The Swedish Mafia is coming to the Oscars. No, we don’t mean the euro house supergroup Swedish House Mafia, we’re talking about songwriters and producers, Rickard Göransson, Savan Kotecha and Fat Max Gsus. The trio is part of a group of Swedish or Swedish-adjacent musicians who have collaborated on some of the biggest pop hits over the past decade. Now, they are slightly unexpected nominees in the Best Original Song category for “Husavik (My Hometown)” from the Netflix comedy “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.”

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The trio’s credits include Ariana Grande’s “God is a Woman,” The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face,” Britney Spears “I Wanna Go” and Demi Lovato’s “Cool For The Summer,” among many others, but the opportunity to write for the David Dobkin film took them in an unexpected direction.

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