Swedish Lucia Celebration - online concert

[@alirezaetezadi7469]

I studied master program in Sweden 12 years ago and Sweden took care of me like a mom for every single minute I spent in there. Although I left there a long time ago, still the memory is with me and I truly feel departed from my other mom. Now that I watch and hear this heavenly piece of music for a very special night, tears keep running through my eyes and I can't think of anything else but pure love for my second home country which delivered more to me than my own country quite generously. Long live Sweden and all the nice things they did for the world, showing how human beings are capable of living in peace and harmony under high living standards in some part of the world.

[@sweden]

That’s fantastic to hear! Thank you for sharing!

[@kareemkalisari]

Yes, sir,, Ali Reza ... Opss!

[@Medietos]

Ali Reza Etezadi: how did all tat care happen, please? Were you calm, healthy and happy and easy to interact with? Was it arranged so that the carers were paid to care for you? Have you been well treated always in life? I ask because I am being abused fatally by Sweden, and I am from here, having sought healthcare for 41 years, and after I got late diagnoses, I still haven't got amends for that. I am traumatized from childhood, a Highly Sensitive person, with Aspergers anda seriouus autoimmune disease.I'd be grateful and glad if you'd answer, maybe say sth that could give me ideas of what I can do to turn it around,and live and thrive. How have you been after you left, what have you been doing? Good Advent!

[@alirezaetezadi7469]

@@Medietos Dear Claudia, I hope that things go in a better direction for you in life and you have prosperity in whatever you're up to. I studied my master in Sweden. It was a tuition-free study and I had full insurance coverage for my while period of studying. The teaching was wonderful and I never felt alone or inferior during my stay. The transportation system was very well and riding bicycle was a common practice for everyone and the people were living together in peace and harmony. I feel sorry for your problems and Itruly wish you find peace and healthiness ultimately. By using the word "care" I had literal intentions to state that Sweden took care of my educational and living needs, but I had no health issues. Thank you for stopping by and reading my comment and leaving an answer. I wish the best of luck for you.

My grandma was Swedish and past today a year ago, we lived this tradition in our home in Colombia since I can remember, this year was a double sad year, and I had to take my time to write this, have seen this concert several times, is one of the things that brings me great memories from my grandma! Stay all safe and sane! hope to go back to Sweden in the near future with may daughters so they can see where my grandma was born and lived

[@sweden]

We're sad to hear that your beloved Grandmother passed! But, we're also happy to hear that you enjoyed this special Lucia presentation! Welcome to Sweden with your family post-pandemic! Until then, as you said, stay safe and sane! Merry Christmas from all of us at team Sweden! In Swedish: God Jul!

@@sweden God Jul!!! Vi ses!

[@sarahperche3173]

Even if I am not living in Sweden anymore. This day keeps to be special for me. Lovely concert !!!

[@sweden]

We hear, snd feel you! This is a special time of the year! Happy Lucia to you!

[@mr.kyairey1679]

@@sweden Those who value permission would never be pregnant because any child was unable to give permission in order to be born or not. Sex without permission is crime. Pregnant without permission is crime. Being pregnant should be criminalized because many felt like born without consent. There is no sweet taste of a cup of tea if there is no sugar as there is human because there is sperm so any dad had done something that was gay as they had tasted their wife through kissing and then perhaps anybody could say something like that to anyone who is still homophobic. Just because animals are still unable to say do not kill me for food but it does not mean people have rights to kill animals for food because all animals have rights to live safely and freely without getting killed for food et cetera freedom to confess publicly or privately free. The unthreatening Universal Declaration of Human Rights also known as UDHR has 30 articles while the threatening Koran also known as Quran has 6236 verses.

[@monicagrelli3924]

Been in Sweden, from Italy, many years ago. I loved it.. Hope to be there again soon. Such a beautiful country and Such friendly people. Stay strong. Kiss..

[@sweden]

Thank you so much! We wish you a great festive season!

[@lauracristinamunoz2577]

All my love to Sweden 😍🇸🇪

[@sweden]

We're feeling the love! Thank you!

[@georgeasmundwiik6688]

Hei fra Glasgow Scotland. Happy Lucy day . Ja That was very uplifting. In these trying times. Hyligge,, tusen takk.. God Jul, yeah .😁😀

[@sweden]

You're most welcome! Stay safe, and sane!

[@elvisrodriguez8029]

Awesome !!...Lucia ,the light in the darkness ,greetings from Mexico (Latin America)

[@sweden]

Hello Mexico! Wishing you a great festive season!

[@whiskersmum]

Beautiful performance. Well done, children!

[@sweden]

Excellent work indeed! Thank you!

[@Sorrely1]

What beautiful music and such pure, clear and heavenly voices. Thank you for sharing this.

[@sweden]

You’re most welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@jason4275]

We all had a horrible year, at least we have music to keep our spirts up.

[@sweden]

Very true words! Everyone is keen to move on!

[@kapjm9]

So pure their voices, so bright their lights, so beautiful their faces. Thank you.

[@sweden]

Thank you! 😃

[@ОльгаКривова-б6э]

Потрясающие, чистые голоса! Торжество молодости!

[@TJ_Travels1]

I can't believe I'm saying this but I was listening to this in the morning and I had it on repeat because it sounded soo good

[@sweden]

We did the same! If you like a longer concert, feel free to check out the SVT's (Swedish National Broadcaster) stream: www.svtplay.se/video/29267198/luciamorgon-fran-jukkasjarvi

[@TJ_Travels1]

@@sweden Cheers from London

[@sweden]

@@TJ_Travels1 Thank you!

[@Keyboard_4]

@@sweden Tja! Länken fungerar inte längre, är den borttagen eller har jag gjort något fel?

[@mariangelac.9728]

Beautiful songs from young people of Suécia. Brasil

[@sweden]

Obrigado!

[@CG_Hali]

Thank you from Canada!

[@sweden]

Hello Canada! We wish you a Merry Christmas!

[@dianetaylor4256]

They sounded lovely. 😊

[@sweden]

It's a talented bunch of school kids!

God Bless Santa Lucía!

[@sweden]

Merry Christmas from team Sweden!

[@susansaly3627]

Thank you!!! Beautiful!!!

[@sweden]

You're most welcome! Happy Lucia!

[@judithmalmgren1171]

LOVELY TRADITION, LOVELY PERFORMANCE.

[@sweden]

A heartwarming performance indeed!

[@tom1tomek1]

Jag är på väg att gå ombord på vagnen på grund av min ålder. Men innan det skulle jag gärna vilja se min mors hemland en sista gång. God Jul.

[@sweden]

We wish you all the best with your travel plans! Welcome, post-pandemic!

[@Situnadei]

En varm hälsning från gamla Sverige, Lev väl !

[@tom1tomek1]

@@sweden Today May 26th I got the first shot of Phizer. Maybe, just maybe my dream will come true. You all please get vaccinated. See you all...

[@ankicat3425]

Hoppas ni får en underbar Lucia. Hälsningar från en svensk i England

[@sweden]

Thank you! It's been lovely, yet so very different from other years!

[@ankicat3425]

@@sweden Ja verkligen, och det är vid sådana här tillfällen som våra traditioner spelar så stor roll

[@sweden]

@@ankicat3425 110%!

[@saulbustamante5816]

Nice gift hearing you. Beautiful voices. Greetings from Mexico

[@sweden]

Thank you! Greetings to you from Sweden!

[@Scottsteaux63]

My grandmother was from Norway, thus she could speak fluently with Swedes and Danes as well as other Norwegians. This is SO beautiful; to this day I try to have as many of the traditions I grew up with at Christmastime.

[@sweden]

We're very glad that you keep the traditions up!

[@dylanmccompany2335]

DET ÄR JU JAG!!!

[@pogsmusic]

när??

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Glad Lucia alla! Jag åker alltid till firanden här i Kalifornien, men vi har ingen i år. Hoppas att jag ska åka igen nästa året. (Did I say all that right? Jag lär fortfarande mig språket.)

[@sweden]

Your Swedish is excellent! Thank you!

[@ZhangtheGreat]

@@sweden Tack så mycket!

[@benedictcowell6547]

I am so impressed by this ceremony and the fact that it has embraced peoples from other lands and races. It is so moving when Europe shares its splendid traditions

[@sweden]

We're very glad to hear that!

[@benedictcowell6547]

@@sweden I would live in Sweden if I could. I was always very happy there.

[@carls1600]

Mycket uppskattad uppladdning. Mvh utlandssvensk i Pacific Northwest

[@sweden]

Thank you for watching! Happy Lucia!

[@Medietos]

Refeshing with some more unusual songs, thank you very much! i am stuyck in Aspergrs stress and having had my home and money, hnour and rights taken away from me.Very strss-sick and want help to live now1 IUt was 7½ years ago, and I have been struggling to mab´nage, miss nice things like celebrations and Lucia. Glad to hear this good singing though. Wishing the youth good life.

[@sweden]

Thank you very much for sharing!

[@beatriceschmitter8283]

Glockenhelle wunderschöne Stimmen. Sie singen wie Engel so schön. 💞 🇸🇪

[@sweden]

Thank you for your kind words!😊

[@AmaraEmme]

The opening soloist killed it!!

[@sweden]

Correct!

[@tannykotake5705]

It's so beautiful!!

[@sweden]

It's truly beautiful, indeed!

[@advikgarbyal7925]

Same here from Denmark though same tradition.

[@EP-cm8ch]

Love Sweden ❤️ 🇸🇪 my hubby is Swedish too

[@sweden]

Perfect! Send our regards!

[@jamesdunlap5363]

This is gorgeous. Can anyone tell where this is (what church or hall in Stockholm) and what choir?

[@sweden]

Pleased to hear that! It's in Eric Ericssonhallen, Skeppskyrkan in Stockholm. The singers are students from Adolf Fredrik's music school in Farsta.

[@jamesdunlap5363]

@@sweden Thanks very much! I have shared it with my FB friends and will add this information. You might consider adding that to the caption above, just below the link ("On 13 December ...").

[@sweden]

@@jamesdunlap5363 Fair point! There are credits at the end of the video, but they can be hard to catch!

[@jamesdunlap5363]

@@sweden Yes, I see them now, but I missed them the first time.

[@rito2424]

What is the name of the song that starts at 49 seconds? I love it so much that I want to memorize the lyrics and sing it.

[@sweden]

It's Luciasången! There are actually several versions of this song! Here the first verse of the one of them: Sankta Lucia, ljusklara hägring, sprid i vår vinternatt glans av din fägring. Drömmar med vingesus under oss sia, tänd dina vita ljus, Sankta Lucia. Drömmar med vingesus under oss sia, tänd dina vita ljus, Sankta Lucia.

[@channelnoorislamtv1348]

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[@sweden]

Pleased to hear that, thank you!

[@alcatraz2010]

Could we have name of the songs with time stamps?

[@alcatraz2010]

well at least the name of the one that starts in 07:48

[@sweden]

Here are the Lucia concert song titles in order of appearance! 08:00 - Så mörk är natten, 08:01 - Staffansvisa från Orust, 08:02 - Goder morgon härinne, 08:03 - God morgon mitt herrskap, 08:04 - Lucia stiger fram, 08:07 - Sankt Staffans visa. 08:08 - Betlehems stjärna, 08:10 - Nu tändas tusen juleljus, 08:12 - Jul, jul, 08:14 - Jingle Bells, and finally 08:15 - Sancta Lucia!

[@alcatraz2010]

@@sweden Many thanks

[@kotosulamun328]

3:19, wich song is it?

[@sweden]

It is called "God morgon, mitt herrskap" ans it's a traditional Lucia song.

[@martinadujmusic7369]

Is there a list of the songs anywhere?

[@mexico53ify]

yep...the last screen of the film has a list.

[@kimyelin688]

저는 스웨덴으로 워킹홀리데이를 가는것을 준비하고 있는 한국인 여성입니다. 저는 한국에서 태어나 평생을 살면서 한국사람한테 상처를 많이 받았습니다. 여유가 부족한 한국을 떠나서, 여유롭고 평화로운 스웨덴에 가서 워킹홀리데이를 갔다가 그 길로 취업이민을 통해 스웨덴에 가서, 저는 평생을 스웨덴인으로 살아갈 것입니다. 그 후에는 누군가가 저에게 고향이 어디냐고 묻는다면, 나의 고향은 스웨덴이라고 대답할거에요. 제 나이는 27세이고, 저는 스웨덴 그룹 "ABBA"의 열성 팬입니다. 스웨덴 동화 "말괄량이 삐삐"도 정말 좋아하지요😊

[@sweden]

What a lovely thing to hear!

[@capri1167]

😍😍😍

[@sweden]

Thanks a bunch!

[@victorjanssen8720]

The world need to set up Covis stations for all of Mexico.

[@petter5721]

Vackert 👍🏻

[@sweden]

Verkligen stämningsfullt!

[@erpedro]

The beginning reminds me of Christian bale singing in the empire of the sun

[@gabrielladeco2452]

Voci angeliche

[@sweden]

Very beautiful voices indeed.

[@thomasn9722]

tipp tapp tipp tapp tippe tippe tipp tapp

[@sweden]

The sound of christmas! 😃

[@NataljaKowarik]

A good day to celebrate and eat delicious buns. From a transplanted Swede....

[@sweden]

Its a perfect day for it!

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Next time, use a dark base for the saint's headgear. Since both are pale, she looks scalped. I can't stop seeing it against her dark hair, despite her pretty face. Lovely ceremony.

[@sweden]

Lovely ceremony indeed!

[@kyleswetokos9436]

This looks like a very non-swedish celebration

[@sweden]

It's very Swedish, indeed. Have a read here: sweden.se/culture/celebrations/the-lucia-tradition

[@kyleswetokos9436]

@@sweden I read the article already, I'm referring to the kids in this ceremony

[@sweden]

You would find that modern-day Sweden is not a monolith. The kids from this rather prestigious music school reflect that.

[@Soundofmusic777]

Beautiful singing! Thank you. However, why is there a Chinese girl opening the concert?.... If I go to China, I would not appreciate seeing Europeans opening up a Chinese concert... Also, it would be more beautiful, if girls had their hair undone and had somewhat more professionally cut dresses on. They look more like casual nightgowns. Other than these details - absolutely beautiful!

[@isakpalsson9012]

I agree with you, Soundofmusic777, if the roles were reversed it would be cultural appropiation

[@elizabethlewis9182]

What an insensitive thing to say. This lovely young lady has the voice of an angel and her ethnicity is irrelevant. I expect she is Swedish. You need to re-examine your values.

[@isakpalsson9012]

@@elizabethlewis9182 tell that to the SJWs

[@Soundofmusic777]

@No One I do know Sweden very well - thank you. Eyes and heart go together. And there is also reason that joins them. Only then you can speak of understanding.

[@kristinabalarin8768]

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