Songwriter and artist
Py Bäckman
Wrote Stad i ljus, one of the most played Swedish songs.
About Py Bäckman
Py Bäckman was born in 1948 and grew up in Iggesund. She broke through in the 1980s with Raj Montana Band, which she shared with Dan Hylander, and has worked as a solo artist since. She wrote both words and music for Stad i ljus, the song Tommy Körberg won Melodifestivalen with in 1988. It went straight to number one on the Svensktoppen chart and has been a hymn in the Swedish hymnal since 2006.
We publish Stad i ljus, by our own records one of the most played songs in Sweden. Py Bäckman also wrote the lyrics to Gabriellas sång and the lyrics for the folk group Nordman, among them Vandraren, and she received the Evert Taube Award in 2025.
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