Pomade and Moonshine in Sweden!
on March 04, 2025

Pomade and Moonshine in Sweden!

We headed to Västerås, Sweden to hear what the local raggare think of Dick Johnson's pomade.

It’s a Friday night in Västerås, central Sweden. But this isn’t just any weekend in the Swedish version of Lahti – it’s the legendary Västerås Summer Meet, one of the largest car gatherings in the world. Around 15,000 American classic cars roll into the city, along with a massive crowd of raggare. 

To celebrate Dick Johnson’s 10-year anniversary, we came to ask these grease-hair experts what they think of Pomade Inepuisable – our first-ever product launched in 2014. And after a few beers, even Swedish is starting to sound fluent!

“It smells f***ing amazing!”

It’s 10 PM at the Lögarängen parking lot, where rock music blares and a parade of chrome rumbles past. Dennis and Leo have arrived from Mora in a 1960 Chevrolet Parkwood station wagon.

Tonight’s plan? Raggaring, booze, and music. They’re even firing up a bubble machine to match the mood!

Dick Johnson pomade is a welcome addition to the night’s festivities.

– Hell yeah, I’ll try this. Let me slick back real quick, says Leo.

– I’m an all-natural man, Dennis hesitates at first.

Leo rubs the pomade confidently into his hands and smooths his hair with style. The look is polished rockabilly – finished off with a Dick Johnson comb. That’s about as close to a rock god as it gets.

– It smells f***ing amazing!

After Leo’s slickback, Jailhouse Rock blasts from the speakers. Inspired, Dennis gives in and styles his hair too.

– Works like a charm!

Soon, Kenneth from southern Sweden rolls up in a turquoise Cadillac. He offers homemade moonshine from his trunk, and the rest of the evening starts getting blurry.

“Holds up great, even in the rain!”

I crack open my crusty eyes somewhere 20 km outside the city. A morning shower washes away the sins of the night – and luckily, my camera still works despite the fact that it has been drenched in kebab sauce.

After hours of cruising and a few mood-balancing beers, the moonshine hangover starts to ease. By midnight, I arrive at Hammarbyrampen gas station – one of the main hangouts during Summer Meet. Despite the rain, the atmosphere here is buzzing.

Since I cheated my way through both basic and advanced Swedish in school, interviews haven’t gone super deep – so I look for fellow Finns.

Not hard. Every year, Västerås attracts a solid crowd of Finnish raggare.

One of the car guys hanging out is Toni from Pirkanmaa, Finland. His crew rolled in with a 1965 Ford Country Squire.

– Is that Dick pomade oil-based?

Nope – but it still holds like hell and washes out easily.

Toni also praised the scent and, despite the rain, decided to fix up his slickback.

– I just wish I had a mirror!

Still, the style came together smoothly.

We Finns tend to think that Swedes are soft. I mean, for them strong beer is only 4,5%. Yet here in Västerås, almost every car has a bottle of moonshine in the trunk.

I was supposed to find more people to try out the pomade, but that fatal liquid derailed my plans. Still, we had a hell of a time.

Better luck next year!