Interview: Tommy Johansson of Sabaton / Majestica

A cracking interview with the multi-talented Sabaton guitarist, KZbin cover artist and Swedish Karaoke Champ (seriously...). See what challenge we set Tommy, and the reward we gave him!
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[@sandyhenderson3530]

If I'm ever lucky enough to meet him I'm bringing Palt! Cos I want a hug ❤

[@musicwith9lives]

Totally😊

[@tmaciol]

Even my wife is a fan of Thommy since I showed her his YT channel and that he really can sing. She’s not into Metal at all. He’s such a nice guy.

[@KrystalHarwood-z1b]

i'd start crying and then he'd hug me!

[@KrystalHarwood-dz2xk]

btw i hope HES still rockin waay into old age in the future@@KrystalHarwood-z1b

[@Bumbledora]

Not only is Tommy an amazing singer, guitarist etc, his hair is so luxurious! I'm so jealous! 😄 His singing voice is beyond words. He can sing anything and everything 💗

[@MoshvilleTimes]

Honestly, I'm more jealous of the hair. But my beard is better!

[@Bumbledora]

@@MoshvilleTimes 😄😄😄👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🇸🇪

[@gabiwinter1870]

Tommy hope you enjoyed your Palt!! It's nice when a person can be so happy about something small!! Absolutely adorable!! 🫶

[@lena.jansson04]

Always nice to hear an interview with that nice humble guy! Thank you🙏🏻

[@razzledazzleist]

Awww Tommy is such a humble, awesome human! His YT covers are fantastic! Its so cute how ecciting he got at the prospect of getting palt.

[@barbaraemmett8007]

Woooooo

[@peterbjork8665]

Tommy är helt underbar👍😃

[@francamarianini7936]

Tommy is absolutely amazing, he is so talented , love his KZbin channel so much ❤️ 🎸 👍 . What a beautiful surprise for him at the end, Palt 🥰❤️ 👍

[@bettyjohorne8192]

We love Tommy.

[@bonez9160]

Haha love this, PALT 😍❤

[@KrystalHarwood-ql8vd]

i hope when tommy reaches that man's age he will still be rockin!

[@MoshvilleTimes]

I'll have you know I'm still rockin'. And my beard is longer than Pars ;)

[@yvonnedrake-arleryd7495]

I love that interview, specifically the ending ❤😂❤

[@McCullogh]

What a great interview, Tommy is amazing. And so are you guys. The palt-ending was so amazing

[@MoshvilleTimes]

Thank you! The palt was 100% the doing of TravellingWytch! :)

[@sunny_yes_its_me]

Yeah, I agree and now I'm hungry 😂👍

[@ulrikeriemenschneider6154]

Oh that was cool

[@PollyChoklad]

✨ROCKSTAR ✨ so humble talanted and so funny ❤️‍🔥🎸🥰 PALT 🙏❤️💯 can't agree more with Tommy 😃

[@mariapettersson4583]

❤ Great interview ☺️ Tommy is so genuine and the reaction at the end is so lovey 🤩

[@Shoshonegrl]

Tommy is so precious!!❤❤❤ God love him! I hope all that truly know him appreciate what a joy he is!

[@pernillaeriksson8594]

Great interview. I used to belive that Tommy can do everything! Bummer: he is clearly a very poor whistler... But he is still my superstar!

[@MoshvilleTimes]

I saw the comment about his inability to whistle some years ago in, I think, one of Sabaton's "tour diary" videos. I have been waiting _years_ to use it in an interview!

[@z...j.9445]

Watching fr qatar.❤ I Love tommy ❤

[@milu9099]

Palt!

[@sunny_yes_its_me]

❤ very pleasant interview 👍 ...and now I'm hungry 😂

[@susannlaine8454]

💎☝️

[@The_Dying_Rose]

So, how does he balance between Sabaton tours and other performances, Majestica, and his weekly song covers on youtube? He is quite the busy guy. Personally I would love to hear a cover of "The final countdown".

[@MoshvilleTimes]

He kind of glossed over that in one of the answers. He blasts through a load of cover videos in one go when he's at home, and the last large Majestica project was done during Lockdown.

[@The_Dying_Rose]

@@MoshvilleTimes I see, sorry that I missed that. 😅

[@marialuizalicaramos1247]

Eu também queria que o Tommy fizesse, mas não é assim que funciona.😁😉

[@KrystalHarwood-dz2xk]

he didnt do fc but he was ABOUT To cover Europe's other song Cherokee last week when something came up. you'll be hearing it next week, he says

[@JoanneBotzum]

YES!!!! I love the Queen poster featuring Adam Lambert. If you ever want to do a duo he would be the guy you should sing with. Amazing does not even describe your singing. I just wonder when and how you discover you have a voice like that?

[@KentLundberg-vb9hb]

Tommy is only in northern Sweden they are called palt in the rest of Sweden we say kroppkakor and we have fried onions in them too, the holy trinity of pork, potato and onion, yummy! And of course we eat them with butter and lingonberry jam.

[@MoshvilleTimes]

Interesting! We have similar regional variations in the UK over what to call a baked bread roll. There must be 40 different names!

[@olsa76]

Kroppkakor and palt are not the same thing. Kroppkakor is made on boiled potatoes, palt on raw potatoes, which makes a very big difference in texture. Palt is more hard core, like the people in the north

[@Bumbledora]

I calk it Palt too. Parents from Northern Sweden. Grew up with Palt and still love it 🌹

[@olsa76]

@@Bumbledora You should'nt call kroppkakor palt. Different things. We eat both in the north.

[@Bumbledora]

@@olsa76 You're absolutely right. I forgot, sorry. Both are very good though 🙂🌹

[@berithenback3590]

❤

[@pbssandman9985]

With lingonberry jam and clarified butter! 😍😍😍🤗🤗🤗

[@sandrinhadiniz8151]

SEM LEGENDA É OSSO!!! 🤣

[@paolageraci]

Tommy is so nice, kind and humble. A beautiful soul, a precious 💎

[@SlightlySusan]

Sometimes Tommy looks like large, as he does here, but sometimes he looks lean

[@mattiassjoquist5042]

In a podcast, he said that eating healthy on tour isn't easy (and that there is lots of tempting candy to try).

[@KrystalHarwood-z1b]

@@mattiassjoquist5042 on that note i saw him doing a cover of money money money earlier and i was quite concerned as a fan. didnt want to lose him

[@KrystalHarwood-z1b]

was he the guy behind the camera filming for the majestica calendar? looks like the same bearded guy

[@MoshvilleTimes]

Guy behind the camera? Or the guy doing the interview (which is me!). There was nobody behind the camera, it was on a tripod :)

[@KrystalHarwood-z1b]

you doing the interview. were you in the calendar video also? or you hhave a doppleganger lol@@MoshvilleTimes

[@MoshvilleTimes]

@@KrystalHarwood-z1b not me, as far as I'm aware! Don't think I've ever seen Majestica before!

[@petrtiler645]

Self fax imej lajf no tiler petr Jonovy 😢

[@aquilamxp6267]

Some kind advice: I would alter your sound settings, because having a mic but barely hearing you is really a waste of a lot of money.

[@momma636]

His surname is Johansson not Johannson you misspelled it a bit ;)

[@MoshvilleTimes]

I can't believe this has been up for months and someone has just pointed this out to us! Thank you! I'll change it right now (and our associated website post...)

[@momma636]

​@@MoshvilleTimes It´s ok :) I saw it right away, and I was thinking about pointing it out or not. Hope you come and visit our beautiful country someday. Yes I´m also swedish.

[@MoshvilleTimes]

@@momma636 I have been to Sweden! I took my son to Sabaton Open Air back in 2018, and we couch surfed in Stockholm for a couple of days on the way there :) www.moshville.co.uk/reviews/gig-review/2018/08/sabaton-open-air-2018-overall-review-everything-but-the-bands/

[@Heavymetalforever66]

😮😮Naughty people 🙄🙄

[@v-for-vendetta1776]

So, what was that food? Some Swedish kind of a pastry or something?

[@evahedberg1396]

Palt is made with potatoes, flour, salt and pork. You can see him make it here on KZbin. Search for Tommy J how to make palt.

[@MoshvilleTimes]

Thank you, @evahedberg1396 ! I'm going to add the palt details under the video once it's got some more views. I like that the ending is a surprise for now!

[@merryrose6788]

His video on how to make palt is really good! First, he gives the history of palt. Then he shows how to make it, and later also re-heat it in a frying pan instead of a microwave. He made the video to celebrate the new Sabaton album, The War to End All Wars.

[@MoshvilleTimes]

@@merryrose6788 I've included a link to the "How To" video in the description below the interview :)

[@merryrose6788]

@@MoshvilleTimes Thank You!