This musical is about a dark time in Swedish history. In the 1800 there was a lot of poverty and starvation in Sweden. About 1 milion people migrated to the US. That was about one fifth of the population. In the search of a better life many met a lot of hardships. The composers to this musical is Björn and Benny from ABBA
@@mispelbloem there is both a english version (but not as good in my opinion) ruclips.net/video/61ZIsdrlxnY/видео.html and a version with english subtitle ruclips.net/video/vAOA_KWwFxY/видео.html idont know if there is an translation for the whole musical tho
@@DidiMark Remove the video of "Elvis" singing "Hallelujah"... Elvis never sang the song... It is not him singing... See my message in the posts under that video...
I had the amazing opportunity to play in the orchestra at the Gothenburg Operahouse when Helen Sjöholm perfomed plenty of performances in the musical ”Kristina från Duvemåla”. The premiere at the Gothenburg Operahouse was 1996. In 2014 my daughter played the 3 youngest daughters in the same musical at the Gothenburg Operahouse🙏🏽
In the musical, this song comes just after she has had a miscarriage, and following that miscarriage she is told by her doctor that she will not survive another pregnancy. So, she has lost her child and she has lost/can't be close to her husband.
You should listen to Gabriellas sång by Helene. In the movie she plays a woman in domestic abuse. Her choir leader writes her a song to empower her to leave her abusive husband.
Yes, please do! Helen Sjöholm is a true diamond. And Gabriella's Song is so beautiful, it's about a woman who's abused by her husband but she wants to be free from him. It's from a movie called As It Is In Heaven (Såsom i himmelen, in Swedish)
A great musical based on when Swedes moves to America to become rich and successful but lost everything they had. Amazing song and amazing music, made by Björn and Benny from ABBA. Helen Sjöholm is the perfect singer for this. The rumors say (i don't know if it's true) that the day before every performance they always had practice and after that she never went home to her family, she would to feel what she felt so she wanted the "husband" in the musical to be the last man so she could feel sad and feel like she has lost him. That made her sing with such a pure emotional voice and sound that broken. As I said I don't know if it's true.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's not true. It seems like you said, a rumor. Musical actors never practice every day before performances so that's where the story falls for me. It's a nice story tho.
I'm an atheist! a real atheist, but I can really feel her emotions. Her emotions speaks to me. I believe what she feels! (but religion have nothing to do what's happening to you)
Your ability to feel empathy for another person's pain does not rely on shared convictions. Through Helen's breathtaking performance, you instinctively understand that this person is in grave pain. Despair. Our empathy cares as little about our own beliefs as it cares about Kristina's beliefs. They are irrelevant. But the pain is real. And like a chain, our empathy anchors us to that pain. It's how our weak species has survived for 300 000 years.
@@birrextio6544 I have often found, with comments that are unrelated to what I have previously written and lacks my name in them, that these are important clues to ponder whenever I find myself in a similar situation as yourself.
"Du måste finnas" (You Must Exist) reflects a deep sense of longing and the need for reassurance and support. The character expresses a profound emotional struggle and the desire for love and connection, emphasizing the importance of having someone to lean on during difficult times. "Guldet blev till sand" (The Gold Turned to Sand) deals with themes of loss and disillusionment. The character reflects on the dreams and aspirations that have faded away, symbolized by the metaphor of gold turning to sand. It captures the pain of pursuing a better life, only to face harsh realities and challenges that lead to a sense of emptiness.
It is from the musical Kristina Från Duvemåla. It takes place when a lot of Swedes emmigrated to the US. The character of Kristina loses her child and is told she can’t get pregnant again. So she questions the existence of God.
Thank You for doing this reaction-video! 👏This song is one of the most powerful songs I know, and one of the most emotional. I can still not keep from spilling tears when I hear it... so good. If you want to know how her name is pronounced I think I can help you. 🙂 Helen is Helen of course, as you said, so over to her last name, "Sjö-" (literally means lake) well, the "Sj" sounds like "sh" in the English word "she", and "ö" sounds like "ea" in "earl", or "early". ("holm" literally means a (very-very) little island... pronounced as in English) But don't feel you have to pronounce names or words in another language correctly, we are just happy you try. 🙂 And...Peter Jöback played the younger brother (Robert, I think...) of her husband, (husband's name is Karl-Oskar). The song "the gold turned to sand" is from the same concert, also a very emotional song. 🥲 (that song....; Robert (Peter Jöback) and his friend went to California to try to find gold, but they lost their gold and his friend died in the desert...) 😢
The big question asked. Logic has it that from nothing there just can´t be evolving something, so how is it that you, me and everybody and everything exist? A higher power outside our way of thinking and understanding creating it? I don´t have the answer, but I do have a hope. /Ulf
I don't belive in god, but i respect everyone who does. However, if u want to do a followup, please review "Guldet blev till sand - Peter Jöback (Kristina från Duvemåla)"! Loved this, keep it up! :)
The biblical Job as a Swedish peasant woman........ Björn Ulvaeus, who wrote the lyrics, claims to be an atheist. To that I say: Ha! Nice reaction. It always touches me deeply when music crosses borders of cultures, languages, race and nations. Especially when it´s music from my own country and even own province in Sweden. With that said: Why not have a look at the wonderful Mexican composer, singer and performer Juan Gabriel, for example Hasta que te conocí at Bellas Artes?In which song he forgets that he was dying out of sorrow a couple of minutes ago....
Björn really hit it. The song shows how horrible it is to begin questioning a life built on a lie. 'Without you I would be nothing' really explains it all. How horrible to live like that, being totally dependent on some supernatural being.
@@MrLingte Well... If you read the original story you'd know that Björn is just translating what Vilhelm Moberg originally wrote. And that Kristina came out of this crisis even stronger in her faith. The novel is an investigation of attitudes towards life is better, and raises the question who's better of, he atheist Karl-Oskar or Kristina, devoted to a higher power.. I'd say that the author left it open for each of us to judge. Many would say that the peaceful dead of Kristina is preferable to the long agony of Karl-Oskar. Also remember that when you say that the existence of God is a lie, it's no less of an assumption than believing in his existence.
The majority of people who stayed in Sweden and survived the starvation and poverty of the 1800s pretty much abandoned their God-beliefs. We’re now one of the most secular countries in the world and we’re happy, rich and succuessful. Amen.
@@tomasringstrom9380 Allt han säger är fakta. Alla länder som kastar av sig oket av religion visar upp ett samhälle som är framgångsrikt. Vi har bara gått bakåt efter att vi började importera "kulturberikare" som är anhängare av den mest vidriga avarten av "gudstro" just nu! Religion is cancer!
So no Swedes have bothered to tell you the story about this song. It's based on a book called Utvandrarna(the emigrants).. and it deals with the hardship that existed in Sweden back in the 1800s. Due to harsh winters that yielded bad crops people were starving. This forced a lot of people to emigrate to America searching for a better life. The book that this song is based on written by Vilhelm Moberg follows a family(and their farmhands) across the Atlantic as they try to settle in the new promised land. But the indoctrination that America was the new holy land proved to be a lie and they faced as much hardship over there. This song is written from the perspective of the mother of that Family and her name was Kristina, and losing kids back in the 1800s was quite common, and she questions her belief in god because of it.
To add to what others have said. She loses a child in Sweden before they leave. In the US they have more children but loses another and after a number of kids she bleeds really hard so they say if she has another she might die. That is when the song is. In the end she wants and is with her husband but dies from the effects of childbirth. Very sad
For some background: This is a song from a musical called "Kristina From Duvemåla. Two times in the beginning of the 19th century there was famine in Sweden caused by Volcano eruptions on Island and in Italy. There was all of a sudden no summer and crops. People died like flies from lack of food. The second famine started the a large scale emigration from Sweden. 25% of all swedes went to USA during the following 40 years. Sweden was at that time one of the poorest countries in the world. This song is about one of those emigrants. She lost her child and husband and here she cries out to God. Most of the emigrants where dirt poor and/or people that could not get a second chance after committing poverty crimes. Stealing food/money to be able to feed their families. Sweden was already by then very organized and had everything in files and registers and it was just not possible to get away from what they had done. They could not get jobs or second chances so they packed what little they had and lefter all they knew behind to find success in USA. Almost nobody did. The musical is written by Bjorn and Benny from ABBA. Both outspoken atheists and I think you have to be
Well she didn’t lose her husband. Doctor said if she gets pregnant again she will probably die, so they can’t have sex again due to lack of contraception in that time.
Stunning voice! ❤️ But somewhat disturbing lyrics Its important to know that God is not the one to abandon anyone. It's us that abandon Him when we buy the lies of the devil. Our Father God always has a way out of every crisis, as a victor! But sometimes we yield to something else or we have lack in understanding how to persue the spiritual matters. The living Word of God says: "Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will NOT leave you or forsake you." (Deuteronomy 31:8) And.. "The thief (satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy; but I (Jesus) have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the full." (John 10:10) And... "For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith." (1John 5:4) ❤❤❤❤
They are supposed to be disturbing. Kristina is a deeply religious character, but she is suffering so badly after the loss of her home and her baby that she just can't see the meaning of life anymore. Even Jesus, while suffering on the cross, shouted out "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Human suffering is disturbing.
The text and music composers (Björn and Benny) are atheists too, that's why they can bring up this hot issue that Christians can't think about. Why praying the whole life when bad shit happens anyway?
This musical is about a dark time in Swedish history. In the 1800 there was a lot of poverty and starvation in Sweden. About 1 milion people migrated to the US. That was about one fifth of the population. In the search of a better life many met a lot of hardships. The composers to this musical is Björn and Benny from ABBA
Thank you for sharing 😊
Is there an english translation of this musical? This is a beautiful song!!
@@mispelbloem there is both a english version (but not as good in my opinion) ruclips.net/video/61ZIsdrlxnY/видео.html and a version with english subtitle ruclips.net/video/vAOA_KWwFxY/видео.html idont know if there is an translation for the whole musical tho
@@mispelbloem yes there is, I saw it of recent and reacted to it
@@DidiMark Remove the video of "Elvis" singing "Hallelujah"... Elvis never sang the song... It is not him singing... See my message in the posts under that video...
This is a Musical from 1995 in Sweden 🇸🇪 Kristina from Duvemåla , i love the Singer Helen Sjöholm !!!!
I had the amazing opportunity to play in the orchestra at the Gothenburg Operahouse when Helen Sjöholm perfomed plenty of performances in the musical ”Kristina från Duvemåla”. The premiere at the Gothenburg Operahouse was 1996.
In 2014 my daughter played the 3 youngest daughters in the same musical at the Gothenburg Operahouse🙏🏽
In the musical, this song comes just after she has had a miscarriage, and following that miscarriage she is told by her doctor that she will not survive another pregnancy. So, she has lost her child and she has lost/can't be close to her husband.
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Powerful and impessive, praise Jah!
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thank you for this amazing reaction// a WOC in Sweden
You should listen to Gabriellas sång by Helene. In the movie she plays a woman in domestic abuse. Her choir leader writes her a song to empower her to leave her abusive husband.
Yes, please do! Helen Sjöholm is a true diamond. And Gabriella's Song is so beautiful, it's about a woman who's abused by her husband but she wants to be free from him. It's from a movie called As It Is In Heaven (Såsom i himmelen, in Swedish)
Thanks for listening to the song in it’s original language, Swedish 🇸🇪 ❤
Incredible
Incredible singer. Its crazy that she doesent blink her eyes for the whole song.
A great musical based on when Swedes moves to America to become rich and successful but lost everything they had. Amazing song and amazing music, made by Björn and Benny from ABBA. Helen Sjöholm is the perfect singer for this. The rumors say (i don't know if it's true) that the day before every performance they always had practice and after that she never went home to her family, she would to feel what she felt so she wanted the "husband" in the musical to be the last man so she could feel sad and feel like she has lost him. That made her sing with such a pure emotional voice and sound that broken. As I said I don't know if it's true.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's not true. It seems like you said, a rumor. Musical actors never practice every day before performances so that's where the story falls for me. It's a nice story tho.
I'm an atheist! a real atheist, but I can really feel her emotions. Her emotions speaks to me. I believe what she feels! (but religion have nothing to do what's happening to you)
The composers Björn and Benny (ABBA) are also atheists, maybe it's best to see religions from the outside.
Your ability to feel empathy for another person's pain does not rely on shared convictions. Through Helen's breathtaking performance, you instinctively understand that this person is in grave pain. Despair.
Our empathy cares as little about our own beliefs as it cares about Kristina's beliefs. They are irrelevant. But the pain is real. And like a chain, our empathy anchors us to that pain. It's how our weak species has survived for 300 000 years.
@@HansenSWE Whom are you answering and what is your point?
@@birrextio6544 I have often found, with comments that are unrelated to what I have previously written and lacks my name in them, that these are important clues to ponder whenever I find myself in a similar situation as yourself.
@@birrextio6544 How is it possible to be an atheist and writing a song like this? I don´t believe that, they are probably seekingfor meaning in life.
Amen!! Thanks for your reaction!
You have to listen to Peter Jöbacks Guldet blev till sand (the gold turned to sand)
It's from the same musical as this. Kristina from Duvemåla.
Wow, really I will check it out
Thank you 👍
"Du måste finnas" (You Must Exist) reflects a deep sense of longing and the need for reassurance and support. The character expresses a profound emotional struggle and the desire for love and connection, emphasizing the importance of having someone to lean on during difficult times.
"Guldet blev till sand" (The Gold Turned to Sand) deals with themes of loss and disillusionment. The character reflects on the dreams and aspirations that have faded away, symbolized by the metaphor of gold turning to sand. It captures the pain of pursuing a better life, only to face harsh realities and challenges that lead to a sense of emptiness.
It is from the musical Kristina Från Duvemåla. It takes place when a lot of Swedes emmigrated to the US. The character of Kristina loses her child and is told she can’t get pregnant again. So she questions the existence of God.
Thank You for doing this reaction-video! 👏This song is one of the most powerful songs I know, and one of the most emotional. I can still not keep from spilling tears when I hear it... so good.
If you want to know how her name is pronounced I think I can help you. 🙂 Helen is Helen of course, as you said, so over to her last name, "Sjö-" (literally means lake) well, the "Sj" sounds like "sh" in the English word "she", and "ö" sounds like "ea" in "earl", or "early". ("holm" literally means a (very-very) little island... pronounced as in English) But don't feel you have to pronounce names or words in another language correctly, we are just happy you try. 🙂 And...Peter Jöback played the younger brother (Robert, I think...) of her husband, (husband's name is Karl-Oskar). The song "the gold turned to sand" is from the same concert, also a very emotional song. 🥲 (that song....; Robert (Peter Jöback) and his friend went to California to try to find gold, but they lost their gold and his friend died in the desert...) 😢
Thank you so much for this, I really appreciate ❤️
Wild. Just wild
The big question asked. Logic has it that from nothing there just can´t be evolving something, so how is it that you, me and everybody and everything exist? A higher power outside our way of thinking and understanding creating it? I don´t have the answer, but I do have a hope. /Ulf
I don't belive in god, but i respect everyone who does. However, if u want to do a followup, please review "Guldet blev till sand - Peter Jöback (Kristina från Duvemåla)"! Loved this, keep it up! :)
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The biblical Job as a Swedish peasant woman........
Björn Ulvaeus, who wrote the lyrics, claims to be an atheist. To that I say: Ha!
Nice reaction. It always touches me deeply when music crosses borders of cultures, languages, race and nations. Especially when it´s music from my own country and even own province in Sweden.
With that said: Why not have a look at the wonderful Mexican composer, singer and performer Juan Gabriel, for example Hasta que te conocí at Bellas Artes?In which song he forgets that he was dying out of sorrow a couple of minutes ago....
Really? I will check it out
Björn really hit it. The song shows how horrible it is to begin questioning a life built on a lie. 'Without you I would be nothing' really explains it all. How horrible to live like that, being totally dependent on some supernatural being.
@@MrLingte Well... If you read the original story you'd know that Björn is just translating what Vilhelm Moberg originally wrote. And that Kristina came out of this crisis even stronger in her faith. The novel is an investigation of attitudes towards life is better, and raises the question who's better of, he atheist Karl-Oskar or Kristina, devoted to a higher power.. I'd say that the author left it open for each of us to judge. Many would say that the peaceful dead of Kristina is preferable to the long agony of Karl-Oskar.
Also remember that when you say that the existence of God is a lie, it's no less of an assumption than believing in his existence.
She is singing about God. ”You must exist…”
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The majority of people who stayed in Sweden and survived the starvation and poverty of the 1800s pretty much abandoned their God-beliefs. We’re now one of the most secular countries in the world and we’re happy, rich and succuessful. Amen.
Ugh, L comment
Speak for youself
@@tomasringstrom9380What do you mean? Any factual errors in what I wrote?
@@tomasringstrom9380 Allt han säger är fakta. Alla länder som kastar av sig oket av religion visar upp ett samhälle som är framgångsrikt. Vi har bara gått bakåt efter att vi började importera "kulturberikare" som är anhängare av den mest vidriga avarten av "gudstro" just nu! Religion is cancer!
Yes. Still this is a bloody good song, and I respect the sentimentet so much.
React to “Gabriela’s song” please! Helen Sjöholm is amazing!
I have already
@@DidiMark ok! I have to find it!☺️
So no Swedes have bothered to tell you the story about this song. It's based on a book called Utvandrarna(the emigrants).. and it deals with the hardship that existed in Sweden back in the 1800s. Due to harsh winters that yielded bad crops people were starving. This forced a lot of people to emigrate to America searching for a better life.
The book that this song is based on written by Vilhelm Moberg follows a family(and their farmhands) across the Atlantic as they try to settle in the new promised land. But the indoctrination that America was the new holy land proved to be a lie and they faced as much hardship over there.
This song is written from the perspective of the mother of that Family and her name was Kristina, and losing kids back in the 1800s was quite common, and she questions her belief in god because of it.
Thank you so much for sharing 😊
To add to what others have said. She loses a child in Sweden before they leave. In the US they have more children but loses another and after a number of kids she bleeds really hard so they say if she has another she might die. That is when the song is. In the end she wants and is with her husband but dies from the effects of childbirth. Very sad
For some background: This is a song from a musical called "Kristina From Duvemåla. Two times in the beginning of the 19th century there was famine in Sweden caused by Volcano eruptions on Island and in Italy. There was all of a sudden no summer and crops. People died like flies from lack of food. The second famine started the a large scale emigration from Sweden. 25% of all swedes went to USA during the following 40 years. Sweden was at that time one of the poorest countries in the world.
This song is about one of those emigrants. She lost her child and husband and here she cries out to God. Most of the emigrants where dirt poor and/or people that could not get a second chance after committing poverty crimes. Stealing food/money to be able to feed their families. Sweden was already by then very organized and had everything in files and registers and it was just not possible to get away from what they had done. They could not get jobs or second chances so they packed what little they had and lefter all they knew behind to find success in USA. Almost nobody did.
The musical is written by Bjorn and Benny from ABBA. Both outspoken atheists and I think you have to be
Well she didn’t lose her husband. Doctor said if she gets pregnant again she will probably die, so they can’t have sex again due to lack of contraception in that time.
@@ge_mig_nat_som_kanns That's why she felt she lost her husband obviously. What do husbands and wives do?
@@thorbeorn4295 Of course, that's why, but he didn't die, as the first comment suggests.
ABBA guys..... crazy good
It's white culture, glad you liked it! God bless✝️
Stunning voice! ❤️ But somewhat disturbing lyrics
Its important to know that God is not the one to abandon anyone. It's us that abandon Him when we buy the lies of the devil. Our Father God always has a way out of every crisis, as a victor! But sometimes we yield to something else or we have lack in understanding how to persue the spiritual matters.
The living Word of God says:
"Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will NOT leave you or forsake you." (Deuteronomy 31:8)
And..
"The thief (satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy; but I (Jesus) have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the full." (John 10:10)
And...
"For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith." (1John 5:4)
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the lyrics is about her loosing her kids in sickness and her husband as well. she questions the meaning of everything after that.
They are supposed to be disturbing. Kristina is a deeply religious character, but she is suffering so badly after the loss of her home and her baby that she just can't see the meaning of life anymore. Even Jesus, while suffering on the cross, shouted out "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Human suffering is disturbing.
As far as god is concerned, I am no longer a child. I do not believe in fairytale.
The text and music composers (Björn and Benny) are atheists too, that's why they can bring up this hot issue that Christians can't think about.
Why praying the whole life when bad shit happens anyway?
i doubt that she believes in existance of god. why should she? her face tells something very different
What? She's an actress, this is a musical. Plus, read the lyrics. You think shes praising the d-vil or what?
You sound very american lmao.
@96 apparently you don't know much about this musical otherwise i cannot explain the utter nonsense you're writing.
@@soleywolfgangsdottirLook at your own English dude it’s even more incomprehensible😂
@@treebug7738 look at all the fucks i give, you troll.