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79-year-old DJ Gloria plays sold-out clubs for 50-plus-year-olds

10/19/2023, 4:26:08 AM

Highlights: Madeleine "DJ Gloria" Månsson is known as Sweden's oldest DJ. For the past 13 years she has been playing at clubs where the age limit is 50-plus. The gigs start at 18 p.m. and just in time for midnight, the guests can be home in bed again. "I want to talk about how you can get old in different ways," says the 79-year-old DJ. "A lot of people haven't danced in 30 years"

She is known as Sweden's oldest DJ and for the past 13 years she has been playing at clubs where the age limit is 50-plus. "I want to talk about how you can get old in different ways," says Madeleine "DJ Gloria" Månsson.


It is important to have ID ready in the queue for DJ Gloria's sold-out 50-plus disco. Younger people, even 49-year-olds, are referred elsewhere.

"There are lots of young people who are DJs and go out. But there are actually quite a few of us my age who also like to dance," says Madelein Månsson.

"A lot of people haven't danced in 30 years"

Dressed in glitter and rhinestone headphones, she tours the country. The gigs start at 18 p.m. and just in time for midnight, the guests can be home in bed again.

"Many of them haven't danced in 30 years.

But this is what life would be like when she was approaching 80, Madelein could never have imagined.

"When my husband died in 2009, I was deeply depressed. I had cared for him for nine years and had no idea who I was or what I liked. So I started at a gym.

There, she eventually trained as a fitness instructor and discovered that many people liked the music she played. That's how she came into contact with a DJ who gave her private lessons.

The rest is history.

Watch DJ Gloria's 50+disco in the video above.