"Flottarkärlek" is a song written by Hugo Lindh, and performed live by

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on Saturday, 26 January 1952 in Swedish radio program '' Karusellen'', and the song became a major hit in Sweden. The song is also known as "Haderian hadera", the opening lines of the refrain, but during the original live radio performance, these word don't appear. Instead, they appeared when the song was recorded for

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for first time. The song was originally recorded in 1948 by

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and Valle Söderlund, but those versions became no major success. Povel Ramel recorded a parody version of the song, ''Snodderian, snoddera''.

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from Eskilstuna, led by

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, recorded the song on the 1975 album '' Sköna Låtar''. Kinels also recorded their own version of the song.

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has also recorded a version, on the 2001 album '' Allting förändras''.

References

1948 songs Swedish songs Swedish-language songs {{1940s-song-stub