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Sweden

"Sweden" is a song composed by C418 that plays in the Overworld and when the player is in Creative mode in Java Edition.

"Sweden" is a Passacaglia, with a changing melody over a repeated bass line. It is a calm track with soft, somber piano chords that loop that are later joined by strings, which somewhat abruptly stop after a while, leaving the piano alone. After a brief pause, pizzicato strings quietly play the melody before the piano comes back and finishes the song with a glockenspiel and harp accompaniment.

In Java Edition, the music files can be found in .minecraft/assets/objects.[a]

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-06-28 Open Original
"Sweden"
Song by C418
Track released March 4, 2011
Length 03:35
Genre Ambient
Songwriter(s) C418
Link
Part of Minecraft - Volume Alpha
No. 18
◄ "Excuse"
"Cat" ►

"Sweden" is a song composed by C418 that plays in the Overworld and when the player is in Creative mode in Java Edition.

Locations

BiomeProbability
Java EditionBedrock Edition
Beach2.70%2.78%
Birch Forest4%4%
Cherry Grove7.14%7.14%
Cold Ocean2.70%2.78%
Dappled Forest2.70%2.78%
Dark Forest4%4%
Deep Cold Ocean2.70%2.78%
Deep Frozen Ocean2.70%2.78%
Deep Lukewarm Ocean2.70%2.78%
Deep Ocean2.70%2.78%
Eroded Badlands—2.86%
Forest4%4%
Frozen Ocean2.70%2.78%
Frozen River2.70%2.78%
Grove7.14%7.14%
Ice Spikes2.70%2.78%
Lukewarm Ocean2.70%2.78%
Lush Caves6.25%6.25%
Mushroom Fields2.70%2.78%
Ocean2.70%2.78%
Old Growth Birch Forest4%4%
Old Growth Pine Taiga4.76%4.76%
Old Growth Spruce Taiga4.76%4.76%
Plains2.70%2.78%
River2.70%2.78%
Savanna2.70%2.78%
Savanna Plateau2.70%2.78%
Snowy Beach2.70%2.78%
Snowy Plains2.70%2.78%
Snowy Taiga2.70%2.78%
Stony Shore2.70%2.78%
Sunflower Plains2.70%2.78%
Taiga2.70%2.78%
Warm Ocean2.70%2.78%
Windswept Forest2.70%2.78%
Windswept Gravelly Hills2.70%2.78%
Windswept Hills2.70%2.78%
Windswept Savanna2.70%2.78%
Wooded Badlands—2.86%

Track description

Previews of tracks in Minecraft have been shortened to 30 seconds on this wiki in accordance with fair use rationale. "11" and "Magnetic Circuit" are exempt from this.

"Sweden" is a Passacaglia, with a changing melody over a repeated bass line. It is a calm track with soft, somber piano chords that loop that are later joined by strings, which somewhat abruptly stop after a while, leaving the piano alone. After a brief pause, pizzicato strings quietly play the melody before the piano comes back and finishes the song with a glockenspiel and harp accompaniment.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Soundtrack Title File name Sound events
"Sweden" sweden.ogg music.game,
music.overworld.cherry_grove,
music.overworld.forest,
music.overworld.grove
music.overworld.lush_caves,
music.overworld.old_growth_taiga,
music.creative[dv 1]

Bedrock Edition:

Soundtrack Title File name Sound events
"Sweden" calm3.ogg music.game,
music.game.grove,
music.game.lush_caves,
music.game_and_wild_equal_chance,
music.game_and_wild_favor_game,
music.overworld.cherry_grove
  1. ↑ Included in music.creative via event-type sound music.game

Raw music files

In Java Edition, the music files can be found in .minecraft/assets/objects.[a]

In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, it can be found in:

  • Mobile: com.mojang/resource_packs/music/vanilla_music/sounds/music/game/
  • Windows: %PROGRAMFILES%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_<version>_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe\data\resource_packs\vanilla_music\sounds\music\game\

All music files are in Ogg Vorbis.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.0.22aAdded "Sweden", as "calm3.ogg".
Java Edition Indev
20091223-1–20100227-1414Throughout Indev going into Infdev, "calm3" would cycle through being able to play and being disabled.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14"calm3" now plays again, this time being able to play everywhere in the world.
v1.2.1"calm3" now plays in multiplayer.
Java Edition
1.6.1June 13, 2013"calm3" is now stored in assets/music
1.7.2October 17, 2013"calm3" is now stored in assets/sounds/music.
1.7.4December 5, 2013"calm3" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the .minecraft folder.
1.18October 20, 2021"calm3" can now play in grove and lush caves biomes.
1.19April 27, 2022"calm3" can now play in forests, jungles, and old growth taiga biomes.
1.20April 26, 2023"calm3" can now play in cherry grove biomes.
1.20.3November 8, 2023"calm3.ogg" was renamed to "sweden.ogg".

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added "Sweden", as "calm3.ogg". The track has to be downloaded separately.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.30Preview 1.19.30.22"calm3" is now included on Android and Fire devices and no longer needs to be downloaded from the marketplace.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added "Sweden", as "calm3.ogg"

Issues

Issues relating to "Sweden" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Quotes

Wonderful country

— C418 on bandcamp.com

"Sweden" is by far the most popular song, and I think it's because of it's [sic] very minimalistic chord progression that you can follow very easily. It is also based on the principle the song "Minecraft" is built on. Slow buildup, slowly fading away.

— C418 on c418.org

Trivia

  • A remixed version of "Sweden" by C418 was released as "Beta" for the album 148.
  • The name "Sweden" was based on the country of the same name, Minecraft's country origin and Notch's birthplace.

References

  1. ↑ The files in the objects folder are hashed. To locate the music files, see Tutorial:Sound directory.
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