As Greek moving to Sweden and know Swedish I do not think other countries realize how hard life in this country has been with poverty, famine and darkness. Every Swedish born has so much sadness inside but still hope today we read how great everything is in Sweden and all the Nordic countries but man how they have worked their bones of to get were they are. For me as a born Greek with a warm climate, light and sun and plenty of food I hope that the rest of the world living in better countires what these Nordic people have had to sacrifice compared to most other people and still so many hate them just because they are blue eyed and blond it is ridiculous and frankly a bit racist, Most people would not be able to endure what the Nordic people have had to suffer when the rest of the world were rich and happy. Me as a southerner with all good things given to me by birth is starting to understand why these Nordic people are so protective about there culture and hard work ethics which they are world famous for everyone wants to employ a Swed,.
In Sweden we don’t know our history and we actualy don’t know our culture. And people who is from other parts of the wourld did’nt know what religion we have in Sweden befor the Christians came and tortured and kill the swedish people who didn't want to become a christian
The music was written by Gunnar Turesson (1906-2001). In the 1980's, when he was an old man, I heard him sing the song himself, while playing it on lute. Afterwards I went to the stage to talk with him, and he was so glad that a young man like me liked his music, so he invited me to his room backstage, where I talked with him for two hours! Gunnar Turesson was married to the sister of the poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920), who wrote the lyrics of this song.
@@idanorrman5192 Yes, you are right. I of course know that, especially as I talked with Gunnar Turesson himself about his wife and the book she had written about a school for girls in Karlstad in the 19th century. He also invited me to come and stay for some days in their castle at Lake Vänern, but unfortunately I never did that. Anyway, I just mixed this up in the hurry.
Thank you Starr! A friend just sent me this, thanks for ur kind words, l m happy you appreciate the song. My mother sang it for me when l was a kid. Lots of love from me and best luck with everything! / Sofia
Ja du har en härlig röst sofia❤ its nice too see the emotional power that a strong and pretty and also sensitive voice can have on all poeple around the world and she doesen't understand a word of song .... bra jobbat säger nicklas i uddevalla Sverige
This is an old poem by Dan Andersson from 1915. Music by Gunnar Turesson. Sofia Karlsson had a hit in Sweden with this song in 2005. Sofia’s voice is something else ♥️
I cry too when I hear this song. It is about a mans longing for a future relation with the woman of his dreams. The song was written by Dan Anderson who worked in the forrests of Sweden making coal. He spent a lot of time lonely and wrote poems about it and some have gotten music to them. This is his most famous song and it has all the elements of a Swedish folk song. Mostly the melancholy that is significant of Swedish musik. Maybe a reason to why the Swedes love this song is that more than 50% of our population lives alone. Sofias voice really tells you about the feeling of longing and your tears is proof that you don`t have to understand the words to know the feeling of the song.
41% of the population in Sweden lives alone according to SCB. What is interesting though is that if you look at the statistics Sweden and Scandinavia are the countries in the world were people feel less lonely then anywhere else. Its usually explained with that the Scandinavian countries have (comparatively) strong welfare-systems which means that for an example many more women can leave abusive/violent relationships and choose to live by themselves instead and choose which people they want to have in their life. . But also for an example that all older people have the right to get elderly care which means that someone comes home to them and help them everyday, talk to them etc. In most other countries elderly that do not have families/have bad relationships with their families becomes very lonely in a lot of cases. . We also move out of our parents house on average when we are 19 in Sweden, and today most young people wants to live by themselves for a while to feel independent/like grown ups☺️, so a lot of the single households consists of very young people. (Whilst in Italy for an example the average age for moving out of home is 30. And in many countries people can not afford to move out before they get married - and it can also still be seen as strange in some cultures if a woman lives by herself.) . Many people love living by themselves (-but has a lot of good friends/relationships with their families etc-) so the number of single-households in a country doesnt say anything about the number of people that feel lonely/not lonely in that country. . I think the melancholy in Swedish songs, which is a very old tradition, has a lot to do with the nature here with vast forrests and isolated places - especially back in the day. And theres something universal too of course about a love song of this kind, a song about longing for someone❤
*Making coal', means he was a coppice burner, making charcoal. Dan Andersson was given the opportunity to become a school teacher, to teach the other impoverished children.
I love it too. It is in our roots.. But I think it is better sung by a man as in the lyrics. . Like this. ruclips.net/video/HiWon_O-eAQ/видео.htmlsi=XxlZFtzfflFMS7W6
Maybe you don't know this but Sweden is the largest exporter of music per capita in the world. So you have probably heard a lot of Swedish music before :)
Swedens last war with Russia in 1809 made us the poorest country in Europe after loosing Finland. That coused à LOT of hardship with dreams of a better future. 25% of the population emigrated to America.
Swedish guy here. I found a translation into english if you are interested in what the song is about. This is a poetic translation rather than a word-for-word one, so it works pretty good to sing if you would like to try 🙂. I’m waiting by my log-fire while the hours gently wander, while the stars all are roaming and nights come and go. I’m waiting for a woman who comes from far yonder - the dearest one, the dearest one with blue eyes aglow. I thought of a roaming and snow-covered flower and dreamt of a mocking laugh trembling and slight, Imagined my dearest came here to my bower through the forest, over moorland one snow-laden night. Glad-hearted I’d bear in my arms this my dream-love through low brushwood to where my small cabin lies near, and cry out rejoicing to my at last seen-love: Oh, welcome, you awaited these lonely long years! ’m waiting at my coal-stack while the hours stray and wander, while the forests are singing and clouds come and go. I’m waiting for a woman who roams from far yonder - the dearest one, the dearest one with blue eyes aglow.
Nice. Jag funderade på att sätta mig o skriva en översättning eftersom så många i kommentarerna verkar tycka om sången, men här är du. Tack för din anstränging!👍
This song and reaction show how we can speak to each other across cultures through music. There it's heart to heart - nothing getting in the way. Thank you.
The lyrics in english: I wait by my logfire while the hours pass While the stars wander and the nights go I'm waiting for a woman from far away The dearest, the dearest with blue eyes I imagined a wandering fragrant flower And dreamed of a trembling, elusive laugh I thought I saw the most beloved coming Through the forest, over the moors on a snowy night I wanted to happily carry my dream in my arms Through the thicket over there where my cabin stands And raise a jubilant cry to the loved one Welcome you, who have been waiting for lonely years I wait at my logfire while the hours pass While the forests sing and the clouds walk I'm waiting for a hiker from travel routes at The dearest, the dearest with blue eyes
@@fordhouse8b the original song is called ”Jag Väntar (vid min stockeld).. and he sings ”jag väntar vid min stockeld…”. Stockeld would properly be translated to logfire.
I am from Norway, and i love the swedish folksongs and singers. Sweden have a strong tradition with folksongs. I would love to see you react to a song called "Men går jag øver engarna" sung by Gjøran Fristorp.
A very beautiful song. It isn't actually a traditional folk song though, but a poem written in 1915 by the swedish poet Dan Andersson and later made into a song. This version with Sofia Karlsson is definitly folk music inspired and Sofia definitly has a beautiful voice. She also sings in a more modern, folk inspired fashion, which is very beautiful but not fully traditional. But swedish folk music is a pretty wide category which has a lot of songs that are just as beautiful or even more beautiful than this. And of course, there is a lot of pretty boring songs as well. There's a large treasure of music out there to discover for anyone who is interested.
This song is originally written by Dan Andersson born 1888, a swedish poet and author who died in 1920 by cyanide poisoning at a hotel who was using it to fight bed bugs. I still listen to his songs to this day, and one of the best is this "Jag väntar vid min mila", "Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan". But that is one of the best live performances of his work I have ever heard I also got emotional when I heard -"I wait by my log fire while the hours wander, while the stars wanders as the nights pass. I wait for this woman who roams on many wide paths..." it is hard to translate Swedish many words lost in translation. But that is what this song is about basically. My father had the same occupation as Dan Andersson when he was young and made coal in the dark, cold and windy forest of Sweden, they made coal in charcoal kiln´s and everybody had to help guard the kiln so it did not take fire even children had to work from that they was 5 - 7 years old at that time. From my dad I heard of Dan Andersson and still listens to his song and reading the poems he left us, today his songs reminds me of my father and the story´s he used to tell us about when he was guarding the charcoal kiln.
This time you dug deep into the soul of Sweden, with Sofia Karlsson singing a poem written by Dan Andersson. This type of melancolic feeling has been in the heart of so much of swedish music and poetry for decades, well centuries. Listen to Jonna Jinton´s version of our national anthem "Du gamla du fria" and you might get the full grip of the atmosphere. Love your reactions!
This is typical Swedish folk music in the Swedish song tradition, what you get is a touch of the Swedish melancholy. We are so used to it and how it sounds so we are not as affected but it feels at home and Swedish.
Sofia Karlson is a treasure! And here she’s backed by equally good musicians. You ought to check out guitarist Roger Tallroth’s former trio Väsen or fiddler Esbjörn Hazelius’ duo Hazelius/Hedin. Lovely people, grand music.
Internet is amazing, hard to grasp that a girl from another country reacting to a swedish song (what a beautyful reaction btw) and I get to see that reaction! It's such a big world, but we are also so close at hearth
It’s nice seeing people from outside of Sweden listening to and appreciating our swedish music(as in the text is in swedish). You should listen to her version of some swedish christmas songs, a lot of our Christmas music is more folky than pop like a lot of English songs are. We have a lot of pop as well mind but I like the more folky ones. Two of my favorites of Sofia Karlssons are Gläns över sjö och strand and Härlig är jorden😍
Sofia and her voice can bring tears to anyone's eyes, it grabs you by your core, regardless if you understand the words or not. Music can have that effect and that's what makes it so powerful.
Dont be sad, its beautiful and joyful. Embrace it and live in it 😊 You are a emotional, caring, positive and loving woman! May the light always shine over you my lady! 🥰🌹
Dan Andersson that wrote the lyrics is well know for his heartfellt poems. EDIT: your reaction is worth gold and diamonds. It shows that you understand the meaning of this song.
Great reaction I cried with you. never heard the song but as I am Norwegian I can understand Swedish. Its beautiful that music it can touch feelings even though you cannot understadmnd the lyrics ❤
Music holds so much emotional power, I'm swedish but I don't listen to a lot of Swedish songs and I hadn't heard this before, but I got goose bumps, and hearing you talking and crying made me almost cry!
At first I thought I wanted to be there with you to explain the lyrics…. but apparently there’s no need. Music is beyond words. Regards from Stockholm.
So nice to see the reaction to a very swedish song !! Powerty is not so far away in our history...and,if I may say so,not many swedes are blond and blueyed !! Listning tip...Lykke Li...I follow rivers...
Beautiful Starr, if you get emotional listening to this, I can just imagine what it would be like to watch a movie with a sad ending with you… 😢. You are such a sweet person! ❤
Song and music is such a universal language. Thank you for a sweet reaction. On an unrelated note, but I just had to; you have amazing eyes. The shape is sharp and crisp and it works so beautifully with the softer lines of your chin, jaw and all the rest.
Though I`m Swedish, I Will give you a tip of a Norwegian band called Vamp. Together with Rita Eriksen they made a live recording with a Symphonic orchestra, song is Tir n’a Noir. The song stirred up my emotions Wien I heard it. Enjoy, //Erik
I'm swedish born and raised. I might be blond and have blue eyes, but that does not mean it's been easy. My mother was a single mother with two kids, she could not work because of her illness. So she lived on a small budget. I will never forget one night that she craved chocholate. The one she wanted was 2 american dollars. But ofc, me as a 7 year old wanted some candy too. So she could not buy what she wanted. Instead, she got a smaller chocholate just so she could buy me and my brother something. She cryed that night. So even though Sweden is a country with many positive things and benifits, it does not mean it's easy for all of us. We still have homeless, we still have family's who can't feed their kids. It's sad, but no matter where you are on this earth, people will struggle.
Sounds like a memory straight out of my own childhood ❤️ my mom also alone with 2, working until she worked herself to pieces, been permanently sick since I was 7 😔 no life in Sweden looks good, but it comes with a lot of musts and responsibilities, it is a country for the healthy and young, not a country for sick and elderly. Hopefully we can change this ❤
We Swedes all love Sofia! She sings a poem written by Swedish poet Dan Anderson who had Finnish roots. This is Swedish blues…❤ “I’m waiting by the hearth ( log fire) I’m waiting for a woman from far away, the dearest with eyes of blue..”etc.
I love this song. The first time i heard it was at a live performance with Sofia Karlsson back in 2006 and I was totally blown away. She released a single in english in 2019 ”Reason to believe”.
Sofia is a fantastic lady, equally as proficient on guitar, as on violin, and in this case, the greek bouzouki. She has sung many quite melancholic songs with its roots in Swedish folk music and poetry. It's a poem by one of the most beloved poets in Sweden from the early 20th century. It's about a man, lonely, guarding his charcoal kiln, dreaming of his dearest beloved girl. Dan Andersson died an untimely death in 1920, only 32 years old, by accidental poisoning at a hotel room in Stockholm, after it had been treated with pesticides.. Sofia Karlsson and her musician friends are well worth exploring!
This ballad is based on a poem by our Swedish poet named Dan Andersson.and it reflects the collective soul of the Swedish people, as does many other of his poems. "Omkring Tiggaren Från Luisa" is the best known, and that poem will lift you up spiritually if it becomes musically interpreted in a sensitive way by a serious artist, not necessarily a Swede. Listening to a young woman of non-Swedish heritage who appreciate this kind of national poetry moves me to tears.
Swedish folk music is a gift to us and today, in 2024, the friends of folk music wish that the tradition of folk music and the musicians and their instruments be lifted up again and allowed to live.
This is amazing, and it so worthwhile and beautiful to see you getting so moved by this heavenly Swedish folklore music. Thank you! 🙌❤️/ Lars from Sweden
Wonderful Starr, love how you share your genuine reaction and reflection... fully in match with the song. Thanks, I'm so glad to learn that the sense of Swedish folk music actually can carry emotion outside of the rooted Swedish community, too
Well, Dan Andersson is something special. His poems was at lot about workers in the outback. I sweden that was lonely place. And Sofia does what she does best. Anyway here is a translation: I wait by my log fire as the hours tick by, while the stars wander and the nights pass. I'm waiting for a woman from faraway roads - the dearest, the dearest, with blue eyes. I imagined a wandering snow-covered flower, and I dreamed of a trembling, evasive laugh, I thought I saw the most beloved coming through the forest, over the moors on a snowy night. I wanted to happily carry my dream in my arms through the thicket over there where my hut stands, and raise a jubilant cry to the dear one: "Welcome you, who have been waiting for lonely years." I wait at my mile while the hours suffer while the woods sing and the clouds walk. I am waiting for a wanderer from far-away paths - the dearest, the dearest, with blue eyes.
Thank you Starr ❤️ Love from Sweden ❤️🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪❤️ Sweden's national poet Dan Andersson wrote this poem and it was later set to music by Hootenanny Singers a Swedish band whit Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA.
This is a Dan Andersson lyric. Its beautifull in every way. My family from my fathers side is from Sweden and Finland, my mothers side is from Stockholm, Solna from hundreds of years. My mother and father read Dan Andresson poems for me as a child. You are so good looking btw.
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As Greek moving to Sweden and know Swedish I do not think other countries realize how hard life in this country has been with poverty, famine and darkness. Every Swedish born has so much sadness inside but still hope today we read how great everything is in Sweden and all the Nordic countries but man how they have worked their bones of to get were they are. For me as a born Greek with a warm climate, light and sun and plenty of food I hope that the rest of the world living in better countires what these Nordic people have had to sacrifice compared to most other people and still so many hate them just because they are blue eyed and blond it is ridiculous and frankly a bit racist, Most people would not be able to endure what the Nordic people have had to suffer when the rest of the world were rich and happy. Me as a southerner with all good things given to me by birth is starting to understand why these Nordic people are so protective about there culture and hard work ethics which they are world famous for everyone wants to employ a Swed,.
Swedes are the one of the most tolerants people in the world. Only a very very small fraction are racist.
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@steohl77Du kanske inte känner dig förtjänt till att ta till dig dessa fina ord. Håll det för dig själv.
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In Sweden we don’t know our history and we actualy don’t know our culture.
And people who is from other parts of the wourld did’nt know what religion we have in Sweden befor the Christians came and tortured and kill the swedish people who didn't want to become a christian
The music was written by Gunnar Turesson (1906-2001). In the 1980's, when he was an old man, I heard him sing the song himself, while playing it on lute. Afterwards I went to the stage to talk with him, and he was so glad that a young man like me liked his music, so he invited me to his room backstage, where I talked with him for two hours! Gunnar Turesson was married to the sister of the poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920), who wrote the lyrics of this song.
Actually, it was Dan that was married to Gunnar's sister Olga Turesson. :)
@@idanorrman5192 Yes, you are right. I of course know that, especially as I talked with Gunnar Turesson himself about his wife and the book she had written about a school for girls in Karlstad in the 19th century. He also invited me to come and stay for some days in their castle at Lake Vänern, but unfortunately I never did that. Anyway, I just mixed this up in the hurry.
You are not alone feeling emotional about this song and especially when the great folksongsinger Sofia Karlsson sings It.
Thank you Starr! A friend just sent me this, thanks for ur kind words, l m happy you appreciate the song. My mother sang it for me when l was a kid. Lots of love from me and best luck with everything! / Sofia
Ja du har en härlig röst sofia❤ its nice too see the emotional power that a strong and pretty and also sensitive voice can have on all poeple around the world and she doesen't understand a word of song .... bra jobbat säger nicklas i uddevalla Sverige
@@nicklasekelund1322det är inte Sofia. Personen gjorde profilen för 1 dag sedan
I don't understand people who pretend to be someone they're not.. I mean they get caught quickly, what's the prestige in that??
@@TPWK216 prehaps she made the account to be able to answer. Nobody knows =)
Amazing tnx guys
This is an old poem by Dan Andersson from 1915. Music by Gunnar Turesson. Sofia Karlsson had a hit in Sweden with this song in 2005. Sofia’s voice is something else ♥️
I cry too when I hear this song. It is about a mans longing for a future relation with the woman of his dreams. The song was written by Dan Anderson who worked in the forrests of Sweden making coal. He spent a lot of time lonely and wrote poems about it and some have gotten music to them. This is his most famous song and it has all the elements of a Swedish folk song. Mostly the melancholy that is significant of Swedish musik. Maybe a reason to why the Swedes love this song is that more than 50% of our population lives alone. Sofias voice really tells you about the feeling of longing and your tears is proof that you don`t have to understand the words to know the feeling of the song.
41% of the population in Sweden lives alone according to SCB. What is interesting though is that if you look at the statistics Sweden and Scandinavia are the countries in the world were people feel less lonely then anywhere else. Its usually explained with that the Scandinavian countries have (comparatively) strong welfare-systems which means that for an example many more women can leave abusive/violent relationships and choose to live by themselves instead and choose which people they want to have in their life.
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But also for an example that all older people have the right to get elderly care which means that someone comes home to them and help them everyday, talk to them etc. In most other countries elderly that do not have families/have bad relationships with their families becomes very lonely in a lot of cases.
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We also move out of our parents house on average when we are 19 in Sweden, and today most young people wants to live by themselves for a while to feel independent/like grown ups☺️, so a lot of the single households consists of very young people. (Whilst in Italy for an example the average age for moving out of home is 30. And in many countries people can not afford to move out before they get married - and it can also still be seen as strange in some cultures if a woman lives by herself.)
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Many people love living by themselves (-but has a lot of good friends/relationships with their families etc-) so the number of single-households in a country doesnt say anything about the number of people that feel lonely/not lonely in that country.
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I think the melancholy in Swedish songs, which is a very old tradition, has a lot to do with the nature here with vast forrests and isolated places - especially back in the day. And theres something universal too of course about a love song of this kind, a song about longing for someone❤
*Making coal', means he was a coppice burner, making charcoal.
Dan Andersson was given the opportunity to become a school teacher, to teach the other impoverished children.
I love it too. It is in our roots..
But I think it is better sung by a man as in the lyrics. .
Like this. ruclips.net/video/HiWon_O-eAQ/видео.htmlsi=XxlZFtzfflFMS7W6
Den vackra svenska bitterljuva tonen i folkmusik
Hi, just to clarify. I am certain it should have read “that Anderson worked in the forests of Sweden making CHARCOAL”
Maybe you don't know this but Sweden is the largest exporter of music per capita in the world. So you have probably heard a lot of Swedish music before :)
ABBA contributes more to the Swedish economy than Volvo and Saab
Sofia Karlsson is fantastic! We played this song at my dad’s funeral a couple of weeks ago.
Fint spela den på min ocksa
Swedens last war with Russia in 1809 made us the poorest country in Europe after loosing Finland. That coused à LOT of hardship with dreams of a better future. 25% of the population emigrated to America.
@@akeeriksson84 Vad i all världens alla dagar är det du babblar om min goda lille gosse?
Swedish guy here. I found a translation into english if you are interested in what the song is about. This is a poetic translation rather than a word-for-word one, so it works pretty good to sing if you would like to try 🙂.
I’m waiting by my log-fire while the hours gently wander,
while the stars all are roaming and nights come and go.
I’m waiting for a woman who comes from far yonder -
the dearest one, the dearest one with blue eyes aglow.
I thought of a roaming and snow-covered flower
and dreamt of a mocking laugh trembling and slight,
Imagined my dearest came here to my bower
through the forest, over moorland one snow-laden night.
Glad-hearted I’d bear in my arms this my dream-love
through low brushwood to where my small cabin lies near,
and cry out rejoicing to my at last seen-love:
Oh, welcome, you awaited these lonely long years!
’m waiting at my coal-stack while the hours stray and wander,
while the forests are singing and clouds come and go.
I’m waiting for a woman who roams from far yonder -
the dearest one, the dearest one with blue eyes aglow.
En so fin översättning också, tack för den!
Nice. Jag funderade på att sätta mig o skriva en översättning eftersom så många i kommentarerna verkar tycka om sången, men här är du. Tack för din anstränging!👍
@@DefaultFlame Men i början sjunger hon inte "mila" = log fire.... utan... vad sjunger hon?.. sockel? Sockel som i kakelugn??
This song and reaction show how we can speak to each other across cultures through music. There it's heart to heart - nothing getting in the way. Thank you.
Music is an international language, loved your reaction!❤
This is what culture should be all about - sharing and enjoying.
The lyrics in english:
I wait by my logfire while the hours pass While the stars wander and the nights go I'm waiting for a woman from far away
The dearest, the dearest with blue eyes
I imagined a wandering fragrant flower
And dreamed of a trembling, elusive laugh I thought I saw the most beloved coming Through the forest, over the moors on a snowy night I wanted to happily carry my dream in my arms
Through the thicket over there where my cabin stands
And raise a jubilant cry to the loved one
Welcome you, who have been waiting for lonely years I wait at my logfire while the hours pass
While the forests sing and the clouds walk I'm waiting for a hiker from travel routes at The dearest, the dearest with blue eyes
I think the word mila, as in kolmila is a kiln where you produce charcoal from wood through pyrolysis.
@@fordhouse8bit is.
This is a really good translation!
@@fordhouse8b That is correct.
@@fordhouse8b the original song is called ”Jag Väntar (vid min stockeld).. and he sings ”jag väntar vid min stockeld…”. Stockeld would properly be translated to logfire.
Such a beautiful reaction. The language of music is universal. Love from Sweden!!
You should also listen to Helen Sjöholm….another great Voice!
I am from Norway, and i love the swedish folksongs and singers. Sweden have a strong tradition with folksongs.
I would love to see you react to a song called "Men går jag øver engarna" sung by Gjøran Fristorp.
What an awesome suggestion. So long since I heard that song
Norge har fina folksånger också. Hälsning från skog i norr i 🇸🇪
Tycker Norge och Sverige är ganska lika i folksånger. Har hört många vackra folksånger från Norge.
@@kingwacky184 🇧🇻👍
@@runeotto 🤗🇸🇪till 🇧🇻
You are so sweet. I think you have been a swede in your previous life.
My thought too.
You don't have to share a culture to appreciate it and evoke feelings for other cultures' music.
A very beautiful song. It isn't actually a traditional folk song though, but a poem written in 1915 by the swedish poet Dan Andersson and later made into a song. This version with Sofia Karlsson is definitly folk music inspired and Sofia definitly has a beautiful voice. She also sings in a more modern, folk inspired fashion, which is very beautiful but not fully traditional. But swedish folk music is a pretty wide category which has a lot of songs that are just as beautiful or even more beautiful than this. And of course, there is a lot of pretty boring songs as well. There's a large treasure of music out there to discover for anyone who is interested.
This song is originally written by Dan Andersson born 1888, a swedish poet and author who died in 1920 by cyanide poisoning at a hotel who was using it to fight bed bugs. I still listen to his songs to this day, and one of the best is this "Jag väntar vid min mila", "Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan". But that is one of the best live performances of his work I have ever heard I also got emotional when I heard -"I wait by my log fire while the hours wander, while the stars wanders as the nights pass. I wait for this woman who roams on many wide paths..." it is hard to translate Swedish many words lost in translation. But that is what this song is about basically.
My father had the same occupation as Dan Andersson when he was young and made coal in the dark, cold and windy forest of Sweden, they made coal in charcoal kiln´s and everybody had to help guard the kiln so it did not take fire even children had to work from that they was 5 - 7 years old at that time. From my dad I heard of Dan Andersson and still listens to his song and reading the poems he left us, today his songs reminds me of my father and the story´s he used to tell us about when he was guarding the charcoal kiln.
I'm a Swede. This is a very old romantic song. Probably before my time. Very Nice to har. Thank You for sharing ❤
❤❤❤ I love all my Swedish folksongs ❤❤❤🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Thank you for listening to our Scandinavian music. ❤
from Norway ❤
Hallo from Sweden. I cried with you. Yes I think folk music is powerful. Thank you!
i slit my wrists thinking of the next winter and how so many will become albinos again without any sunlight
This time you dug deep into the soul of Sweden, with Sofia Karlsson singing a poem written by Dan Andersson. This type of melancolic feeling has been in the heart of so much of swedish music and poetry for decades, well centuries. Listen to Jonna Jinton´s version of our national anthem "Du gamla du fria" and you might get the full grip of the atmosphere. Love your reactions!
Yes. Vemod. That awesome bittersweet feeling of life's immenseness.
So much vibration in music, its a universal language, unite us all over the world ❤
This is typical Swedish folk music in the Swedish song tradition, what you get is a touch of the Swedish melancholy. We are so used to it and how it sounds so we are not as affected but it feels at home and Swedish.
Beautiful music with lyrics by Swedish poet Dan Andersson. And Sofia Karlsson's voice is so effortless, like a rippling forest stream.
Sällan man hör något så vackert!
Jag hör bara en jävla falsksång som ligger helt fel.
Sofia Karlson is a treasure! And here she’s backed by equally good musicians. You ought to check out guitarist Roger Tallroth’s former trio Väsen or fiddler Esbjörn Hazelius’ duo Hazelius/Hedin. Lovely people, grand music.
Yes you def ought to look that up! Great musicians
Music is an universal language. Heart touching, the music and your reaction. I understood not a single word, but no need for it.
Hi,
I recommend Helen Sjöholm and the song Gabriella’s sång
It’s so beautiful and I cry when I hear her❤❤
Internet is amazing, hard to grasp that a girl from another country reacting to a swedish song (what a beautyful reaction btw) and I get to see that reaction! It's such a big world, but we are also so close at hearth
It’s nice seeing people from outside of Sweden listening to and appreciating our swedish music(as in the text is in swedish). You should listen to her version of some swedish christmas songs, a lot of our Christmas music is more folky than pop like a lot of English songs are. We have a lot of pop as well mind but I like the more folky ones. Two of my favorites of Sofia Karlssons are Gläns över sjö och strand and Härlig är jorden😍
Thank you! I am Swedish, but I have never heard this song. Very beautiful!
Sofia and her voice can bring tears to anyone's eyes, it grabs you by your core, regardless if you understand the words or not. Music can have that effect and that's what makes it so powerful.
Swedish is a beautiful language.
Yes, this is one of the most beautiful swedish folk songs I know! ❤ I´m glad you like it! ❤
I was born in Sweden and my parents come from Finland and I have sung that song. I love it. 😍
Love and light from Stockholm🙏🙏💛💚 your emotional senses are lovley
So beautiful and soft! It’s worth crying for.❤
Thank you SO much for your beautiful and heartful reaction on this beautiful, Swedish song.
What a great reaction from you. Thanks for appreciating Swedish folk music 🇸🇪
Sitting here crying together with you. ❤ You’re so adorable, and we need moments like this.
Sofia Karlsson is brilliant with such a beautiful voice 😊
How beautiful of you to appreciate other countries music. You are a beautiful person inside and out 💖
Love from Sweden
Dont be sad, its beautiful and joyful. Embrace it and live in it 😊 You are a emotional, caring, positive and loving woman! May the light always shine over you my lady! 🥰🌹
Dan Andersson that wrote the lyrics is well know for his heartfellt poems.
EDIT: your reaction is worth gold and diamonds. It shows that you understand the meaning of this song.
Great reaction I cried with you. never heard the song but as I am Norwegian I can understand Swedish. Its beautiful that music it can touch feelings even though you cannot understadmnd the lyrics ❤
Björn Skifs - Håll Mitt Hjärta ❤🇸🇪
Håll mitt hjärta is fantastic❤
@@lisenjohansson4750 En av de vackraste sånger som jag vet om. Kristina från Duvmåla Du måste finnas, är en annan.
sofia always sets my heart in big emotions with her sound and song, i am a big fan of our folkmusik songs in sweden
❤ Swedish melancholy poem about longing, written by Dan Anderson (ded 1920) later set to music. Regards from Sweden
Yes Sofia has a beautiful voice and Folksongs are such great story tellers... I love Sofia aswell
Music holds so much emotional power, I'm swedish but I don't listen to a lot of Swedish songs and I hadn't heard this before, but I got goose bumps, and hearing you talking and crying made me almost cry!
love this, from who doesn't speak Swedish still get the meaning....
So beautiful ❤ I am from Norway 🇳🇴 I love the Swedish language ❤ So amazing
I didn't hear her before, although I'm Swedish, but she sings with such emotion, yet with gentle, light vocals. Thank you for this reaction. 💜😊
Her version of Briggen Bluebird av Hull makes me cry every time I hear it. Her voice is magic and really sweeps you of your feet.
You must have a Swedish soul somewhere hidden inside you...❤❤❤
At first I thought I wanted to be there with you to explain the lyrics…. but apparently there’s no need. Music is beyond words. Regards from Stockholm.
What a beautiful way to say this. And very, very true.
So nice to see the reaction to a very swedish song !! Powerty is not so far away in our history...and,if I may say so,not many swedes are blond and blueyed !!
Listning tip...Lykke Li...I follow rivers...
Yeah sofia karlsson is a great swedish folksinger very beatiful song hon är en väldigtv fin sångerska svensk folk musikb är väldigt vacker❤❤❤❤❤
Your reaction is typical of the soul remembering. You may very well have a past life in the north! ❤️
Fantastic comment! You understand ❤️
The onion cutter entered my room to.. what a beautiful song! Like a healing hearb!
Beautiful Starr, if you get emotional listening to this, I can just imagine what it would be like to watch a movie with a sad ending with you… 😢. You are such a sweet person! ❤
Song and music is such a universal language. Thank you for a sweet reaction.
On an unrelated note, but I just had to; you have amazing eyes. The shape is sharp and crisp and it works so beautifully with the softer lines of your chin, jaw and all the rest.
Though I`m Swedish, I Will give you a tip of a Norwegian band called Vamp. Together with Rita Eriksen they made a live recording with a Symphonic orchestra, song is Tir n’a Noir. The song stirred up my emotions Wien I heard it. Enjoy, //Erik
Beautiful to see how you get the core of this song without the depth of those lyrics. Truly an amazing performance. Sofia does Dan Andersson justice ❤
Sofia Karlsson is really one of our treasures up here 🎼❤️🇸🇪. Greetings from Uppsala/Sweden.
I love this poem and many others by Dan Andersson (who died way too early by accident).
I'm swedish born and raised. I might be blond and have blue eyes, but that does not mean it's been easy. My mother was a single mother with two kids, she could not work because of her illness. So she lived on a small budget. I will never forget one night that she craved chocholate. The one she wanted was 2 american dollars. But ofc, me as a 7 year old wanted some candy too. So she could not buy what she wanted. Instead, she got a smaller chocholate just so she could buy me and my brother something. She cryed that night. So even though Sweden is a country with many positive things and benifits, it does not mean it's easy for all of us. We still have homeless, we still have family's who can't feed their kids. It's sad, but no matter where you are on this earth, people will struggle.
Sounds like a memory straight out of my own childhood ❤️ my mom also alone with 2, working until she worked herself to pieces, been permanently sick since I was 7 😔 no life in Sweden looks good, but it comes with a lot of musts and responsibilities, it is a country for the healthy and young, not a country for sick and elderly. Hopefully we can change this ❤
This sounds like a memory from my own childhood ❤️ my mom also alone with 2.
@@CinnamonScent ❤️
Thank you, I was born in the area where that poet lived, and how wonderful it is to see how the poem and music reached your heart so far away.
We Swedes all love Sofia! She sings a poem written by Swedish poet Dan Anderson who had Finnish roots. This is Swedish blues…❤ “I’m waiting by the hearth ( log fire) I’m waiting for a woman from far away, the dearest with eyes of blue..”etc.
Sofia Karlsson fantastic , this is Swedisch culture 👍👍👍
Not anymore.. 😢 Now it's NoGo-sones, killings, bombings, raping and kriminal gangs running the towns and cities..
I love this song. The first time i heard it was at a live performance with Sofia Karlsson back in 2006 and I was totally blown away. She released a single in english in 2019 ”Reason to believe”.
You should listen to "Gläns över sjö och strand" by her. It's amazing 😍
What an amazing voice and music to match. Pity I don't speak Swedish to fully appreciate this folk song. 😪😪
Beautiful...love from Denmark ❤
Music and humanity is universal. ❤
Yea, that violin! Got me too! I knew it was coming, but I never heard it quite like that! And Live, too!
So lovely you share your beautiful heart
Sofia is a fantastic lady, equally as proficient on guitar, as on violin, and in this case, the greek bouzouki. She has sung many quite melancholic songs with its roots in Swedish folk music and poetry.
It's a poem by one of the most beloved poets in Sweden from the early 20th century. It's about a man, lonely, guarding his charcoal kiln, dreaming of his dearest beloved girl. Dan Andersson died an untimely death in 1920, only 32 years old, by accidental poisoning at a hotel room in Stockholm, after it had been treated with pesticides..
Sofia Karlsson and her musician friends are well worth exploring!
I agree with you. That was beautiful. Love from Sweden.
Wau! You just captured the emotions of the song with your heart! The solitude of woman existence,
This ballad is based on a poem by our Swedish poet named Dan Andersson.and it reflects the collective soul of the Swedish people, as does many other of his poems. "Omkring Tiggaren Från Luisa" is the best known, and that poem will lift you up spiritually if it becomes musically interpreted in a sensitive way by a serious artist, not necessarily a Swede. Listening to a young woman of non-Swedish heritage who appreciate this kind of national poetry moves me to tears.
Swedish folk music is a gift to us and today, in 2024, the friends of folk music wish that the tradition of folk music and the musicians and their instruments be lifted up again and allowed to live.
How beautiful are you♥️❤️🎈🩷 Much love from Sweden, xxx🌷🌷
Real emotional. Thank you.
This is amazing, and it so worthwhile and beautiful to see you getting so moved by this heavenly Swedish folklore music.
Thank you! 🙌❤️/ Lars from Sweden
Wonderful Starr, love how you share your genuine reaction and reflection... fully in match with the song. Thanks, I'm so glad to learn that the sense of Swedish folk music actually can carry emotion outside of the rooted Swedish community, too
Well, Dan Andersson is something special. His poems was at lot about workers in the outback. I sweden that was lonely place. And Sofia does what she does best. Anyway here is a translation:
I wait by my log fire as the hours tick by,
while the stars wander and the nights pass.
I'm waiting for a woman from faraway roads -
the dearest, the dearest, with blue eyes.
I imagined a wandering snow-covered flower,
and I dreamed of a trembling, evasive laugh,
I thought I saw the most beloved coming
through the forest, over the moors on a snowy night.
I wanted to happily carry my dream in my arms
through the thicket over there where my hut stands,
and raise a jubilant cry to the dear one:
"Welcome you, who have been waiting for lonely years."
I wait at my mile while the hours suffer
while the woods sing and the clouds walk.
I am waiting for a wanderer from far-away paths -
the dearest, the dearest, with blue eyes.
Thank you Starr ❤️ Love from Sweden ❤️🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪❤️
Sweden's national poet Dan Andersson wrote this poem and it was later set to music by Hootenanny Singers a Swedish band whit Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA.
No Gunnar Turesson wrote the music.
I wish I could hear my laungauge through someone else's ears.
Nice reaction, beautiful.
You think Sweden is beautiful? You are absolutely the most beautiful women, and i love your smile!!
Regards from Sweden!
fy fan halva inne eller? =D
@@Aluzard Ha,ha.....
Thank you Starr for your beautiful reaction to this Swedish folksong.
Much love to you from Hälsingland, Sweden ❤️
This is a Dan Andersson lyric. Its beautifull in every way. My family from my fathers side is from Sweden and Finland, my mothers side is from Stockholm, Solna from hundreds of years. My mother and father read Dan Andresson poems for me as a child. You are so good looking btw.
this is such a beautiful video
greetings from Sweden beautiful you ❤️
Jag vill leva, jag vill dö i Norden❤️
I can definitely recommend Sofia Karlsson - Frid på jord... so beautiful
To that I agree a 100% 😊
Music make us meak and touched deeply, even if you don't understand a single word. This, as you aldready know, a swedish folklore song.
Thankyou Sofia! What a beautiful song!