Sweden houses a lot of indie bands/artists, most of which even I am not aware. First of all I'd like to bang the gong for Dungen, which I also mentioned in a prog thread elsewhere. I think they qualify here as well, and if you can get used to our language I definitely recommend them.
Dungen is the brainchild of Gustav Ejstes, who funnily enough began as a hip-hopper during his teens but then discovered the swedish folk music which is prevalent on especially the debut album "Stadsvandringar", but subsequent albums show a transition to pshychedelia and even jazz-prog. Underneath all the quirky arrangements though, there's often a brilliant pop melody. At least the first two albums are almost entirely recorded by himself while the live shows called for a full band. Over time the band became more and more established and on their latest release "Skit i allt" the full band is performing the songs. Personally I think their earlier albums are far more involving and consistent and I dare say that they occupy the place of being among the greatest stuff ever to have come out of Sweden during the last 10 years.
I'd say that if you like what you hear you should get hold of all their albums, bar maybe their latest which doesn't really hold up to their established standards.
"Stadsvandringar" (City wanderings)
"Ta det lugnt" (Take it easy)
"Tio bitar" (Ten pieces)
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