Raggare
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Raggare is a subculture found mostly in Sweden and parts of Norway and Finland, mostly in rural environments and smaller villages. Raggare have existed since the 1950s and haven't changed much since then. The culture is based on popular culture of the 1950s and very important to raggare is their cars, they are preferably large US cars from that era, if one is not available some substitutes are used, for instance Volvo Amazon, fintail Mercedes or some other car with US styling (but never a Japanese car). If that too fails an older Volvo may be used, usually in the 200-series. The music of choice is rockabilly. The clothes and hairstyle is that of 1950s rockabilly. Blue jeans, cowboy boots, white t-shirts, sometimes with print (also used to store your pack of cigarettes by folding the sleeve), leather or jeans jacket. The hair is styled using Brylcreem or some other pomade.
Raggare often got into fights with hippies and in the 1970s also with punks, something described in the punk song "Raggare Is A Bunch Of Motherfuckers" by Rude Kids. Nowdays the hostility is much lower.
One of the most popular artists among raggare is Eddie Meduza.
The raggar-culture very much lives on in Sweden, and there are several meetings for raggare around Sweden. The Power Big Meet is the most famous one, and is also the biggest car show in the world.
See also
External links
- Category at ODP (http://dmoz.org/World/Svenska/Samh%c3%a4lle/Subkulturer/Raggare/)
- Cultural Imperialism or Hyper-Americanization - Swedish raggare and Chicano Lowriders (http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/conference/papers/holmqabs.html) - article by Scott Holmquistsv:Raggare