Fylkingen

Swedish association for experimental music and art, mainly consisting of performing artists. It is based in Stockholm, was founded in 1933 and is one of the world's oldest of its kind. Fylkingen started as a chamber music association but has over the years developed its activities towards new experimental and unestablished forms of contemporary art and music. Since its foundation in 1933, initially as a chamber music society, Fylkingen has been committed to experimental, new and unestablished forms of contemporary art. The very first concerts of electroacoustic music in Sweden were arranged by Fylkingen in the early 1950s, and further radicalization occurred during the 1960s with the happenings, musical theatres and text-sound compositions prominent on the society's programme.