Ola Salo
Known for Acting · 21 credits
- Born
- 1977-02-19 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Avesta, Dalarnas län, Sweden
- Also known as
- Rolf Ola Anders Svensson · The Ark
Biography
Ola Salo is a Swedish rock musician known for being the lead vocalist of glam rock band The Ark.
He lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child, where, in 1991, he and his friends Jepson and Leari officially started the band The Ark. Salo is openly bisexual.
Salo and the other members of the band had an international breakthrough in 2000 with the album We Are The Ark, containing the signature song "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" (for which Ola won a Grammis for "Song of the Year"), a song Salo wrote after watching the Danish film Idioterne (The Idiots).
In October 2006 during a party celebrating the new Swedish embassy in Washington, The Ark was performing on stage. As a plane was flying very low overhead Salo said "In this country, you don't know where those planes are headed. Well, this one seems to be heading in the right direction anyway..." meaning the airport, but then suddenly adding "...to the White House" which happened to be in the same direction.
This caused controversy as many newspapers reported that Salo had "wished an airplane to crash into the White House". Salo later said that it was a bad joke, "totally unserious way of being cheeky toward the White House" and not a political statement. The band ended up cancelling almost its entire U.S. tour.
Known For
TV Shows (15)
Melodifestivalen
1959
as Self
På spåret
1987
as Gästartist
Skavlan
2009
as Self - Guest
Så ska det låta
1997
as Self
Allsång på Skansen
1979
as Self - The Ark - Guest / Self - Guest
Hellenius Hörna
2010
as Self - Musical Guest / Self - Guest
Masked Singer Sverige
2021
as Himself - Guest
Så mycket bättre
2010
as Self
Renées brygga
2015
as Himself
Moraeus Med Mera
2011
as Self - Guest
Stjärnornas Stjärna
2018
as Himself
Sommarkrysset
2005
as Self - Gästartist
Tack för musiken
2011
as Self
Stjärnor hos Babben
2014
as Self - Guest
Evert! Evert! Evert!
2021
as Himself
Movies (6)
About Ola Salo
Ola Salo is a Swedish rock musician known for being the lead vocalist of glam rock band The Ark. He lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child, where, in 1991, he and his friends Jepson and Leari officially started the band The Ark. Salo is openly bisexual. Salo and the other members of the band had an international breakthrough in 2000 with the album We Are The Ark, containing the signature song "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" (for which Ola won a Grammis for "Song of the Year"), a song Salo wrote after watching the D… With 21 credits spanning from 1959 to 2026, Ola Salo has appeared in 6 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ola Salo Movies
- Glam, Sweat & Tears (2021) — as Himself
- We Were The Ark (2026) — as Self
- Jesus Christ Superstar - Swedish Arena Tour (2014) — as Jesus
- The Ark (2001) — as Self
- Vi är The Ark (2001) — as Self
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