{"id":6650,"date":"2026-05-17T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/?p=6650"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:09:47","slug":"shirley-clamp-inviger-elitloppet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/2026\/05\/17\/shirley-clamp-inviger-elitloppet\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley Clamp invests Elitloppet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday was the Eurovision Song Contest, and what better way to celebrate than to bring out a Melodifestivalen icon to sing the national anthem at Solvalla on the last Sunday in May?
<\/strong>Shirley Clamp, one of Sweden's most popular artists, will take the stage at the opening of Elitloppet on Mother's Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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Shirley Clamp hit the big time in 2004 with Min K\u00e4rlek when she was runner-up in Melodifestivalen. She has made six more appearances, been a commentator in the Eurovision Song Contest and a presenter in the Melodifestivalen \u201dsecond chance\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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Now she's putting the finishing touches to the opening of Elitloppet 2026 by performing Sweden's national anthem.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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- It is an honorable mission that I am really looking forward to. For me, the national anthem is one of the most powerful things you can sing, it gives a reverent feeling that you rarely get from ordinary songs,\" says Shirley Clamp.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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But in addition to the national anthem, she will still perform another number to raise the inauguration mood for the audience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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- We'll save the song as a surprise,\" says Shirley Clamp.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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Elitloppet is the main attraction during the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla in Stockholm on May 29-31, 2026. Elitloppet is an invitational race where 16 horses compete in two different heats with eight horses in each. The top four in each trial meet in a final where the winner receives five million SEK.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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During the Elitlopp weekend, Solvalla is filled with world-class trotting, party atmosphere and experiences from morning to evening. Here you will find the world's best horses, DJs, restaurants, food trucks and a wonderful summer hangout together with tens of thousands of visitors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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I g\u00e5r avgjordes Eurovision Song Contest, och vad passar d\u00e5 b\u00e4ttre \u00e4n att lyfta fram en Melodifestivalikon f\u00f6r att sjunga nationals\u00e5ngen p\u00e5 Solvalla den sista s\u00f6ndagen i maj?Shirley Clamp, en av Sveriges mest folkk\u00e4ra artister, kommer ta ton vid invigningen av Elitloppet p\u00e5 mors dag. Shirley Clamp slog igenom p\u00e5 allvar 2004 med Min K\u00e4rlek […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6652,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6650\/revisions\/6652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}