I grew up with the films Utvandrarna (The immigrants) and Nybyggarna turned into a television series on Swedish TV, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullman, plus many more then well-known Swedish actors. It made a prrofound impression on me as a kid. The depressing and poor conditions in Sweden at that time that forced about one third of the population to emigrate. The new country was not always the paradise they had envisioned. I especially remember the sad story of Kristinas beloved brother leaving for the ”land of gold” but instead dying from drinking poisoned water. Learning about her brother’s death from his friend four years later . I think the musical Kristina from Duvemåla by Bjorn and Benny perfectly captures the hopes, sorrows and drama of these people both musically and lyrically, and the singers they picked - Peter Jöback and Helen Sjöholm - were pure gold. The two clippings you have reacted to, Du måste finnas and Guldet blev till sand, are from a concert performed in Minnesota that traditionally is where most Swedish immigrants ended up. So it was both a very natural and emotional location to perform music from Kristina from Duvemåla.
The musical is inspired by a nationally super successful, and for us Swedes a classic book Utvandrarna (1949). The book it self have movies based on the book. One film is a old classic from 1971 and then appearently (I did not even know until googling now) there has been a new version released in 2021 with Gustaf Skarsgård (Floki in HBO series Vikings) playing one of the parts.
This musical is based on the history of The Emigrants (Swedish: Utvandrarna) is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg from 1949. It is the first part of The Emigrants series. Plot The story takes place in the 1840s up to 1850. The first part of the novel describes the hardships faced by rural families in Sweden. Karl Oskar Nilsson and his wife, Kristina, own a farm in Ljuder socken in Småland. They have four children and work hard to make a living, but the poor harvests lead to famine, a catalyst for the beginnings of emigration to the United States in search of a better life. Karl Oskar and his brother Robert want to go, but Kristina doesn't want to leave her home country, knowing that she will never see the rest of their family again. But after the death of their oldest child, she accepts her husband's plans when she realizes that they are in just as much danger from their lives in Sweden as on the big sea and in a New World. They pack up all their belongings and book passage in a group with others from their parish. The characters illustrate some of the motives that prompted people to leave Sweden in the 19th century. The travelers include: Karl-Oskar, Kristina and their children - seeking to escape poverty and famine and finding a place where their work pays off. Robert, Karl Oskar's adventurous brother - landless, as the second son of a farmer whose holdings are too small to sub-divide. He seeks escape from the harsh conditions of being a hired farmhand. Danjel Andreasson with family, Kristina's maternal uncle, who has been banished from the country due to his religious "delusions." The state Lutheran church was very powerful, and dissent, even in the simple form of home Bible study, is not tolerated. They bring their farmhand Arvid, who is a friend of Robert. Jonas Petter Albrektsson, who seeks to escape from an unhappy marriage at a time when divorce was not possible. Ulrika of Västergöhl, a former prostitute, looking to leave her past behind and start afresh with her daughter Elin. The second part of the book tells how they board the ship in Karlshamn, and then how the life goes on during the ten weeks they spend on board - battling sea-sickness and scurvy, travelling across the Atlantic Ocean before finally reaching New York City in midsummer of 1850. The novel ends with the travellers marvelling at the technological wonders of their new home, emblematised in the almost-complete Hudson River Railroad (which would grow into the New York Central) finally opened October 3, 1851. The third part of the book is about those people finding a place in the mid west, i think Minnesota, were there's still many people with swedish herritage living. Finally they found a piece of land were they can settle down and start their new life. It's not easy for them and they have to work very hard everyday. There's a lot of treats out there, like Indians and many other things they're not used to handle. One day Karl-Oskars younger brother Robert and his best friend Arvid decides to seek for some gold, like many did that time, and they're gone for 4 years. This song is about when Robert is coming back home to Kristina and Karl-Oskar and tells them what happended out there. His friend died out there by drinking dirty water, and Robert is so sad about that. This musical are based on these books and Benny and Björn (from Abba) made those songs and produced this musical. This musical has being set up in many countries back then and was huge in Sweden. This clip you're reacting to is from when they did this musical in Minneapolis 1996 were many in the audience has swedish ansestors. That's why the audience are so emotional . I love it.
Looking forward to this! Here are 3 other great songs from the musical Kristina från Duvemåla with english subtitles from the same concert. Här har du mig igen (Helen Sjöholm & Anders Ekborg, duet) ruclips.net/video/UFiFQJgZiX8/видео.html Hemma (Helen Sjöholm) ruclips.net/video/tYxdCgNrmGI/видео.html Vildgräs (Anders Ekborg) ruclips.net/video/vWQ6Xf6ujDk/видео.html
Translation of the part before the song: **talking about the gold fields in California** "It was a hard and tough life that awaited Arvid and Robert. The little gold they found they exchanged for banknotes that turned out to be fake, worthless... during their journey Arvid died and after four years Robert returned to Kristina and Karl-Oskar as a broken man."
I mean, I feel like Anders Ekborg who plays Kristinas husband Karl-Oskar is a bit overlooked in the whole Kristina Från Duvemåla craze, he performs several great songs, but Vildgräs comes to mind as "his" song, it's about how their land back in Sweden was riddled with stone and they couldn't really grow stuff on it, but now when they've reached the US with plenty of fertile soil there is a man who challenges Karl-Oskars right to the land, saying the Americans stole it from the natives and that Karl-Oskars land that he bought doesn't belong to him, but the natives. And ofcourse Karl-Oskar has come there and bought the land in good faith and feels like it's his and the work that he's put into it makes it his. ruclips.net/video/vWQ6Xf6ujDk/видео.htmlsi=WQsoE-PEzo_LtwE5
Robert, who is singing here, is the younger brother of Karl-Oskar who is married to Kristina (Helen Sjöholm) After all of them emmigrated to the US in 1850, Robert wanted to seek his fortunes in the goldrush in California, and he brought his friend Arvid with him, and this song is about how he lost Arvid along the way and that the gold "turned to sand" as in they struggled across deserts but was it really worth it?
Nybyggarna and utvandrarna movies with Kristina Karl Oskar there children and his brother Robert and his friend Arvid is on Netflix now in Minnesota and Sweden 🇸🇪
It’s a musical, they do sing and act, they are characters. I love them. This was the first musical I experienced in theater as a kid, still remember it as it was yesterday. ❤
Used to listen to the sound track (never watched the musical) and this is so sad, he return to Kristina with her husbands pocket watch, and this song is all about telling her how her husband died.
I grew up with the films Utvandrarna (The immigrants) and Nybyggarna turned into a television series on Swedish TV, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullman, plus many more then well-known Swedish actors. It made a prrofound impression on me as a kid. The depressing and poor conditions in Sweden at that time that forced about one third of the population to emigrate. The new country was not always the paradise they had envisioned. I especially remember the sad story of Kristinas beloved brother leaving for the ”land of gold” but instead dying from drinking poisoned water. Learning about her brother’s death from his friend four years later . I think the musical Kristina from Duvemåla by Bjorn and Benny perfectly captures the hopes, sorrows and drama of these people both musically and lyrically, and the singers they picked - Peter Jöback and Helen Sjöholm - were pure gold. The two clippings you have reacted to, Du måste finnas and Guldet blev till sand, are from a concert performed in Minnesota that traditionally is where most Swedish immigrants ended up. So it was both a very natural and emotional location to perform music from Kristina from Duvemåla.
You're mixing it up
It's not Kristinas brother, it's Karl Oskars.
And he's not the one who drinks from a dirty well. It's his friend Arvid.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Peter Jöback did the Swedish voice for Aladdin. That was his breakthrough. He later did this roll as Robert in Kristina från Duvemåla.
yeah, he did both the speaking and singing voice for Aladdin.
The musical is inspired by a nationally super successful, and for us Swedes a classic book Utvandrarna (1949). The book it self have movies based on the book. One film is a old classic from 1971 and then appearently (I did not even know until googling now) there has been a new version released in 2021 with Gustaf Skarsgård (Floki in HBO series Vikings) playing one of the parts.
There was also a second movie made in 1972 called Nybyggarna based on material from the other books (there are four in total).
This musical is based on the history of
The Emigrants (Swedish: Utvandrarna) is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg from 1949. It is the first part of The Emigrants series.
Plot
The story takes place in the 1840s up to 1850. The first part of the novel describes the hardships faced by rural families in Sweden. Karl Oskar Nilsson and his wife, Kristina, own a farm in Ljuder socken in Småland. They have four children and work hard to make a living, but the poor harvests lead to famine, a catalyst for the beginnings of emigration to the United States in search of a better life. Karl Oskar and his brother Robert want to go, but Kristina doesn't want to leave her home country, knowing that she will never see the rest of their family again. But after the death of their oldest child, she accepts her husband's plans when she realizes that they are in just as much danger from their lives in Sweden as on the big sea and in a New World.
They pack up all their belongings and book passage in a group with others from their parish. The characters illustrate some of the motives that prompted people to leave Sweden in the 19th century. The travelers include:
Karl-Oskar, Kristina and their children - seeking to escape poverty and famine and finding a place where their work pays off.
Robert, Karl Oskar's adventurous brother - landless, as the second son of a farmer whose holdings are too small to sub-divide. He seeks escape from the harsh conditions of being a hired farmhand.
Danjel Andreasson with family, Kristina's maternal uncle, who has been banished from the country due to his religious "delusions." The state Lutheran church was very powerful, and dissent, even in the simple form of home Bible study, is not tolerated. They bring their farmhand Arvid, who is a friend of Robert.
Jonas Petter Albrektsson, who seeks to escape from an unhappy marriage at a time when divorce was not possible.
Ulrika of Västergöhl, a former prostitute, looking to leave her past behind and start afresh with her daughter Elin.
The second part of the book tells how they board the ship in Karlshamn, and then how the life goes on during the ten weeks they spend on board - battling sea-sickness and scurvy, travelling across the Atlantic Ocean before finally reaching New York City in midsummer of 1850. The novel ends with the travellers marvelling at the technological wonders of their new home, emblematised in the almost-complete Hudson River Railroad (which would grow into the New York Central) finally opened October 3, 1851.
The third part of the book is about those people finding a place in the mid west, i think Minnesota, were there's still many people with swedish herritage living.
Finally they found a piece of land were they can settle down and start their new life. It's not easy for them and they have to work very hard everyday. There's a lot of treats out there, like Indians and many other things they're not used to handle. One day Karl-Oskars younger brother Robert and his best friend Arvid decides to seek for some gold, like many did that time, and they're gone for 4 years. This song is about when Robert is coming back home to Kristina and Karl-Oskar and tells them what happended out there. His friend died out there by drinking dirty water, and Robert is so sad about that.
This musical are based on these books and Benny and Björn (from Abba) made those songs and produced this musical.
This musical has being set up in many countries back then and was huge in Sweden. This clip you're reacting to is from when they did this musical in Minneapolis 1996 were many in the audience has swedish ansestors. That's why the audience are so emotional . I love it.
That made me 😢 cry...what songwriting by the abba boys...
If you think that, have you wached Chess the musical? :) Especially with Tommy Körberg :)
Peter Jöback was performing The Phantom in the musical on Broadway a couple of years ago
Thank you so much for your reaction of this very, very powerful and specia song.
Looking forward to this! Here are 3 other great songs from the musical Kristina från Duvemåla with english subtitles from the same concert.
Här har du mig igen (Helen Sjöholm & Anders Ekborg, duet)
ruclips.net/video/UFiFQJgZiX8/видео.html
Hemma (Helen Sjöholm)
ruclips.net/video/tYxdCgNrmGI/видео.html
Vildgräs (Anders Ekborg)
ruclips.net/video/vWQ6Xf6ujDk/видео.html
Vildgräs😍😍😍
Translation of the part before the song:
**talking about the gold fields in California**
"It was a hard and tough life that awaited Arvid and Robert. The little gold they found they exchanged for banknotes that turned out to be fake, worthless... during their journey Arvid died and after four years Robert returned to Kristina and Karl-Oskar as a broken man."
Show him Tommy Körberg Anthem
Tommy Körberg - Stad i ljus
I mean, I feel like Anders Ekborg who plays Kristinas husband Karl-Oskar is a bit overlooked in the whole Kristina Från Duvemåla craze, he performs several great songs, but Vildgräs comes to mind as "his" song, it's about how their land back in Sweden was riddled with stone and they couldn't really grow stuff on it, but now when they've reached the US with plenty of fertile soil there is a man who challenges Karl-Oskars right to the land, saying the Americans stole it from the natives and that Karl-Oskars land that he bought doesn't belong to him, but the natives. And ofcourse Karl-Oskar has come there and bought the land in good faith and feels like it's his and the work that he's put into it makes it his.
ruclips.net/video/vWQ6Xf6ujDk/видео.htmlsi=WQsoE-PEzo_LtwE5
Robert, who is singing here, is the younger brother of Karl-Oskar who is married to Kristina (Helen Sjöholm)
After all of them emmigrated to the US in 1850, Robert wanted to seek his fortunes in the goldrush in California, and he brought his friend Arvid with him, and this song is about how he lost Arvid along the way and that the gold "turned to sand" as in they struggled across deserts but was it really worth it?
Why is the sound so horribly distorted when he sings those loud notes?
Sounds like the Shia Labeouf distorted meme of "JUST DO IT!"
Nybyggarna and utvandrarna movies with Kristina Karl Oskar there children and his brother Robert and his friend Arvid is on Netflix now in Minnesota and Sweden 🇸🇪
It’s a musical, they do sing and act, they are characters. I love them. This was the first musical I experienced in theater as a kid, still remember it as it was yesterday. ❤
The whole man is the definition of goosebumps
You do know it's the two men from ABBA who has composed this musical... ? ;-)
Used to listen to the sound track (never watched the musical) and this is so sad, he return to Kristina with her husbands pocket watch, and this song is all about telling her how her husband died.
Not her husband. Arvid died, Karl-Oskar is her husband and he was not going with Robert looking for gold in California. Arvid did, and died.
you pronounce it Jirlback, the L is silent (as is the r). like girl, but silent L
The names. Of. ABBA.
Agnetha, Björn, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid
Get it?
Don't think Bennys last name, Andersson, is included in ABBA. 😁
Have you heard "dimash" the greatest voice in the world....a young guy from Kazakhstan....mind blowing...
check my "discovering Dimash playlist"
Yes i have but he wasn't in kristina
så fint !