson and her then boyfriend, producer Lars Göran "Lasse" Lindbom, wrote the majority of songs found on Den sjunde vågen while on vacation in the Canary Islands in the summer of 1985. During the vacation, Fredriksson finished reading Henri Charrière's autobiographical novel Papillon, the plot of which inspired the album's title; the book describes how Charrière observed that waves "come in a series of seven – the last being the biggest and the strongest." It was recorded with a predominantly new group of musicians; many of the people who performed on her 1984 debut solo album, Het vind, also performed on Per Gessle's debut solo album. Fredriksson and Gessle would go on to form pop duo Roxette in 1986.

The album was preceded by the release of two singles in Sweden: "Den bästa dagen" on 4 October 1985 and "Silver i din hand" on 8 January 1986, In July, she was a featured performer on the inaugural edition of the "Badrock Tour". Roxette's debut studio album, Pearls of Passion, was released on 31 October 1986; two days earlier, Den sjunde vågen was issued on CD for the first time, containing b sides from the two commercial singles as bonus tracks.

All songs written by Marie Fredriksson and Lasse Lindbom, except where noted.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Den sjunde vågen.}

Region Date Format Label Catalog # Ref. (References) Sweden 17 February 1986 Gramophone record, LP, Compact Cassette, Cassette EMI 29 October 1986 CD CDP–7463052 June 2002 Remastered 24 bit HDCD: Kärlekens guld box set Capitol Records7243 5 40199–2 0 5 March 2003 CD 7243 5 39869–2 6