Facts: - years active: 1982 -- 1987 - past members: bruno hansen - guitar , vocals - origin: nykoping , sweden - genre: rock , viking rock - notable instruments: guitar , bass , drum - name: ultima thule - background: group_or_band - website: -lsb- http://www.ultimathule.se] - current members: jan thornblom - guitar , vocals Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ultima thule -lrb- swedish band -rrb- .
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ultima thule -lrb- latin for '' farthest north '' -rrb- is a swedish rock band .their style is based on what they call '' vikingarock '' -lrb- '' viking rock '' -rrb- , which combines occasional folk melodies with rock , mixed with oi !, street punk and teddy boy .some of their lyrics are versions of poems and traditional songs by evert taube , such as '' Anglamark '' .they have also released a version of sweden 's national anthem , '' du gamla , du fria ' '' .they have been described as a white power band , though ethnomusicologist benjamin r. teitelbaum disputes this classification .'' for faderneslandet '' is ultima thule 's most popular album , selling more than 100,000 copies .'' vikingabalk '' , their second best selling album , went gold with more than 80,000 copies sold .