She drops the beat and gets her groove on, spinning discs like a pro as her head-to-toe sequins twinkle under the lights: 81-year-old DJ Gloria is filling dancefloors across Sweden.

“I’ve been a DJ for 16 years. Today I’m really good… There’s not a person I can’t get onto the dancefloor,” she told AFP at her seniors’ residence in a leafy neighbourhood of southern Stockholm.

DJ Gloria, whose real name is Madelein Mansson, plays Sweden’s hottest nightclubs with special gigs for crowds over the age of 50 — ID cards required! — which primarily draw women who just want to get down and boogie.

On a recent evening at the Josefina club on Stockholm’s waterfront, her setlist included hip-swinging hits like “Mamma Mia”, “Funkytown”, “Moves Like Jagger” and “I’ve Been Thinking About You”.

“She’s

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