--- January 5 2004 A new year is upon us and its time to look back
a bit and decide what was good in 2003!!
You can find out what The Ark and a couple of their friends liked if
you click HERE!

--- December 24 2003 The Ark wishes all their fans and friends a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

--- December 10 2003 Listen up and vote for "The best song in the world"
you have 15 choices and "It takes a fool to remain sane" is one of them! :)
Do it HERE!

--- December 6 2003 Your favorite Dj's are on the loose again!
Yup, Sir Martin Axén and Sir Mikael Jepson will once again be turning
the discs!! Friday Dec 19:th
they will be at Tivoli, Helsingborg!
They will start the music at approx 11 pm and the age limit for attending
this event is 18 years. Have fun!

--- December 3 2003 You know, what is a webmaster without an internet
connection? Not very useful.. After 33 days of absence im finally back on-line,
the work with the new site is back
on track with Ola contributing
some nice drawings that will be incorporated into the site..
Meanwhile, here's 2 pictures from
Tokyo, Jepson rockin away!
and Ola doing what he does best!
also, check this nice Drawing that a fan called Destrega has made!!

--- November 5 2003

NEW TOUR DATES IN ITALY!!!

Jan 29 2004   Rome, Palacisalfa
Jan 30 2004   Rimini, Io Street Club
Jan 31 2004   Brescia, Buddha
Feb 02 2004   Milan, Transilvania
Feb 03 2004   Florence, Tenax

--- October 22 2003 Martin and Jepson will embark on a little "DJ TOUR"
next week, they will be turning the discs at the following times and places.

Wednesday October 29:th-Bar Mitt Andra hem, Örebro. Age requirement
18 years. Starts approx 22.00.

Friday October 31:st-Pluto, Västerås. Age requirement 20 years.
Starts approx 22.00.

Saturday November 1:st-Blå, Eskilstuna. Age requirement 18 years
Starts approx 22.00.

--- October 22 2003 Any japanese ark fans in da house?!?
November 17:th, The Ark will perform in Tokyo, Japan!! The venue is
called Club Zepp and this gig will
be shared with Mando Diao, another swedish band.. Look out Godzilla,
The Ark is in town..

--- October 22 2003 Sylvester Schlegels band THE GUILD will play a gig
this upcoming saturday October 25:th.
Venue: Kulturhuset in Ronneby. Go check this band, they rock,
i know from first hand experience! :)

--- October 8 2003 The Ark performing LIVE on swedish television on friday!!
Yes, on Grynets Show, 7 Pm Friday October 10:th on swedish tv
channel TV1, a performance from The Hultsfred festival this last summer!!
Dont miss it!!

--- October 8 2003 Martin and Jepson will be the Dj:s at Växjö Stadshotell
on Friday the 10:th of October. The Club is called GRACE and the doors will
open at 9 PM. Swedish rockers
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR will perform
during the evening, dont miss this!!

--- October 6 2003 More of The Ark from the summer of 2003!!
2000 light years of darkness live! High quality video (29.2 Megabytes)
OR a bit lower quality (14.7 Megabytes) HERE! :) Enjoy!


--- Sep 11 2003 Those of you in sweden that have access to the digital
childrens channel "barnkanalen" will be able to see all
of The Ark:s promo videos tomorrow sep 12 between
1.45 PM and 2.20 pm, tune in and enjoy!!

--- Sep 4 2003 Leari will be playing together with his brother Pelle at
Växjö University tonight in a band called "The Red"
and the gig will be broadcasted on swedish national radio
station P3 at 8.10 PM tonight, so tune in and listen!!

--- August 25 2003 One more chance to see The Ark on this tour!! Bonus gig added today! CHECK IT HERE!

--- August 21 2003 The Ark has finally found some time to read all The
letters that YOU, the fans, have sent them.. They really appreciate
every single one of them and they promise that they will read them all.
Here's a little tip for ya all: If you send
a letter to The Ark, make sure to
include a self-stamped envelope with your name and adress on it, if you
do that, i wouldnt be surprised
at all if you got something in return.. :)

--- August 21 2003 Sorry for the lack of updates for a couple of weeks,
even webmasters need vacations from time to time, he he.
But while i was on vacation in Gothenburg, guess what?
The Ark played there, yeeehaa!! They were great as usual
and i just couldnt help myself, i had to squeeze off a few
pictures, you can check em out Here!

--- August 21 2003 Cissilia is a very ambitious photographer, you can check
pictures of The Ark and other bands as well HERE! Nice work!

--- August 7 2003 "We had an extremely good time in Finland and Östersund last week and are amazed
and happy about the huge turnout
of people, thanks everybody!" /The Ark

--- August 7 2003 Jasmine has whipped out her camera,
and she's great as usual!!
Check some Ankkarock pictures HERE!

--- August 7 2003 One tour date added today!! Oslo, Norway will be paid
a visit on August 22!!

--- July 25 2003 "Thanks for all the nice words and for all the
congratulations i received from you fans on my birthday,
im overwhelmed, thanks again!"

/Mikael Jepson

--- July 25 2003 Great pictures from the gig in Svedala!! Check em out HERE!

--- July 24 2003 Our favorite redhead turns 29 today!! We wish JEPSON a
very happy birthday indeed! CHEERS!

--- July 21 2003 We all knew that Sylvester Schlegel is a great singer
but after catching his sideproject "The Guild" live last weekend i must say that
he's a truly great rock n roll force in his own name. Watch/hear as he performs
"ALWAYS KEEP OUR HEADS UP HIGH!
Hi Quality 12.9 MB or Lo Quality 6.7 MB
and "CLARA'S WALTZ" Hi Quality 18.0 MB or Lo Quality 9.1 MB Great stuff!!!

--- July 21 2003 Jasmine Worth is at it again!! Lots of cool pictures
from Svedala and Helsingborg! Thanks Jasmine!!! Check em out here!

--- July 16 2003 Which is the coolest band from Malmö? YOU know the answer! VOTE HERE NOW!

--- July 16 2003 The Ark delivered an amazing performance last night
when they performed live on the tv show "Allsång på Skansen".
One song (Calleth You, Cometh I)
plus Ola singing a swedish classic song (Jazzgossen) with the audience
were broadcasted but after the show went off the air
The Ark ripped into It takes a Fool To Remain Sane followed
by a frantic version of Father Of A Son that sprung
goosebumps all over!! What a night people.. :) /Fredrik

--- July 14 2003 Lots of cool pictures from The gig in Sundsvall HERE!

--- July 12 2003 Added tour dates in Malmö, Växjö, Göteborg, Borås..

--- July 5 2003 There's been some thoughts back and forth regarding a new official site during the last couple
of months. Some ideas
has been thrown to the wolves and new ones has popped up.
It will be a simple structure but hopefully
with lots of photo and multimedia updates, and me and the band will
do our best to have it launched as soon as possible.
In the meantime, The Ark wants all of you angelheads out there to have
a nice summer and they hope to meet as many of you as possible
out on the road.. /Fredrik

--- July 5 2003 Look out for a nice photo update from Hultsfred soon
and also, i cleaned up my computer and found some 100 pictures from a gig
last winter that has never been
published, he he.. I'll get to work on those asap.

--- June 22 2003 Hey there all rock n rollers! Did you know that Sylvester Schlegel has a little side
project when he's not bashing the drums
in The Ark? You can catch THE GUILD live July 19 in the most
beautiful surroundings imagineable!! More info HERE (Swedish only)

--- June 12 2003 I wonder what Ola and Martin were up to last weekend out
in those german bushes, eeeehh??
Pic 1 and Pic 2 :)

--- June 9 2003 Here's some really cool pictures from Rock im Park Check them here!

--- June 5 2003 This upcoming weekend, The Ark will play In Germany
(Check tour dates for details) and on Saturday, June 7
their concert will be broadcasted LIVE on the internet
By WDR-German Television at The Rockpalast Website!!

Also on Saturday, they will do a live chat at 7.30 PM
and to participate in that chat, GO HERE!!
thearkworlds webmaster is off to bang his head at the Sweden Rock Festival for the next 4 days but there will be updates again next week.. :)

--- June 3 2003 On July 15:th, The Ark will appear on swedens most famous tv show! Allsång på Skansen!!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeha!!!

--- May 28 2003 Next up in the "5 fave songs series" is none other
than Sylvester Schlegel, here we go:

Coming your way-Fleetwood mac
(Album: Then played on)

Fire-Crazy world of Arthur brown
(Album: Crazy world of Arthur brown)

Unwashed somewhat slightly dazed-David Bowie
(Album: Space Oddity)

Ballad Of A Thin Man-Bob Dylan
(Album: Highway 61 Revisited)

Volounteers-Jefferson Airplane
(Album: Volounteers)

--- May 23 2003 Ola and Jepson would also like to share their fave music
right now with all you angelheads out there.

Let's start with Jepson, shall we?

River Deep, Mountain High-Ike and Tina Turner
(Album: The collected recordings)

Jolene-Dolly Parton
(Album: Jolene)

Heroes-David Bowie
(Album: Heroes)

White Wedding-Billy Idol
(Album: Billy Idol)

Take On Me-Aha
(Take On Me Single)

And here's Olas choices:

Love Will Tear Us Apart-Joy Division
(Love Will Tear Us Apart Single)

Growin' Up-Bruce Springsteen
(Album: Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ)
Heartbeats-The Knife
(Album: Deep Cuts)

Slow Death-Flamin' Groovies
(Album: Slow Death)

Easy Livin' - Uriah Heep
(Album: Easy Livin')

--- May 20 2003 1 tour date added at Storsjöyran, July 31! Check out tour dates page!

--- May 20 2003 A new Merchandise page, With pictures! Go There!

--- May 19 2003 Lasse "Leari" Ljungberg just called in about his five fave tunes at the moment!!
Something to check up on perhaps?

Gimme Some Truth-John Lennon
(Album: Imagine)

Ain't No Sunshine-Bill Withers
(Album: Bill Withers Greatest hits)

Heroes-David Bowie
(Album: Heroes)

Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya-Dr John
(Album: Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya)

Magnetic City-Silverbullit
(Album: Citizen Bird)

--- May 18 2003 Hot steaming pictures for all ark fans! Yes, 10 pictures from the gig in
Västerås May 17!! Check them Here!

--- May 13 2003 Tomorrow, Wednesday May 14:th, Leari and Martin will perform together
with Learis brother Pelle at Lokal Bar, Växjö at 8.30 pm. There is no age restrictions
and the entrance fee is just 50 swedish crowns. If you have the oppurtunity
to see this, you really should. Ive seen them perform and its really
worth seeing/hearing, be there! /The Webmaster

--- May 13 2003 I morgon Onsdag 14:e Maj ska Leari och Martin spela tillsammans med Learis bror
Pelle på Lokal bar i Växjö kl 20.30. Man behöver inte vara nån speciell ålder
och entren är ynka 50:- Har du möjlighet att se/höra detta så gör det. Jag har
sett dom spela tillsammans förut och det var hur bra som helst!! /Webmastern

--- May 5 2003 Added 2 tour dates in Åminne, Finland and Linköping, Sweden! Check it at the tour dates page!

--- April 27 2003 2 tour dates added in Helsinborg and Gävle! Check it at the tour dates page!
The dates for August will be coming shortly!!

--- April 27 2003 A little Photo update! Ark fan Bitte sent a little gallery, check it HERE!

--- April 21 2003 A nice interview found on the web, in english!! Check it out Here!

--- April 21 2003 Radical Photo update! Part 1 from Eskilstuna, there will be more
where that came from but check out the first 60 or so pics HERE!

--- April 14 2003 One tour date added in Kalmar! Check it at the tour dates page!

--- April 14 2003 We got ourselves a photogallery from Nov 1:st, 2002!!
The Ark at the Hultsfred Rookie Festival!
Thanks to Andreas for sending the pictures!!

--- April 9 2003 Here's a web interview in the Swedish/finnish newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet
(In swedish)

--- April 9 2003 We have a NEW, BIG picture gallery from the gig at KB, Malmö, March 27:th! Check it out!!
And thank you MARLENE for bringing us these!!


--- April 7 2003 A nice picture of Ola from Umeå Open! Very stylish, huh?!


--- April 7 2003 We have a few pictures from the gig at KB, Malmö, March 27:th! Check it out!!
And thank you PEPE for taking the pictures of that acoustic set
with Learis brother Pelle! arkworlds webmaster wishes he
could have been there!!

--- April 2 2003 FREE Ark Concert!!??!!! YES!! This Friday, April 4:th, at 9 pm,
The Ark will perform an outdoor,
free concert in the wonderful city of Nyköping!! Dress warm and
enjoy the evening!!

--- April 1 2003 Its a happy day today!! Happy birthday Martin!!


--- April 1 2003 Lyrics update!! Highly demanded, here are the lyrics for OPERA!


--- March 24 2003 You know, we believe that that the most dedicated photographers has
moved to finland lately.. Here's 5 photo galleries for all Ark fans
to bathe in.. PICTURES!!
:) Enjoy!

--- March 22 2003 We have a drum bashing birthday boy today!! Happy birthday Sylvester!


--- March 21 2003 Another horrible war has been launched upon the world!
Please sign the "stop the war-petition" Here and let your voice be heard!!

--- March 21 2003 New Tour dates! Check'em out at the tour dates page!


--- March 21 2003 MORE nice pics from London, Feb 28:th!!
Thanks to Nicola and Jasmine! Check'em out Here
:) Enjoy!

--- March 21 2003 A few pics from Helsinborg, feb 1:st!!
Thanks to Mario for the link!! Check'em out Here
:) Enjoy!

--- March 19 2003 And the photogalleries keeps pouring in!!!
Thanks to Mika for sending this link! Check the pictures from the Oulu gig Here
:) Enjoy!

--- March 19 2003 Dont forget to vote for "Disease" at the swedish trackslist!! VOTE!!


--- March 18 2003 Updated the Discography


--- March 18 2003 More pictures from The Ark:s gig in London on Feb 28:th!!!
Thanks to Pepe for taking the pictures! Check them out Here
:) Enjoy!

--- March 18 2003 We got one or two live videos coming up sometime this coming weekend,
So, keep checking in! Also, the lyrics for "Opera" which is very much requested
right now will be up in the next couple of days!

--- March 18 2003 A little info page about the new single Disease
from Virgin Records! Check it Here
Its in swedish but you can view the cover and listen to both songs! :) Enjoy!

--- March 18 2003 Hmmm, Jasmine Worth is really working hard out there
and both The Ark and thearkworld.com webmaster are very grateful!!
See her great pictures from Helsinki Here
:) Enjoy!

--- March 13 2003 And the first picture report from finland is in!!
Yes, Jasmine Worth is at it again, see the pictures Here
:) Enjoy!

--- March 12 2003 Hey, The Ark are in FINLAND this week!!!

March 12:th: Club Feenix, Turku.
March 13:th: Amarillo, Vaasa.
March 14:th: Uusi-Seurahuone, Oulu.
March 15:th: Tavastia Club Helsinki.
We hope all Finnish fans will have a great time!

--- March 10 2003 We have a nice little piece of Opera
for you today. Yes, its track No 2 from the new Single Disease!
Only about 30 seconds, but they are great seconds!!!! :) Enjoy!

--- March 10 2003 It seems someone has registered him/her-self at hotmail.com with
the adress olasalo@hotmail.com. Ola had that adress blocked about
a year ago but after 3 months, it seems anyone can register it again
and now someone has done exactly that. SO, any replies that comes from
this adress is FALSE, Ola has a totally different adress that hopefully
will remain anonymous except to those of his own choice.
olasalo@hotmail.com is a phony, spread the word!

--- March 7 2003 I would like to thank all the nice fans for
the congratulations and messages that i recieved trough
the guestbook and the forum on my birthday. THANK YOU! /Lasse "Leari" Ljungberg

--- March 6 2003 Sometime this upcoming weekend, there just MIGHT be a little preview here of a new
song called "Opera" that will appear as track 2 on the new single, Disease.. Check back people.

--- March 6 2003 Hey mr bassman.... thearkworld.com wishes Lasse
a really nice 26:th birthday..

--- March 6 2003 With the kind permisson of MTV EUROPE who owns
these videos and the right to broadcast them, thearkworld.com can for a limited period give you The Ark, performing live on "The fridge"..
Here's Disease and here's Calleth you, cometh i
Enjoy!!

--- March 1 2003 WOOOW! Check out some great pictures from the London gig!! Photos
copyrighted by Jasmine Worth. See them at darlingx.net/wearetheark!


--- Feb 24 2003 THE ARK IN LONDON! Yes, this Friday, February 28:th, The Ark will finally be on stage in London, England at The Garage
Be there and support them!! They will also appear LIVE on MTV Europe on "The Fridge"
at 5 pm Friday, unplugged and chatting a bit as well, dont miss that!

--- Feb 24 2003 Added some info links on all upcoming Finland gigs today, check out The tour page!

--- Feb 24 2003 There's been some stupid writings in the swedish press that there's been a police report filed regarding The Ark because of a party that went on in Växjö and also that Ola has offered a free concert as compensation for the small damages that occured at that party. Well people, its all LIES.. No police report, no free concert, theres not much to compensate for, thearkworld.com was present at the party and it was no destruction worth mentioning.

--- Feb 19 2003 We have a birthday boy today, our favorite singer Ola turns 26!! Hooray!! May you have a nice birthday!!

--- Feb 12 2003 New tour dates added today, check where to see The Ark Here!

--- Feb 12 2003 Ok People, we got some some nice goodies for you today!
First out is some amazing early artwork from the
early days in The Arks history, CHECK IT OUT HERE!

Next new photo gallery contains some 20 images from a nice
party held in Vaxjo last friday night, hosted by The Ark
and with special guests SURFEROSA
an amazing band from Norway, they played a tremendous gig, check the party
pictures HERE!

The webmaster from thearkworld.com also brought his videocamera and you
can check out 90 vidcap photos of The Arks fantastic show HERE!

As if this is not enough, you can also see 2 songs from the show in real
video format!! The Glad Yeah and
Father Of a Son!! However, if you are sitting behind a slow
connection its strongly recommended that you right click and download the video files
to your hard drive before you watch them because they are quite big..

We also have some older live video clips for you.. :) Joy Surrender
Ain't too proud to bow and It Takes a Fool To Remain Sane


--- Feb 12 2003 Dont forget to check out The Ark Thursday Feb 13:th in Sälen, Friday Feb 14:th in Stockholm
AND Friday Feb 28:th at The Garage, London!! Later this week, more tour dates will
be added!! Check in every day for the latest on The Ark!!

--- Feb 10 2003 Just a little teaser about some BIG upcoming updates!!
thearkworld.com webmaster has been in Växjö for a couple
of days and he brought back live pictures, party pictures, live videos
and some very "hard to find" artwork from The Arks past, look out
for all of this in the next couple of days!!

--- Feb 10 2003 Check out a nice review from the växjö gig HERE!
And a little article about the awards gala where The Ark won "guldmicken" HERE!
(All in swedish)

--- Feb 6 2003 Lasse "Leari" Ljungberg will do a VERY SPECIAL appearence this weekend in Växjö
On Saturday he will do a gig together with his brother Pelle Ljungberg (Vocals and guitar)
and Christopher Dominique (piano) at a place called "Lokal Bar". Saturday Feb 8:th at 14.00 DON'T miss this!!

--- Feb 3 2003 Ola won the Artist of the year award at the annual
qx gaygala in stockholm yesterday!Check it out!

--- Feb 3 2003 The Ark will appear in the swedish tv Show Spinn on thursday, 5 pm on channel Svt 1!


--- Feb 3 2003 thearkworld.com is not a weather site but there´s only one thing to say right now.. :)
Sweden is snowed in!! So, cuddle up and listen to some ark music, thats all you can do..

--- Feb 1 2003 The Arks participation in Växjö next week:

Thursday Feb 6:th-P3 Guld awards in Växjö konserthus 20.00-22.00

Friday Feb 7:th-Ola Salo speaks about songwriting, image and more at
Palladium, Storgatan 12 between 12.00-12.45.

Saturday Feb 8:th-Ola Salo participates in "The sound of Växjö", a debate
about the musical map of Växjö and surroundings, Palladium, Storgatan 12 between 13.00-13.45

Saturday Feb 8:th-The Ark in concert, Kaskad, Folkets park!!

--- Jan 30 2003 FANTASTIC NEWS!!
The Ark has been nominated for 5 Swedish Grammy awards this year!! They are nominated
in the following categories: Best Composer (Ola Salo), Best Lyricist
(Ola Salo), Best Group, Best Artist and Best Album!!! They are also involved in 2 more nominations. Best compilation (With their version
of Nationalteaterns "Kolla kolla") and also Best Producer
(Peter Kvint for In Lust We Trust) CONGRATULATIONS!!

--- Jan 28 2003 New tour dates!! Check it out!

--- Jan 23 2003 Today, Ola and Sylvester
will go on a one-day promotion trip to Amsterdam, Holland and NOT (Sorry for the misinformation)
Belgium to meet the press over there.
Tomorrow, they will speak to magazines like OOR, AD, Music minded and Spits and there will also
be a radio interview for Kink FM. There will be no public appearances or acoustic sessions this
time since they will only be there for one day. But still, have fun guys!

--- Jan 22 2003 Arne, a loyal arkfan from germany has sent some
pictures from The Arks live performance in Munich on December 18, 2002!!
There´s also a couple of pictures in there from Radio Bremen last week when Ola and
Martin visited the studio. Check it out!!

--- Jan 22 2003 Great news for all you englishmen out there!
The Ark will play at The Garage
in London, England, February 28!!

--- Jan 22 2003 The Ark are climbing the charts in Germany
right now. "Calleth you, cometh i" jumps from spot 151 to 123 on the Music control
airplay chart and also increases in airplay from 83 times/week to 105!! Great going!

--- Jan 17 2003 Ola and Martin has been in Germany this week, and
we have the pictures to prove it... Check it out!!

--- Jan 14 2003 The Ark is no 10 on the classic chart "Svensktoppen" with Tell me this night is over, too bad there´s only preselected
voters for this chart but hey, its cool to see The Ark in there! Check it out!!

--- Jan 13 2003 Here is the complete schedule regarding Ola and Martins promo trip to Germany Jan 14-17 Check it out!!

--- Jan 12 2003 Ola Salo is nominated for artist of the year at qx.se Click here to vote for him!!

--- Jan 11 2003 News flash in German!



--- Jan 8 2003 We have a little picture update! The Ark live in Germany Dec 18:th 2002 Check it out

--- Jan 8 2003 Now its time for YOU to vote for The Ark and make them win the P3 GOLD award! Best Song 2002 AND Live artist 2002! Lets make them win!!

--- Jan 7 2003 Check out the tourschedule for some upcoming gigs!!

--- Jan 7 2003 thearkworld.com will go through some major changes during January since there´s a new webmaster behind the wheel, we hope that you will like the new site when it´s ready!!

--- Jan 7 2003 The Ark has made quite an impact on the swedish radioshow Trackslistan during the last couple of years, Check this!!