Franska Trion has sailed up as one of my favorite bands. Quite unlikely I would say a few years ago and if I had said it to myself then I would have just dismissed this. But they are more punk than many others and then I don ́t mean that they play punk....really not but their whole own style makes me think of punk in some strange way. Matti took some time to answer the questions and it was a fairly short interview but once again thank you for giving me the chance to interview you. April 2026

You started playing in 2002 and now you are soon celebrating your 25th anniversary, did you ever think that when you started playing together?

-We probably didn't think anything, everything just happened to be as it happened to be.

Will there be anything really fun happening next year when you celebrate 25 years as a band?

-Nothing we have thought about yet, but not impossible that we will pay attention to it in some way.

I understand that you have been asked before but Franska Trion....how did the name come about? I would have liked to have heard the discussion and were there any other bands on the agenda?

-One of us was asked if we wanted to play at a Walpurgis party, at the freeform club Brötz in Gothenburg. We had only jammed together a couple of times then. Håkan Strängberg, who had the club together with a couple of partners, asked us what we should be called. Write any name you want, we said, and then we were baptized. Håkan knew that Victor Furbacken, who played double bass, had grown up in France.

You have been quite spared from member changes, was it obvious that you would continue as a band when Thommy passed away in 2019?

-Pretty obvious. Tommy was passionate about the band, and I have to sing my songs anyway.

I'm mostly into harder music like punk, metal etc etc but I like Demian, Sundström but I had dismissed you pretty early without having listened to you, discovered you on På Spåret, did you get a lift up when you were there?

-Not much. Rather, we have worked our way slowly forward, not least by playing a lot live.

I once named you on my website as the band that sounds the least punk that I like but is still the most punk in some way... thought about it?

-I understand that. If punk is to do what comes to mind. Just go for it. Follow your heart.

What is your relation to punk?

-Nothing special. Good music is good music, and somehow always punk.

When you play live, what kind of audience comes, ages, distribution of girls/boys. Is there any type of person you miss at a gig (unfortunately I have never seen you yet)?

-The audience is very mixed, comes from all directions and is of all ages. That's a good sign. Those who like us really like us, it's not a trend, nothing hip.

What is the best and the worst thing about playing live?

-It's nothing bad. But to play live, and as it seems, bring comfort and joy to people, it's fantastic.

Do you play songs from all albums live or is there any album you leave out?

-We play pretty much all the songs from our repertoire. We usually ask what they want to hear, and we do that song.

When you released your Christmas album, were there many traditionalists who thought it was crap that you did it your way?

-Yes, many were angry. But even before and after that, many have been angry with us.

You have probably gotten a lot of reviews over the years, how is the strangest one you have received?

-There have been many funny reviews. Once we advertised some gig, using quotes from reviews where we had been sawed.

Do you care less about reviews now in "older days"?

-I've never cared so much that it affects me. It's just an opinion from someone with maybe completely different references than me.

The last record was Nya Kulor, you must have something new going on soon..?

-Yes, new is on the way...

As I have understood, there doesn't seem to be new vinyl pressing on the records that are sold out, why not?

-There may be new pressings. Som ett spjut genom dagarna has been printed 4 times I think.

Which of your records is the best selling?

-Som ett spjut...

Which of the albums are you most satisfied with, the most complete album according to yourself?

-Hard to say, all of them have reflected a time from my life.

If you were to describe your music in three words to someone who has never heard you, what would you say?

-Faith, hope, love.

How do you think it is to live in Sweden nowadays, politically, economically etc etc?

-Nothing I think about. The sun rises and the sun sets.

Politics and music, do they belong together? Your most political song?

-No. Has no political song.

A bad day is also good(En dålig dag är också bra)....brilliant I think....was there a lot of listens after it was the signature melody to The Meaning of Life(Meningen med livet)?

-No, I don't think so.

Which are the songs that are most popular among the audience and there will be most sing-alongs?

-Ini din famn maybe, but also many other songs usually attract sing-alongs.

Is there any song you are really tired of playing?

-Nope.

Is there any really good bands/artists in Sweden that you would like to recommend?

-Evert Taube

 What is Franska Trion compared to in reviews or is it impossible to compare you with anything?

 -I don't remember unfortunately.

Futureplans for the band?

-We just keep going.

For yourself?

-I just go for it