This musical tells the story of people immigrating from Sweden to the U.S during a time of starvation and tough times in Sweden in the 1800s, seeking ”gold” in the U.S. The song is explaining the pain of then comming to the U.S not finding the happines, the ”gold” you were searching for, hence the title ”the gold turned to sand”. The musical was made by Björn and Benny in ABBA and is based on a book called ”Utvandrarna” following Kristina and Carl-Oscar who decide to try their luck going to America.
But Robert had gold fever and literally wanted gold. He never gave Minnesota a chance until he persuaded his friend to go on to California to search for gold.
Fun fact, Peter Jöback also played the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera on broadway a couple years ago. And in West End in London. He is very, very talented!
If you like the music from this musical, check out Tommy Körberg singing "Anthem" from the musical "Chess". Its written by the same people (the dudes from ABBA) and Tommy is a power house!
As a Swede, I am definitely enjoying watching you react to some of our most powerful voices. There are other songs from this musical available from this particular evening with ebglish subtitles, one of my favorites is Anders Ekborg with Vildgräs (Wild grass). Anders portrayed Kristina's hard-working husband Karl-Oskar (Peter Jöback played his younger brother Robert). You should check that out as well.
Yay, you reacted to it! It is a great "companion piece" to Helen Sjöholm "Du måste finnas". Both songs so powerful, and in my own personal opinion, sung by two of Sweden's very best voices. Thank you for reacting to it! Greetings from a snowy Sweden :)
You're so right about the emotion being written all over Peter's face and in his voice, you don't need to know the language to feel it. I'm Swedish and it hits me so hard eveytime I listen to this song, especially the part about how they got lost and how Arvid died, leaving Robert behind with all his guilt and doubts. A truly beautiful song, sung by an amazing artist.
I love Your reaction! ❤ This musical was more than fantastic to see live. I went twice to see it! You know what? When Peter Jöback entered the stage, he did it on the left side of stage when it was dark. But his charisma was that strong, that the audience automatically turned their eyes towards him!!!! 🙌🏻 The whole musical -and especially Helen Sjöholm - was something else!!! You always have an open mind, Highly, and I really, really like Your comments and interpretations! Love and peace from Sweden! ❤
This particular concert, with the cast from Kristina från Duvemåla, was made infront of Swedish decendants in America. The song "Du måste finnas" med Helen Sjöholm is from the same concert. In the audiens you will see Björn Ulveus and Benny Andersson (from ABBA) who wrote the musical. Björn and Benny introduced to the audiens the story and history behind the lyrics and the musical. I remember there was a tv program here in Sweden filming Björn and Bennys journey and the making of the musical. The final was this concert for Swedish decendants. On the first premiere in Malmö/Sweden was a special guest invited, "Kristina" herself (her name in the musica)l. She died in 2005.
I’m really happy to see you found Kristina från Duvemåla. This musical is truly amazing and really hits you in the guts. Sadly, to my knowledge, it have never been translated and performed tin English. The story REALLY touches me and I had the honor to perform the musical in a concert version with a great ensemble and soloists. I hope that one day this will be performed in a language that the world can understand so more people can hear the story about the hardships these people had to go through. Maybe that could help us to take in the people who today fly from their countries to seek a new life and get away from all their misfortunes.
I listen to the English version from time to time. It's like an audio book but with music. Amazing. The whole concert was on RUclips last time I checked.
Peter Jöback started his career as a child actor. But has been most known for this roll as Robert in Kristina från Duvemåla, but also for the Swedish voice for Aladdin and Phantom of The Opera which I believe he did on Broadway. If you want you should see if you can see the movies Utvandrarna (The Emigrants) and Nybyggarna (The New Settlers). They are each about 3 hours long, but totally worth seeing. Utvandrarna and Nybyggarna is based from the books with the same names, but it also those books that Kristina från Duvemåla is based of.
The musical is far better in Swedish than the English translation. They've never got it to quite work with the text in translation. I think that's a big reason it was never more successful outside Sweden. The songs lose a lot when you hear them sung in English as we saw and heard in the English concert version.
This is my favorite singer. He is such a great person. He has a troubled background, being sexually abused by men when he was a young boy (in the theatre industry). His father was an alcoholic, and he was kicked out from his home at the age of 15. And if I remember correctly, his brother tried to kill himself in the 70´s, because he was gay, and liked to wear dresses. He died a few years later of complications from his suicide attempt. I´m going to his Christmas concert in 9 days, and I can´t wait!
Hey! This musical is next level! I'm Swedish and was lucky enough to see this with the original cast way back when. The story is based on a Swedish classic book but the theme would resonate with anyone who has left their country for whatever reason. The original cast - including the amazing Peter - are all outstanding singers and performers, it was such a coming together of talent to accompany Bjorn and Benny's work. I often listen to this when I'm homesick, makes me cry actual floods!
Peter is a great singer, I love this song very much. The songs from this musical remind me of my relatives who emigrated to the USA sometime in the 19th century.
Would strongly recommend the live version of "Hemma" and the recorded version of "Min Astrakan", both sung by Helen Sjöholm and are from this same musical. They are absolutely gorgeous!
The story is from a novel series in 4 parts that depicts the emigration from Sweden to America back in the 1850:s. But what it´s really about, I believe, is about female and male life strategies, and spiritual and not spiritual attitudes towards life, and where they lead us. Incredibly enough the guy who wrote the lyrics for the musical, Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA, is a declared atheist! And the writer of the novel himself, Vilhelm Moberg, ended up commiting suicide... Robert that we hear singing here is the much younger brother-in-law to Kristina, and the both share a more spiritual approach to life and die young. Karl-Oscar, Kristina´s husband who took the initiative to look for a better life in the USA, has a more practical approach towards life and believes that God only helps those who help themselves. He losts her in her 30s and keep on living into old age in great loneliness. Who made the best choices for his or her life? It´s up to the reader to say.
I saw this musical at the Gothenburg opera long time ago! It’s the best I’ve ever seen. Tears, joy and sadness. It’s brilliant. Benny and Björn from ABBA.. genius. Well I’m a Swede so maybe not so objective 😅🇸🇪 But it’s an amazing musical
Please react to "Vildgräs" (Wild grass) or "Stanna" (Stay) sung by Karl-Oskar, Anders Ekborg too. Oh and of course "Aldrig" (Never) sung by the village prostitute who also immigrates Ulrika, played by Åsa Bergh. Amazing performances! And you should totally see the entire concert program, hopefully there are subtitiles. it's truly spectacular. oh oh AND the duet between the arch rivals Kristina and Ulrika when they have buried the hatchet and have become best friends, "Ett Underverk" (A miracle or A wonder).
You are more than welcome to Sweden 🇸🇪 By the way, the swedish flag, the blue color stands for the blue sky and the yellow cross stands for we are a christian country. Take care Helene
In the original novel she explodes in doubt and anxiety, and rushes out in her night gown in the middle of the night in winter in Minnesota, to vent her frustration. This song and this performace captures that situation perfectly. What a gem of a reaction to it, at that.
You know you can find the full cast album on spotify? And on wikipedia you can find description in english about the musical but also description following every song.. :)
Great video!❤ You should react to "Kristina från duvemåla - Du måste finnas" from the same musical^^ it's very touching.. -This whole musical was directed by Benny Andersson, one of the members of ABBA in 1995. It was a tribute to all the swedish immigrants that taveled to USA in the early 1900's for a better life, but life turned out to still be harsh..and this musical took place in Minasota, where most of the immigrants ended up.:) 🫶
This a great song! It was from a musical made as a concert when the ensamble went from Sweden to Lindberg Minnesota. The story from the book The Emigrants by Tomas Moberg was imspired from Lindberg Minnesota therefore they went over there, snd it was a surprisingly many Swede-american decendants that still could speak Swedish and most of audience are Americans.
I think it was on it's way to Broadway around 2000 but it got cancelled by Björn and Benny. Peter Jöback did work on Broadway later on, Phantom of the Opera must've been the one he remembers most :)
You should see those 2 movies from the 70s. So good, well made, and well played. You can feel the desperation, hope through the screen. The part in the movie when they go to the gold field is so well made that you feel sick. It's swedish immigrants, but they can pass for any nationality that went to america at that time. No glory there..
If you wanna hear more of Peter please look up the “one step ahead reprice” because man has me in tears every time I hear him in it! Aladdin is probably one my favorite performances of his and thanks to Disney+ I can listen to him whenever 😂 he’s an incredible actor and singer! He was the perfect choice for the Swedish Aladdin!
Kristina från Duvemåla is a really powerful musical. The stories about Karl-Oscar and Kristina is absolutly heart breaking, but as a swede it resonate through the history of my home. There is a really powerful little statue in the town of Karlshamn with two imigrants (karloscar and kristina) , and the women is slightliy turning her head back to watch the world she is about to leave.....
Yet another fun fact is that he was the swedish voiceactor in the cartoon Disneymovie Aladdin. He is an absolute beast in that movie and i think he is better then the original actor.
I saw this musical in Malmö (south of Sweden). Peter Jöback was sick so the singer in The Ark performed in his place. It was brilliantly done. There is another powerful song by Anders Ekborg in this musical. Check out "Vildgräs" song. (Wild grass)
Bjorn&Banny did it again! Try also Chess from 1985 with Tommy Körbergs song Anthem and that Murray Head-hit "One night in Bangkock", that is how ABBA would sound if they had continued after their breakup.. 😀
Are you Swedish ancssory ?? I am a Swedish man and i don't follow you i just found you when looking for kristina från duvermåla it's such a deep song. Swedes died and some didn't Minnesota, it's a musical for Swedish or Scandinavians decedents. My family on grandmas side moved to the US because they lost the farm to a swindler it says so in the church books and i been told stories. I listen to this song when i want to remember my grand mother 😢❤
Björn and Benny wanted this musical to have its premiere on Broadway New York - but was reject. Poor Swedish immigrants were not interesting enough. So they chose an old gymnastic hall on the countryside in Minnesota where it all started. Good idea!!
Between 1860 and 1930, about 1.4 million swedes emigrated, most of them to America. Of those who were born in the latter half of the 19th century, approximately 20 percent of the men and 15 percent of the women left Sweden.
Although it seems reactors are refraining from the Carnegie Hall production, the Kristina live at Carnegie Hall is still available on CD. However, as CD stores are less common, even Amazon has been jacking up prices. I remember getting the 2 CD for less than $40 when it first came out. Now, someone has jacked it up to $80 on Amazon. Apple music has the sweeish version available Kristina Fran Dumavala as the full version and a highlights. I couldn't find the Carnegie Hall one on Apple music.
Does anyone know Who is doing the narration in the intro?Is it an Abba guy?Sounds like one of them. BTW Hats off again to the genius of Benny and Bjorn from ABBA who also created this.
If you ever have time, you should definitely read the books this musical is based on. The first two books especially are very dense with a lot of additional information surrounding the context for the setting and the language is a bit old fashioned, but personally it was one of the best reading experiences I’ve ever had. I didn’t have to read them at school which I think helped, but they made an incredible impression on me. They’re considered a Swedish natural treasure and for good reason. Also fun fact, Peter Jöback is also the Swedish voice for Aladdin!
I LOVE to read and I have never been able to stomach them. Instead I get a visceral reaction and start dryheaving whenever I see the books. In high school we spent 8 MONTHS going over six pages in one of these books. It was boring beyond belief and I still have nightmares about those horrid pages our teacher stuffed down our throats. If her goal was to make us hate them she did succeed. It's been 30+ years and hell will freeze over before I touch them.
@@swedishmeatball4382 yeah that all makes sense, compulsary reading will do that to you. We had to read the Iliad in high school and at the time I didn’t see the point and found it incredibly dull, but now as an adult I want to take a crack at it again since my tastes have changed a lot since then, but something is still stopping me
This is based on the books “The Emigrants”, “The Immigrants” and “The last letter Home”. A treasure in Swedish literature. There is also a TV adaptation. Jag tyar inte mer, Karl-Oskar! Men se, Astrakanen blommar!
Before this song, Robert is explaining to Kristina that he has passed his fate unto God and therefore she mustn't think of him as being prissy. At the end of the conversation she looks at his watch and asks: is this Arvid's watch? - and then Robert finally lets go and tells his story. Extremely powerful and moving.
In this scene, Robert hands over the watch to Kristina that Arvid wore* on the night that he passed away. * Not wrist watches back then. Probably handhelds with necklace. “.. då gled klockan ur hans hand” Could be translated to “.. then his watch slipped from his hand” “His” is not a correct word for word translation, maybe “this” is closer. “His” is closer to the meaning of the message though. “Slipped” is correct but wouldn’t sound as good as for example “fell” or something like that. It is difficult to translate lyrics. Time was sadly out for Arvid (=my interpretation).
About Utvandrarna/Nybyggarna don´t matter, It´s about Sweden and all the moving to US to get a better life, it is a good old mpvie that well " some kinds have the fortune to watch in schools to day" Unfortually not all. It is with Max Von (death) Sydow ...great actor.History wise that´s why you have areas like Bishop hill and.... Boxholm, Iowa. ... Bremer County, Iowa. ... Bronx, New York. ... Calmar, Iowa. ... Christina River, Delaware. ... Falun, Kansas. ... Hallandale, Florida. ect.. All swedish foundend areas! crasy right 🙂
Josh Groban has sung a English version of this song: "12 Josh Groban - Gold Can Turn To Sand (Stockholm, Waterfront 2016-05-05)" I prefer the Swedish version though.
I read the books. I remember it as Roberts friend (Arvid, that died) probably has low IQ. When he leaves Sweden, his parents give him a watch as a memory of them, and it is the watch that Kristina finds in Roberts hands and she is questioning it, since Arvid would never leave his watch with anybody else and was very careful with it. Arvid is friendly, and the most loyal friend you could have, but has a harder time saying no than others and does not have the ability to return where they came from on his own, this Robert knows obviously and this is one of the reason he is so sad about Arvids death and blames himself because he didn't return together with Arvid when Arvid begged him to. Robert contracts tuberculosis from helping a dying man, the man gives him money, Roberts "invests" the money, but in reality is scammed and the money he gets is worthless. When he gets back to the other Swedes (Who are farmers and don't look after gold), his brother Karl-Oscar gets REALLY angry at him for embarrassing him with fake money. Robert later goes out into the forest and dies from tuberculosis, they find him dead later and Karl-Oscar is sad because the last memory will be of anger and frustration towards his brother.
There you have it ❤ Peter and Helena in duvemåla..amaging seeing then two on stage But you should also check out Anders Ekborg with pity the child (vem ser ett barn) he also did Duvemåla
As a swedish person, it's so facinating how this song hits everyone, even people who don't understand the language.
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This musical tells the story of people immigrating from Sweden to the U.S during a time of starvation and tough times in Sweden in the 1800s, seeking ”gold” in the U.S. The song is explaining the pain of then comming to the U.S not finding the happines, the ”gold” you were searching for, hence the title ”the gold turned to sand”. The musical was made by Björn and Benny in ABBA and is based on a book called ”Utvandrarna” following Kristina and Carl-Oscar who decide to try their luck going to America.
But Robert had gold fever and literally wanted gold. He never gave Minnesota a chance until he persuaded his friend to go on to California to search for gold.
This is not about utvandrarna but INVANDRARNA = The immigrants. (Utvandrarna, Invandrarna, Sista brevet hem. Vilhelm Moberg.)
Not sure I agree with that tbh.
@@evaasjostrom1373 The second book is called nybyggarna, not invandrarna
@@olsa76This is the correct answer, even though Karl Oskar and Kristinas search for a better life also can be seen as a search for gold.
This guy was the Swedish voice for Aladdin. Amazing dude!
Yeah, he does both the speaking and singing voice for Aladdin.
But then again, we never see cartoons with voiceovers. Try to watch a Ghiubli with english vices, it kills it.
What a beautiful language ❤
Fun fact, Peter Jöback also played the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera on broadway a couple years ago. And in West End in London.
He is very, very talented!
His first role in West end was as Chris in Miss Saigon, and he played Michael in the original cast of The Witches of Eastwick
Yes moore then he thinks, we all know this!
If you like the music from this musical, check out Tommy Körberg singing "Anthem" from the musical "Chess". Its written by the same people (the dudes from ABBA) and Tommy is a power house!
Tommy is one of our best singers in my opinion!
As a Swede, I am definitely enjoying watching you react to some of our most powerful voices. There are other songs from this musical available from this particular evening with ebglish subtitles, one of my favorites is Anders Ekborg with Vildgräs (Wild grass). Anders portrayed Kristina's hard-working husband Karl-Oskar (Peter Jöback played his younger brother Robert). You should check that out as well.
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Yay, you reacted to it! It is a great "companion piece" to Helen Sjöholm "Du måste finnas". Both songs so powerful, and in my own personal opinion, sung by two of Sweden's very best voices. Thank you for reacting to it! Greetings from a snowy Sweden :)
You're so right about the emotion being written all over Peter's face and in his voice, you don't need to know the language to feel it. I'm Swedish and it hits me so hard eveytime I listen to this song, especially the part about how they got lost and how Arvid died, leaving Robert behind with all his guilt and doubts. A truly beautiful song, sung by an amazing artist.
As a swede I’m very proud. It’s very nice that you’re enjoying this musical. 👌🏻
I love Your reaction! ❤
This musical was more than fantastic to see live. I went twice to see it!
You know what?
When Peter Jöback entered the stage, he did it on the left side of stage when it was dark. But his charisma was that strong, that the audience automatically turned their eyes towards him!!!! 🙌🏻
The whole musical -and especially Helen Sjöholm -
was something else!!!
You always have an open mind, Highly, and I really, really like Your comments and interpretations!
Love and peace from Sweden! ❤
This particular concert, with the cast from Kristina från Duvemåla, was made infront of Swedish decendants in America. The song "Du måste finnas" med Helen Sjöholm is from the same concert. In the audiens you will see Björn Ulveus and Benny Andersson (from ABBA) who wrote the musical. Björn and Benny introduced to the audiens the story and history behind the lyrics and the musical. I remember there was a tv program here in Sweden filming Björn and Bennys journey and the making of the musical. The final was this concert for Swedish decendants.
On the first premiere in Malmö/Sweden was a special guest invited, "Kristina" herself (her name in the musica)l. She died in 2005.
I’m really happy to see you found Kristina från Duvemåla. This musical is truly amazing and really hits you in the guts. Sadly, to my knowledge, it have never been translated and performed tin English. The story REALLY touches me and I had the honor to perform the musical in a concert version with a great ensemble and soloists.
I hope that one day this will be performed in a language that the world can understand so more people can hear the story about the hardships these people had to go through. Maybe that could help us to take in the people who today fly from their countries to seek a new life and get away from all their misfortunes.
Search "Kristina at Carneigie hall" there was a concert version of the musical done . In English 😊
I listen to the English version from time to time. It's like an audio book but with music. Amazing. The whole concert was on RUclips last time I checked.
It was performed in the Carnegie Hall, New York, 23rd and 24th of September 2009 ( in english)
Another swedish gem! Great one again 🙏
Im happy you found the youtube rabbithole into sweden and its history of great musicians.
Peter Jöback started his career as a child actor. But has been most known for this roll as Robert in Kristina från Duvemåla, but also for the Swedish voice for Aladdin and Phantom of The Opera which I believe he did on Broadway.
If you want you should see if you can see the movies Utvandrarna (The Emigrants) and Nybyggarna (The New Settlers). They are each about 3 hours long, but totally worth seeing. Utvandrarna and Nybyggarna is based from the books with the same names, but it also those books that Kristina från Duvemåla is based of.
The musical is far better in Swedish than the English translation. They've never got it to quite work with the text in translation. I think that's a big reason it was never more successful outside Sweden.
The songs lose a lot when you hear them sung in English as we saw and heard in the English concert version.
Peter Jöback was the Phantom of the opera too....he has a amazing voice, love him ❤
This is my favorite singer. He is such a great person. He has a troubled background, being sexually abused by men when he was a young boy (in the theatre industry). His father was an alcoholic, and he was kicked out from his home at the age of 15. And if I remember correctly, his brother tried to kill himself in the 70´s, because he was gay, and liked to wear dresses. He died a few years later of complications from his suicide attempt. I´m going to his Christmas concert in 9 days, and I can´t wait!
Hey! This musical is next level! I'm Swedish and was lucky enough to see this with the original cast way back when. The story is based on a Swedish classic book but the theme would resonate with anyone who has left their country for whatever reason. The original cast - including the amazing Peter - are all outstanding singers and performers, it was such a coming together of talent to accompany Bjorn and Benny's work. I often listen to this when I'm homesick, makes me cry actual floods!
Peter is a great singer, I love this song very much. The songs from this musical remind me of my relatives who emigrated to the USA sometime in the 19th century.
Hi!
SO GOOD REACTION! 🙌🏻
Helen Sjöholm is 💎!
I was on this musical in twice.
It was EPIC!
Greetings from Sweden!
This musical is probably one of the best ever written - the storyline is so touching, the music is just mesmerising and the cast is magnificent!!! ❤
Would strongly recommend the live version of "Hemma" and the recorded version of "Min Astrakan", both sung by Helen Sjöholm and are from this same musical.
They are absolutely gorgeous!
The story is from a novel series in 4 parts that depicts the emigration from Sweden to America back in the 1850:s. But what it´s really about, I believe, is about female and male life strategies, and spiritual and not spiritual attitudes towards life, and where they lead us. Incredibly enough the guy who wrote the lyrics for the musical, Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA, is a declared atheist! And the writer of the novel himself, Vilhelm Moberg, ended up commiting suicide...
Robert that we hear singing here is the much younger brother-in-law to Kristina, and the both share a more spiritual approach to life and die young. Karl-Oscar, Kristina´s husband who took the initiative to look for a better life in the USA, has a more practical approach towards life and believes that God only helps those who help themselves. He losts her in her 30s and keep on living into old age in great loneliness. Who made the best choices for his or her life? It´s up to the reader to say.
I saw this musical at the Gothenburg opera long time ago! It’s the best I’ve ever seen. Tears, joy and sadness. It’s brilliant. Benny and Björn from ABBA.. genius. Well I’m a Swede so maybe not so objective 😅🇸🇪 But it’s an amazing musical
Subscribed now, thanks man for this gem. ❤
You need to see this in its entirety!
This is a stunning piece of music, just beautiful...
As a Swedish man who grew up with this song. It is a VERY important song.
Peter Jöback is amazing, always played his Christmas album since was a kid or well my mom did
Peter Jöback also sings this song translated to english. The title is "Gold Can Turn To Sand" and can be found on RUclips.
Please react to "Vildgräs" (Wild grass) or "Stanna" (Stay) sung by Karl-Oskar, Anders Ekborg too. Oh and of course "Aldrig" (Never) sung by the village prostitute who also immigrates Ulrika, played by Åsa Bergh. Amazing performances! And you should totally see the entire concert program, hopefully there are subtitiles. it's truly spectacular. oh oh AND the duet between the arch rivals Kristina and Ulrika when they have buried the hatchet and have become best friends, "Ett Underverk" (A miracle or A wonder).
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Oh yes please ❤
I've watched quite a few of your reactions by now, and the text you keep on rolling on the low left always hits me. I'm happy it's there.
You're very welcome!
You are more than welcome to Sweden 🇸🇪
By the way, the swedish flag, the blue color stands for the blue sky and the yellow cross stands for we are a christian country.
Take care
Helene
In the original novel she explodes in doubt and anxiety, and rushes out in her night gown in the middle of the night in winter in Minnesota, to vent her frustration. This song and this performace captures that situation perfectly. What a gem of a reaction to it, at that.
You know you can find the full cast album on spotify? And on wikipedia you can find description in english about the musical but also description following every song.. :)
Great video!❤ You should react to "Kristina från duvemåla - Du måste finnas" from the same musical^^ it's very touching..
-This whole musical was directed by Benny Andersson, one of the members of ABBA in 1995.
It was a tribute to all the swedish immigrants that taveled to USA in the early 1900's for a better life, but life turned out to still be harsh..and this musical took place in Minasota, where most of the immigrants ended up.:)
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You need to see the whole thing! It's amazing 🙏
This musical NEEDS to be translated into English. I have seen it twice in Sweden, it is so brilliant, the WORLD needs to see/experience it!
Peter Jöback did the voice many Swedish versions of Disneys work. Therefor Peter is my childhood
its Benny and Björn rom Abba that ritten this music ,its cald Kristina from Duvemåla . Sorry for my spelling but im from Sweden .
This song is beautiful and his voice is amazing.
This a great song! It was from a musical made as a concert when the ensamble went from Sweden to Lindberg Minnesota. The story from the book The Emigrants by Tomas Moberg was imspired from Lindberg Minnesota therefore they went over there, snd it was a surprisingly many Swede-american decendants that still could speak Swedish and most of audience are Americans.
Wilhelm, not Tomas....
I think it was on it's way to Broadway around 2000 but it got cancelled by Björn and Benny. Peter Jöback did work on Broadway later on, Phantom of the Opera must've been the one he remembers most :)
You should see those 2 movies from the 70s. So good, well made, and well played. You can feel the desperation, hope through the screen. The part in the movie when they go to the gold field is so well made that you feel sick. It's swedish immigrants, but they can pass for any nationality that went to america at that time. No glory there..
Proud from sweden amazing song ❤❤❤
If you wanna hear more of Peter please look up the “one step ahead reprice” because man has me in tears every time I hear him in it! Aladdin is probably one my favorite performances of his and thanks to Disney+ I can listen to him whenever 😂 he’s an incredible actor and singer! He was the perfect choice for the Swedish Aladdin!
Kristina från Duvemåla is a really powerful musical.
The stories about Karl-Oscar and Kristina is absolutly heart breaking, but as a swede it resonate through the history of my home.
There is a really powerful little statue in the town of Karlshamn with two imigrants (karloscar and kristina) , and the women is slightliy turning her head back to watch the world she is about to leave.....
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Happy you loved this! Peter is true Gem !
Yet another fun fact is that he was the swedish voiceactor in the cartoon Disneymovie Aladdin. He is an absolute beast in that movie and i think he is better then the original actor.
It`s amazing to think that this is written and composed by the two "A-s" in ABBA, Bjorn and Benny.
Got chills listening to this.
A fun detail: the presenter in the videos beginning is Björn Ulveus, who have written the lyrics to the song, AND is member of ABBA.
I saw this musical in Malmö (south of Sweden). Peter Jöback was sick so the singer in The Ark performed in his place. It was brilliantly done. There is another powerful song by Anders Ekborg in this musical.
Check out "Vildgräs" song. (Wild grass)
Love your reaction. Nicely done... Feels honest. (I'm a Swede and know this story very well).
Bjorn&Banny did it again! Try also Chess from 1985 with Tommy Körbergs song Anthem and that Murray Head-hit "One night in Bangkock", that is how ABBA would sound if they had continued after their breakup.. 😀
If the music touches you, without understanding the lyrics ... THAT'S MUSIC ...
This made me choke up when I was a kid and I actually "denied" my mom listening to it because I knew she would choke up too 😅😆
Kristina från Duvemåla is from 1995 , i would love to se my self but i cant!! But i love both Helen Sjöholm and Peter Jöback
Great reaction sir! We Swedes react the same 👌🏻
Are you Swedish ancssory ?? I am a Swedish man and i don't follow you i just found you when looking for kristina från duvermåla it's such a deep song. Swedes died and some didn't Minnesota, it's a musical for Swedish or Scandinavians decedents. My family on grandmas side moved to the US because they lost the farm to a swindler it says so in the church books and i been told stories. I listen to this song when i want to remember my grand mother 😢❤
You can also watch the old movie from 1971 "Utvandrarna" (The Emigrants) regi by Jan Troell, based on the books "Utvandrarna" by Vilhelm Moberg
... Also I love that you react to our music
Björn and Benny wanted this musical to have its premiere on Broadway New York - but was reject. Poor Swedish immigrants were not interesting enough. So they chose an old gymnastic hall on the countryside in Minnesota where it all started. Good idea!!
Björn Ulvaeus who is one of the creators of this musical is one of the members in ABBA
There are movies about this Story, the latest Is called Utvandrarna I believe!
i had alot of relatives going to america back in the day. so i have alot of relatives in the states:) its awsome but the pain they had omg...
I've seen this musical 5 times..best I've ever seen
this is just so awsome grow up with it and still one of me faves
a sad and brilliant song and a heartwarming reaction
Peter jöback är fantastisk.
Between 1860 and 1930, about 1.4 million swedes emigrated, most of them to America. Of those who were born in the latter half of the 19th century, approximately 20 percent of the men and 15 percent of the women left Sweden.
Although it seems reactors are refraining from the Carnegie Hall production, the Kristina live at Carnegie Hall is still available on CD. However, as CD stores are less common, even Amazon has been jacking up prices. I remember getting the 2 CD for less than $40 when it first came out. Now, someone has jacked it up to $80 on Amazon. Apple music has the sweeish version available Kristina Fran Dumavala as the full version and a highlights. I couldn't find the Carnegie Hall one on Apple music.
It's a musical written by Björn and Benny... ABBA... also the same guys that wrote CHESS... they have skills :)
I still love this musical. The best there was and is.
The best musical i'v ever seen
Does anyone know Who is doing the narration in the intro?Is it an Abba guy?Sounds like one of them.
BTW Hats off again to the genius of Benny and Bjorn from ABBA who also created this.
yes, it's Björn from Abba
@@saga3668 Oh yes damn me i had missed the very first couple of seconds of the video!Now i noticed,thank you!
If you ever have time, you should definitely read the books this musical is based on. The first two books especially are very dense with a lot of additional information surrounding the context for the setting and the language is a bit old fashioned, but personally it was one of the best reading experiences I’ve ever had. I didn’t have to read them at school which I think helped, but they made an incredible impression on me. They’re considered a Swedish natural treasure and for good reason.
Also fun fact, Peter Jöback is also the Swedish voice for Aladdin!
I LOVE to read and I have never been able to stomach them. Instead I get a visceral reaction and start dryheaving whenever I see the books. In high school we spent 8 MONTHS going over six pages in one of these books. It was boring beyond belief and I still have nightmares about those horrid pages our teacher stuffed down our throats. If her goal was to make us hate them she did succeed. It's been 30+ years and hell will freeze over before I touch them.
@@swedishmeatball4382 yeah that all makes sense, compulsary reading will do that to you. We had to read the Iliad in high school and at the time I didn’t see the point and found it incredibly dull, but now as an adult I want to take a crack at it again since my tastes have changed a lot since then, but something is still stopping me
You heard Kristina (Helen Sjöholm) and her crying out for God so this is how she lost her husband.
Nope. Her husband outlived her by many years.
The whole musical is full of powerful songs. You should listen to the whole musical.
I love Peter jöback. ❤❤❤❤❤
This is based on the books “The Emigrants”, “The Immigrants” and “The last letter Home”. A treasure in Swedish literature. There is also a TV adaptation. Jag tyar inte mer, Karl-Oskar! Men se, Astrakanen blommar!
Four books. You left out the third, Nybyggarna, “the settlers”.
Before this song, Robert is explaining to Kristina that he has passed his fate unto God and therefore she mustn't think of him as being prissy. At the end of the conversation she looks at his watch and asks: is this Arvid's watch? - and then Robert finally lets go and tells his story. Extremely powerful and moving.
In this scene, Robert hands over the watch to Kristina that Arvid wore* on the night that he passed away.
* Not wrist watches back then. Probably handhelds with necklace.
“.. då gled klockan ur hans hand”
Could be translated to
“.. then his watch slipped from his hand”
“His” is not a correct word for word translation, maybe “this” is closer. “His” is closer to the meaning of the message though. “Slipped” is correct but wouldn’t sound as good as for example “fell” or something like that. It is difficult to translate lyrics.
Time was sadly out for Arvid (=my interpretation).
Do Anthem Tommy Körberg Chess 🙏🏻
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About Utvandrarna/Nybyggarna don´t matter, It´s about Sweden and all the moving to US to get a better life, it is a good old mpvie that well " some kinds have the fortune to watch in schools to day" Unfortually not all. It is with Max Von (death) Sydow ...great actor.History wise that´s why you have areas like Bishop hill and....
Boxholm, Iowa. ...
Bremer County, Iowa. ...
Bronx, New York. ...
Calmar, Iowa. ...
Christina River, Delaware. ...
Falun, Kansas. ...
Hallandale, Florida.
ect..
All swedish foundend areas! crasy right 🙂
Best in The world❤
Josh Groban has sung a English version of this song:
"12 Josh Groban - Gold Can Turn To Sand (Stockholm, Waterfront 2016-05-05)"
I prefer the Swedish version though.
The films with Max Von Sydow about Christina and Carl-Oskar harsh life in Sweden /USA
I read the books. I remember it as Roberts friend (Arvid, that died) probably has low IQ. When he leaves Sweden, his parents give him a watch as a memory of them, and it is the watch that Kristina finds in Roberts hands and she is questioning it, since Arvid would never leave his watch with anybody else and was very careful with it. Arvid is friendly, and the most loyal friend you could have, but has a harder time saying no than others and does not have the ability to return where they came from on his own, this Robert knows obviously and this is one of the reason he is so sad about Arvids death and blames himself because he didn't return together with Arvid when Arvid begged him to.
Robert contracts tuberculosis from helping a dying man, the man gives him money, Roberts "invests" the money, but in reality is scammed and the money he gets is worthless. When he gets back to the other Swedes (Who are farmers and don't look after gold), his brother Karl-Oscar gets REALLY angry at him for embarrassing him with fake money.
Robert later goes out into the forest and dies from tuberculosis, they find him dead later and Karl-Oscar is sad because the last memory will be of anger and frustration towards his brother.
There you have it ❤ Peter and Helena in duvemåla..amaging seeing then two on stage
But you should also check out Anders Ekborg with pity the child (vem ser ett barn) he also did Duvemåla
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Amazing voice!
Peter Jöback is a great singer.
More songs from Sweden please!
the Swedish Aladdin :)
Love this one! 💛💙
❤ I see you already did 😊
One thing. This is bao. Wich means abba. The goat
peter even i phantom of the opera❤