This is the year when the Vietnam War ends and terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm. On TV, Staffan Westerberg's "Vilse i Pannkakan" coincides with Ingmar Bergman's "The Magic Flute". Despite the cold war, the USA and the Soviet Union take the opportunity to meet - in space! And Davis Cup tennis is played in Båstad. Sweden meets Chile and the police fear riots. This and much more in "The year was 1975" by Jonas Fohlin and Eva Tillberg.
Thomas Bengt "Mera" Gartz was a Swedish musician. He played drums/percussion in the experimental progressive music group, Träd, Gräs & Stenar. Even in the previous incarnations called Pärson Sound and International Harvester, plus Mecki Mark Men, Gudibrallan and Arbete & Fritid.