THIS SWEDISH FOLK SINGER MAKE ME CRY!! Sofia Karlsson - Jag väntar... (Allsång på Skansen, 2006)

[@adambohlin5112]

As Greek moving to Sweden and know Swedish I do not think other countries realize how hard life in this country has been with poverty, famine and darkness. Every Swedish born has so much sadness inside but still hope today we read how great everything is in Sweden and all the Nordic countries but man how they have worked their bones of to get were they are. For me as a born Greek with a warm climate, light and sun and plenty of food I hope that the rest of the world living in better countires what these Nordic people have had to sacrifice compared to most other people and still so many hate them just because they are blue eyed and blond it is ridiculous and frankly a bit racist, Most people would not be able to endure what the Nordic people have had to suffer when the rest of the world were rich and happy. Me as a southerner with all good things given to me by birth is starting to understand why these Nordic people are so protective about there culture and hard work ethics which they are world famous for everyone wants to employ a Swed,.

[@matslarsson2819]

Swedes are the one of the most tolerants people in the world. Only a very very small fraction are racist.

[@leifjonsson3691]

❤

[@nodistortions]

@steohl77Du kanske inte känner dig förtjänt till att ta till dig dessa fina ord. Håll det för dig själv.

[@Coole-ee1vg]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@dianapersson5247]

In Sweden we don’t know our history and we actualy don’t know our culture. And people who is from other parts of the wourld did’nt know what religion we have in Sweden befor the Christians came and tortured and kill the swedish people who didn't want to become a christian

[@Billy-bd2oe]

Starr seemes super sweet.

[@Lofftsno]

What a sweet reaction you gave, it made me smile to see. The song gives an ancestral feel because it is made in the style of much older Swedish songs. Our people's songs since the Middle Ages and probably older times (I don't think any songs from that time survive unfortunately) are often about our amazing nature and about hope in hard times. The music is often what we call "bitterljuv" and "rofyllda" which are terms that I don't think can be translated. "Bitterljuv" is a word made up of "bitter" which is sour and "ljuv" which is kind of beautiful but with an older, more grounded feel. "Bitterljuv" is almost like bittersweet but not quite. The second can only be described as a heavy joy. It is a joy that weighs one down rather than lifts one up. A dark day under the moon in the forest with family and a warm fire surrounded by snow, this feels "rofyllt". These feelings are what our songs often want to convey and they are strongly linked to how Swedes are. To live with such darkness is, even today, to live a life where happiness feels heavy. It makes one understand how much one should be grateful to the sun.

[@emmaoh4051]

We have a lot of sad songs in Sweden

[@mathsjesperson8432]

The music was written by Gunnar Turesson (1906-2001). In the 1980's, when he was an old man, I heard him sing the song himself, while playing it on lute. Afterwards I went to the stage to talk with him, and he was so glad that a young man like me liked his music, so he invited me to his room backstage, where I talked with him for two hours! Gunnar Turesson was married to the sister of the poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920), who wrote the lyrics of this song.

[@idanorrman5192]

Actually, it was Dan that was married to Gunnar's sister Olga Turesson. :)

[@mathsjesperson8432]

@@idanorrman5192 Yes, you are right. I of course know that, especially as I talked with Gunnar Turesson himself about his wife and the book she had written about a school for girls in Karlstad in the 19th century. He also invited me to come and stay for some days in their castle at Lake Vänern, but unfortunately I never did that. Anyway, I just mixed this up in the hurry.

[@svenjonsson4275]

You are not alone feeling emotional about this song and especially when the great folksongsinger Sofia Karlsson sings It.

This is an old poem by Dan Andersson from 1915. Music by Gunnar Turesson. Sofia Karlsson had a hit in Sweden with this song in 2005. Sofia’s voice is something else ♥️

[@SofiaKarlsson-be4jm]

Thank you Starr! A friend just sent me this, thanks for ur kind words, l m happy you appreciate the song. My mother sang it for me when l was a kid. Lots of love from me and best luck with everything! / Sofia

[@nicklasekelund1322]

Ja du har en härlig röst sofia❤ its nice too see the emotional power that a strong and pretty and also sensitive voice can have on all poeple around the world and she doesen't understand a word of song .... bra jobbat säger nicklas i uddevalla Sverige

[@tee8839]

@@nicklasekelund1322det är inte Sofia. Personen gjorde profilen för 1 dag sedan

[@TPWK216]

I don't understand people who pretend to be someone they're not.. I mean they get caught quickly, what's the prestige in that??

[@kallekohlstrom5795]

@@TPWK216 prehaps she made the account to be able to answer. Nobody knows =)

[@Dr.StefanDanerek]

Amazing tnx guys

[@hrafnatyr9794]

Swedish guy here. I found a translation into english if you are interested in what the song is about. This is a poetic translation rather than a word-for-word one, so it works pretty good to sing if you would like to try 🙂. I’m waiting by my log-fire while the hours gently wander, while the stars all are roaming and nights come and go. I’m waiting for a woman who comes from far yonder - the dearest one, the dearest one with blue eyes aglow. I thought of a roaming and snow-covered flower and dreamt of a mocking laugh trembling and slight, Imagined my dearest came here to my bower through the forest, over moorland one snow-laden night. Glad-hearted I’d bear in my arms this my dream-love through low brushwood to where my small cabin lies near, and cry out rejoicing to my at last seen-love: Oh, welcome, you awaited these lonely long years! ’m waiting at my coal-stack while the hours stray and wander, while the forests are singing and clouds come and go. I’m waiting for a woman who roams from far yonder - the dearest one, the dearest one with blue eyes aglow.

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

En so fin översättning också, tack för den!

[@DefaultFlame]

Nice. Jag funderade på att sätta mig o skriva en översättning eftersom så många i kommentarerna verkar tycka om sången, men här är du. Tack för din anstränging!👍

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

@@DefaultFlame Men i början sjunger hon inte "mila" = log fire.... utan... vad sjunger hon?.. sockel? Sockel som i kakelugn??

[@swedishmetalbear]

Such a beautiful reaction. The language of music is universal. Love from Sweden!!

[@Mittnamnarupptaget]

Sofia Karlsson is fantastic! We played this song at my dad’s funeral a couple of weeks ago.

[@AfricaBrazilAsia]

Fint spela den på min ocksa

[@akeeriksson84]

Swedens last war with Russia in 1809 made us the poorest country in Europe after loosing Finland. That coused à LOT of hardship with dreams of a better future. 25% of the population emigrated to America.

[@Bloink]

@@akeeriksson84 Vad i all världens alla dagar är det du babblar om min goda lille gosse?

[@andersson.l.e]

You are so sweet. I think you have been a swede in your previous life.

[@karolinaeleonora3064]

My thought too.

[@medusaslair]

You don't have to share a culture to appreciate it and evoke feelings for other cultures' music.

[@IvanMidwing]

You should also listen to Helen Sjöholm….another great Voice!

[@johannesmarkstrom3241]

I cry too when I hear this song. It is about a mans longing for a future relation with the woman of his dreams. The song was written by Dan Anderson who worked in the forrests of Sweden making coal. He spent a lot of time lonely and wrote poems about it and some have gotten music to them. This is his most famous song and it has all the elements of a Swedish folk song. Mostly the melancholy that is significant of Swedish musik. Maybe a reason to why the Swedes love this song is that more than 50% of our population lives alone. Sofias voice really tells you about the feeling of longing and your tears is proof that you don`t have to understand the words to know the feeling of the song.

[@memoblom2112]

41% of the population in Sweden lives alone according to SCB. What is interesting though is that if you look at the statistics Sweden and Scandinavia are the countries in the world were people feel less lonely then anywhere else. Its usually explained with that the Scandinavian countries have (comparatively) strong welfare-systems which means that for an example many more women can leave abusive/violent relationships and choose to live by themselves instead and choose which people they want to have in their life. . But also for an example that all older people have the right to get elderly care which means that someone comes home to them and help them everyday, talk to them etc. In most other countries elderly that do not have families/have bad relationships with their families becomes very lonely in a lot of cases. . We also move out of our parents house on average when we are 19 in Sweden, and today most young people wants to live by themselves for a while to feel independent/like grown ups☺️, so a lot of the single households consists of very young people. (Whilst in Italy for an example the average age for moving out of home is 30. And in many countries people can not afford to move out before they get married - and it can also still be seen as strange in some cultures if a woman lives by herself.) . Many people love living by themselves (-but has a lot of good friends/relationships with their families etc-) so the number of single-households in a country doesnt say anything about the number of people that feel lonely/not lonely in that country. . I think the melancholy in Swedish songs, which is a very old tradition, has a lot to do with the nature here with vast forrests and isolated places - especially back in the day. And theres something universal too of course about a love song of this kind, a song about longing for someone❤

[@Rallarbusen]

*Making coal', means he was a coppice burner, making charcoal. Dan Andersson was given the opportunity to become a school teacher, to teach the other impoverished children.

[@SisterJorunn]

I love it too. It is in our roots.. But I think it is better sung by a man as in the lyrics. . Like this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpq6oKGVhJKYd7Msi=XxlZFtzfflFMS7W6

[@brittandersson8027]

Den vackra svenska bitterljuva tonen i folkmusik

[@Loupa57]

Hi, just to clarify. I am certain it should have read “that Anderson worked in the forests of Sweden making CHARCOAL”

[@rCRTEr]

This song is originally written by Dan Andersson born 1888, a swedish poet and author who died in 1920 by cyanide poisoning at a hotel who was using it to fight bed bugs. I still listen to his songs to this day, and one of the best is this "Jag väntar vid min mila", "Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan". But that is one of the best live performances of his work I have ever heard I also got emotional when I heard -"I wait by my log fire while the hours wander, while the stars wanders as the nights pass. I wait for this woman who roams on many wide paths..." it is hard to translate Swedish many words lost in translation. But that is what this song is about basically. My father had the same occupation as Dan Andersson when he was young and made coal in the dark, cold and windy forest of Sweden, they made coal in charcoal kiln´s and everybody had to help guard the kiln so it did not take fire even children had to work from that they was 5 - 7 years old at that time. From my dad I heard of Dan Andersson and still listens to his song and reading the poems he left us, today his songs reminds me of my father and the story´s he used to tell us about when he was guarding the charcoal kiln.

[@pierrelindenstrand6273]

This is what culture should be all about - sharing and enjoying.

[@monikagermundssonjonasmeli536]

Hallo from Sweden. I cried with you. Yes I think folk music is powerful. Thank you!

[@conservative6759]

i slit my wrists thinking of the next winter and how so many will become albinos again without any sunlight

[@runeotto]

I am from Norway, and i love the swedish folksongs and singers. Sweden have a strong tradition with folksongs. I would love to see you react to a song called "Men går jag øver engarna" sung by Gjøran Fristorp.

[@lenaccarlsson]

What an awesome suggestion. So long since I heard that song

[@Jooonas484]

Norge har fina folksånger också. Hälsning från skog i norr i 🇸🇪

[@kingwacky184]

Tycker Norge och Sverige är ganska lika i folksånger. Har hört många vackra folksånger från Norge.

[@Jooonas484]

@@kingwacky184 🇧🇻👍

[@Jooonas484]

@@runeotto 🤗🇸🇪till 🇧🇻

[@larsberggren6905]

The lyrics in english: I wait by my logfire while the hours pass While the stars wander and the nights go I'm waiting for a woman from far away The dearest, the dearest with blue eyes I imagined a wandering fragrant flower And dreamed of a trembling, elusive laugh I thought I saw the most beloved coming Through the forest, over the moors on a snowy night I wanted to happily carry my dream in my arms Through the thicket over there where my cabin stands And raise a jubilant cry to the loved one Welcome you, who have been waiting for lonely years I wait at my logfire while the hours pass While the forests sing and the clouds walk I'm waiting for a hiker from travel routes at The dearest, the dearest with blue eyes

[@fordhouse8b]

I think the word mila, as in kolmila is a kiln where you produce charcoal from wood through pyrolysis.

[@samuelgustavsson1483]

@@fordhouse8bit is.

[@malinostman9187]

This is a really good translation!

[@michaelpettersson4919]

@@fordhouse8b That is correct.

[@vigilantez9361]

@@fordhouse8b the original song is called ”Jag Väntar (vid min stockeld).. and he sings ”jag väntar vid min stockeld…”. Stockeld would properly be translated to logfire.

[@yogiine]

Thank you for listening to our Scandinavian music. ❤ from Norway ❤

[@spesse]

This is typical Swedish folk music in the Swedish song tradition, what you get is a touch of the Swedish melancholy. We are so used to it and how it sounds so we are not as affected but it feels at home and Swedish.

[@LizBramsen]

This song and reaction show how we can speak to each other across cultures through music. There it's heart to heart - nothing getting in the way. Thank you.

[@Secka-tm8yt]

Hi, I recommend Helen Sjöholm and the song Gabriella’s sång It’s so beautiful and I cry when I hear her❤❤

[@primaballerina84]

Björn Skifs - Håll Mitt Hjärta ❤🇸🇪

[@lisenjohansson4750]

Håll mitt hjärta is fantastic❤

[@lenaengell8528]

@@lisenjohansson4750 En av de vackraste sånger som jag vet om. Kristina från Duvmåla Du måste finnas, är en annan.

[@Upe-f9c]

This time you dug deep into the soul of Sweden, with Sofia Karlsson singing a poem written by Dan Andersson. This type of melancolic feeling has been in the heart of so much of swedish music and poetry for decades, well centuries. Listen to Jonna Jinton´s version of our national anthem "Du gamla du fria" and you might get the full grip of the atmosphere. Love your reactions!

[@elisabethrydeholm4681]

Beautiful music with lyrics by Swedish poet Dan Andersson. And Sofia Karlsson's voice is so effortless, like a rippling forest stream.

[@gustum1]

Jag vill leva, jag vill dö i Norden❤️

[@MikaelMurstam]

Maybe you don't know this but Sweden is the largest exporter of music per capita in the world. So you have probably heard a lot of Swedish music before :)

[@aleks71438]

ABBA contributes more to the Swedish economy than Volvo and Saab

[@boopthefloof]

I'm swedish born and raised. I might be blond and have blue eyes, but that does not mean it's been easy. My mother was a single mother with two kids, she could not work because of her illness. So she lived on a small budget. I will never forget one night that she craved chocholate. The one she wanted was 2 american dollars. But ofc, me as a 7 year old wanted some candy too. So she could not buy what she wanted. Instead, she got a smaller chocholate just so she could buy me and my brother something. She cryed that night. So even though Sweden is a country with many positive things and benifits, it does not mean it's easy for all of us. We still have homeless, we still have family's who can't feed their kids. It's sad, but no matter where you are on this earth, people will struggle.

[@CinnamonScent]

Sounds like a memory straight out of my own childhood ❤️ my mom also alone with 2, working until she worked herself to pieces, been permanently sick since I was 7 😔 no life in Sweden looks good, but it comes with a lot of musts and responsibilities, it is a country for the healthy and young, not a country for sick and elderly. Hopefully we can change this ❤

[@CinnamonScent]

This sounds like a memory from my own childhood ❤️ my mom also alone with 2.

[@boopthefloof]

@@CinnamonScent ❤️

[@nannanon6829]

You must have a Swedish soul somewhere hidden inside you...❤❤❤

[@lenaengell8528]

Thank you SO much for your beautiful and heartful reaction on this beautiful, Swedish song.

[@Hin_Håle]

A very beautiful song. It isn't actually a traditional folk song though, but a poem written in 1915 by the swedish poet Dan Andersson and later made into a song. This version with Sofia Karlsson is definitly folk music inspired and Sofia definitly has a beautiful voice. She also sings in a more modern, folk inspired fashion, which is very beautiful but not fully traditional. But swedish folk music is a pretty wide category which has a lot of songs that are just as beautiful or even more beautiful than this. And of course, there is a lot of pretty boring songs as well. There's a large treasure of music out there to discover for anyone who is interested.

[@astral7080]

Love and light from Stockholm🙏🙏💛💚 your emotional senses are lovley

[@ja6853]

You think Sweden is beautiful? You are absolutely the most beautiful women, and i love your smile!! Regards from Sweden!

[@Aluzard]

fy fan halva inne eller? =D

[@yksikaksikolmen]

@@Aluzard Ha,ha.....

[@ann-christineholst6718]

❤❤❤ I love all my Swedish folksongs ❤❤❤🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@bjornedling4142]

Music is an international language, loved your reaction!❤

[@niniusa]

Sofia Karlson is a treasure! And here she’s backed by equally good musicians. You ought to check out guitarist Roger Tallroth’s former trio Väsen or fiddler Esbjörn Hazelius’ duo Hazelius/Hedin. Lovely people, grand music.

[@FallahPladasque]

Yes you def ought to look that up! Great musicians

[@BjornHverven]

Sofia Karlsson fantastic , this is Swedisch culture 👍👍👍

[@crazyferretlady]

Not anymore.. 😢 Now it's NoGo-sones, killings, bombings, raping and kriminal gangs running the towns and cities..

[@elishh8173]

How beautiful of you to appreciate other countries music. You are a beautiful person inside and out 💖 Love from Sweden

[@JJosephineify]

Thank you Starr ❤️ Love from Sweden ❤️🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪❤️ Sweden's national poet Dan Andersson wrote this poem and it was later set to music by Hootenanny Singers a Swedish band whit Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA.

[@maggan82]

No Gunnar Turesson wrote the music.

[@per-akekarlsson6723]

Sällan man hör något så vackert!

[@ABHB666]

Jag hör bara en jävla falsksång som ligger helt fel.

[@jorunnrichardsen383]

Swedish is a beautiful language.

[@micke3035]

Sofia and her voice can bring tears to anyone's eyes, it grabs you by your core, regardless if you understand the words or not. Music can have that effect and that's what makes it so powerful.

[@TakezoMusashi]

Internet is amazing, hard to grasp that a girl from another country reacting to a swedish song (what a beautyful reaction btw) and I get to see that reaction! It's such a big world, but we are also so close at hearth

[@AudunWangen]

You should listen to "Gläns över sjö och strand" by her. It's amazing 😍

[@ann-britttjernqvist4291]

So much vibration in music, its a universal language, unite us all over the world ❤

[@erikmarklund3033]

If you like swedish folkmusic, listen to strövtåg i hembygden by mando diao. Its based on a swedish poem by Gustaf Fröding and is a modern recreation of that poem!

[@monicaericsson2692]

❤ Swedish melancholy poem about longing, written by Dan Anderson (ded 1920) later set to music. Regards from Sweden

[@Hendopomeranianpuppy]

So beautiful ❤ I am from Norway 🇳🇴 I love the Swedish language ❤ So amazing

[@Micke-vz8mk]

Swedixh folk music at it¨s best, when you dont¨need to understand the lyrics. With the real genuine voice, the message will cut through youre bones and soul, and you just know what it¨s all about. Codus to you Starr for your reaction so gracefully. And from youre reaction to this clip, i can only recommend you to look into Jonna Jinto, doing her version of the Swedish anthem. It will totally brake youre heart. Regards M kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYKpnahqgcScd7c

[@naukumaija7056]

Can I recommend Sissel Kyrkjebøs rendition of Solveigs Song, it's Norwegian and on youtube as well. Always makes me cry.

[@AsaSindeman]

At first I thought I wanted to be there with you to explain the lyrics…. but apparently there’s no need. Music is beyond words. Regards from Stockholm.

[@lenaengell8528]

What a beautiful way to say this. And very, very true.

[@KaFu9904]

It’s nice seeing people from outside of Sweden listening to and appreciating our swedish music(as in the text is in swedish). You should listen to her version of some swedish christmas songs, a lot of our Christmas music is more folky than pop like a lot of English songs are. We have a lot of pop as well mind but I like the more folky ones. Two of my favorites of Sofia Karlssons are Gläns över sjö och strand and Härlig är jorden😍

[@Tösa-f3x]

Sitting here crying together with you. ❤ You’re so adorable, and we need moments like this.

[@Lisa-mb3kj]

Åh Denna kvinna borde sjunga omkring tiggaren från Luossa.

[@jan-olofandersson5766]

This is the most classical swedish music around 100 years old. Another kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIncnJ6de7ucsLs

[@Astridhsten]

this is such a beautiful video

[@Helena_Lindroos]

Kristina från Duvemåla kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2PMlYl_bJiUn9Usi=nw8yc9uFQ-7aKlx4

[@rolandstrandberg]

I love this poem and many others by Dan Andersson (who died way too early by accident).

[@mayweassist2300]

You should listen to Helen Sjöholm and the song "du måste finnas". And react to that in a video 😊😊❤

[@baldis12]

Have a look at : Husavik: My home town with Molly Sanden,. damn thats strong.

[@erikbrodell955]

Though I`m Swedish, I Will give you a tip of a Norwegian band called Vamp. Together with Rita Eriksen they made a live recording with a Symphonic orchestra, song is Tir n’a Noir. The song stirred up my emotions Wien I heard it. Enjoy, //Erik

[@Ikaelgo]

So beautiful and soft! It’s worth crying for.❤

[@smidefix8147]

Heres the translation😊 I wait here by my log-fire as the hours pass by as the stars migrate slowly and the night moves toward day. I wait here for a woman coming from afar to me my dear one, my dear one whose blue eyes come my way. I thought she’d be a wandering, snow-covered flower and I dreamed of her purling, elusive laugh, bright I thought I’d seen my loved one as she was approaching through the woods, o-er the heaths on a wintery night. Overjoyed I would happily carry my loved one through the undergrowth to where my cabin is near, and raise up a jubilant cry to my dear one: You are welcome at last after such lonely years! I wait by my log-fire as the hours pass by, while the forests are singing and the skies fill with sighs. I’m waiting for a wanderer coming from afar to me - my dear one, my dear one with her lovely blue eyes.

[@andreasrylander]

Oh lord yeah.. the lyrics are soooo beautiful....

[@jenka_79]

Check out Jonna Jinton. She is a Swedish KZbinr and she have some astonishing songs to. 🎵

[@MegaKlingi]

So lovely you share your beautiful heart

[@bjornnordstrom]

Beautiful Starr, if you get emotional listening to this, I can just imagine what it would be like to watch a movie with a sad ending with you… 😢. You are such a sweet person! ❤

[@thomasahrenss7493]

If You want to hear some other great songs from other Nordic Countries ,then just write it here...In Scandinavia we share some really great/ good songs between our countries( Norway, Denmark and Sweeden) ..It could be fun and inspiring to see what you get out of these songs..Have a great day

[@herrbonk3635]

This time i realised you were a genuine person, not an actor. Sorry for taking my time...

[@anetteholm496]

Yes, this is one of the most beautiful swedish folk songs I know! ❤ I´m glad you like it! ❤

[@kimcarlsen689]

You are amazing ❤🇸🇪

[@hson_hson9621]

love this, from who doesn't speak Swedish still get the meaning....

[@irenewicander2160]

Swedish ”visa” when is in the best. Dan Andersson, poet wrote that text.

[@gorillaprutt]

Music holds so much emotional power, I'm swedish but I don't listen to a lot of Swedish songs and I hadn't heard this before, but I got goose bumps, and hearing you talking and crying made me almost cry!

[@willythebluebear]

According to our own personality type - which can be defined on 4 axes by the Jungian typology or on 5 dimensions by the psychometric tool that is the Big5 Neo Pi-R (extraversion, openness, agreeability, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and men and women score very differently on each of these dimensions) - we respond emotionally noticeably differently to the different harmonic keys and one in particular seems to be the one that moves us every time. In fact, psychometrics explains everything, our personal values (non-cultural and religious), our relationships with ourselves and others, and much more, but above all, and this is mindblowing, our ideological/political orientation. I am a 55 year old man, rational (engineer), but if I am surprised by a melody in D-Minor, my chest becomes painful and my tear glands open the floodgates, it's my kryptonite!

[@Camilla902]

It makes me really happy that you're so moved by this, thank you. Maybe music really is the way to connect across geographicall borders. The lyric is written by the poet Dan Andersson, who died from poisoning after his room had been fumigated against wall lice in the early 20th century. This got you a new follower. Lots of love. If you want to, I can translate the lyrics for you.

[@SexyMsSue]

You NEED to listen to norwegian singer Ingebjørg Bratland -fordi eg elskar deg! Im sure you will love it

[@periaadoc]

Well, Dan Andersson is something special. His poems was at lot about workers in the outback. I sweden that was lonely place. And Sofia does what she does best. Anyway here is a translation: I wait by my log fire as the hours tick by, while the stars wander and the nights pass. I'm waiting for a woman from faraway roads - the dearest, the dearest, with blue eyes. I imagined a wandering snow-covered flower, and I dreamed of a trembling, evasive laugh, I thought I saw the most beloved coming through the forest, over the moors on a snowy night. I wanted to happily carry my dream in my arms through the thicket over there where my hut stands, and raise a jubilant cry to the dear one: "Welcome you, who have been waiting for lonely years." I wait at my mile while the hours suffer while the woods sing and the clouds walk. I am waiting for a wanderer from far-away paths - the dearest, the dearest, with blue eyes.

[@Rix.67]

You found Sofia Karlsson!!🇸🇪

[@Milo_Milano]

Darin - en säng av rosor. Helen sjöholm - du måste finnas You can find it with lyrics and translation. You will cry.

[@fameyer]

You should also try to listen to the norwegian singer Ingebjørg Bratland. Fantastic voice. 😊

[@mikaelaskalberg3640]

greetings from Sweden beautiful you ❤️

[@hejhopp1793]

Lyrics by the Swedish poet Dan Andersson music by Gunnar Turesson. Have you heard Klinga mina klockor?

[@WinkelHoof]

I love this song. The first time i heard it was at a live performance with Sofia Karlsson back in 2006 and I was totally blown away. She released a single in english in 2019 ”Reason to believe”.

[@pyenygren2299]

Dan Andersson that wrote the lyrics is well know for his heartfellt poems. EDIT: your reaction is worth gold and diamonds. It shows that you understand the meaning of this song.

[@server1ok]

welcome to Sweden, you'll pay a 55% wage tax for flipping burgers. After this ask yourself why there arent any jobs

[@Sweden2023]

The onion cutter entered my room to.. what a beautiful song! Like a healing hearb!

[@loch70]

This is a Dan Andersson lyric. Its beautifull in every way. My family from my fathers side is from Sweden and Finland, my mothers side is from Stockholm, Solna from hundreds of years. My mother and father read Dan Andresson poems for me as a child. You are so good looking btw.

[@JacobCrossfield61]

Music is an universal language. Heart touching, the music and your reaction. I understood not a single word, but no need for it.

[@christernilsson7369]

Sofia Karlsson is brilliant with such a beautiful voice 😊

[@msluvan4634]

Yes Sofia has a beautiful voice and Folksongs are such great story tellers... I love Sofia aswell

[@express123ish]

Beautiful...love from Denmark ❤

[@pirjooinonen3868]

I was born in Sweden and my parents come from Finland and I have sung that song. I love it. 😍

[@jurgen4466]

Dont be sad, its beautiful and joyful. Embrace it and live in it 😊 You are a emotional, caring, positive and loving woman! May the light always shine over you my lady! 🥰🌹

[@Raastoff]

Great reaction I cried with you. never heard the song but as I am Norwegian I can understand Swedish. Its beautiful that music it can touch feelings even though you cannot understadmnd the lyrics ❤

[@lailalightfeather3234]

Your reaction is typical of the soul remembering. You may very well have a past life in the north! ❤️

[@eyeballdude]

Fantastic comment! You understand ❤️

[@mn4169]

Beautiful text, if you undetstand her (I do). Think of my beautiful french bulldog who tradically died, I see her infront of me, and then she disappears again.

[@johanmolin3213]

Sofia is a fantastic lady, equally as proficient on guitar, as on violin, and in this case, the greek bouzouki. She has sung many quite melancholic songs with its roots in Swedish folk music and poetry. It's a poem by one of the most beloved poets in Sweden from the early 20th century. It's about a man, lonely, guarding his charcoal kiln, dreaming of his dearest beloved girl. Dan Andersson died an untimely death in 1920, only 32 years old, by accidental poisoning at a hotel room in Stockholm, after it had been treated with pesticides.. Sofia Karlsson and her musician friends are well worth exploring!

[@SpitfireExtra]

Swedish country music 🇸🇪❤️

[@mariettewarris7923]

Starr, maybe you had a previous incarnation as a Swede and sang this song yourself long ago in this other life.... Who knows? Possible! That's why it touches you so deeply.

[@GUNNBRITT1]

❤

[@selenechandra6508]

If possible try to read the excellent poet Dan Andersson who wrote the lyrics. He was one if a kind. Sofia Karlsson is so true to his words with her beautiful musical interpretation.