DJ Gloria, 81, plays Sweden's hottest nightclubs

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

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

"I've been a DJ for 16 years. Today, I'm really good," she said at her seniors' residence in a leafy neighborhood of southern Stockholm. "There's not a person I can't get onto the dance floor."

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 want to just get down and boogie.

On a recent evening at the Josefina club on Stockholm's waterfront, her set list included hip-swinging hits such as Mamma Mia (1975), Funkytown (1979) and Moves Like Jagger (2010).

"She's just fantastic," 63-year-old reveller Eva Jakobson said while taking a break from the dance floor.