State sponsored kitsch offensive

Thanks to my friend https://www.facebook.com/richard.tellstrom, I now know the reason why the stage outfits of Swedish dansbands in the 1970s are streets ahead of the competition in Ireland and Norway when it comes to making us laugh today.

Expenses for stage outfits were tax-deductible, but only if the clothing claimed for was solely for professional use and of such an appearance that it precluded use as everyday wear.   

But it's more than just the clothes - what makes these pictures so horribly compelling is the combination of extremes, the visual oxymoron of absurdly flamboyant costumes being worn by people with yokel-like goofy faces from a village fete gurning competition.

And the names.

He's got the Schytts