"När det lider mot jul", also known as "Det strålar en stjärna", is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

Christmas song Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject ma ...

with lyrics by

Jeanna Oterdahl Jeanna Louise Oterdahl (9 August 1879, in Uddevalla, Sweden – 25 July 1965) was a Swedish educator, author and poet. She was educated at the Högre lärarinneseminariet The Royal Seminary, fully the Royal Advanced Female Teachers' Semina ...

, and written for vocals and piano in 1909 (opus 19) by

Ruben Liljefors Ruben Mattias Liljefors (30 September 1871, Uppsala – 4 March 1936, Uppsala) was a Swedish composer and conductor, brother of the artist Bruno Liljefors.Niclas HögmanRuben Liljefors – en biografi CD-uppsats 2003, University of Uppsala, retr ...

. A version for

mixed choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

a cappella ''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...

, was added in 1933Högman, sid 23 and originally published in

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by Gehrmans musikförlag. The song’s later popularity is said to have been affected by publication in Gottfrid Berg’s '' Läroverkskören '' 1950 and after being recorded on record, it was heard in TV in the early 1960s.

Recordings

The song has been recorded by several Swedish choirs, including KFUM:s kammarkör, Kammarkören Pro Musica, Orphei Drängar, Göteborgs Gosskör, among others, as well as by solo artists and groups/bands, like Agnetha Fältskog, Loa Falkman, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Carola Häggkvist, Pernilla Wahlgren,

Thorleifs Thorleifs was a Swedish dansband, formed in 1962 in Norrhult, Kronoberg County, Sweden and led by Thorleif Torstensson. The band sings in Swedish and many other languages, and released some albums in German. It also took part in Melodifestiv ...

and

Vikingarna Vikingarna (Swedish for ''the Vikings'') may refer to: * Vikingarna (band), a Swedish dansband * Vikingarnas FK Vikingarnas FK was a Swedish football club which was founded in 1908. The team was made up of the best players from IFK Stockholm and ...

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at Svensk mediedatabas E.M.D. recorded the song on the

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Christmas album ''

Välkommen hem ''Välkommen hem'' is the second studio album released by Swedish boy band E.M.D. It marks their first release of material sung in Swedish. The album was released in Sweden on November 9, 2009 and features both classic and lesser known Christmas s ...

''.

Publisher

*När det lider mot jul och andra barnvisor, 1955 *Julens önskesångbok, 1997, under the lines "Lucia". * Barnens svenska sångbok, 1999, under the lines "Året runt".

References

* Swedish Christmas songs Pernilla Wahlgren songs Swedish-language songs Thorleifs songs Vikingarna (band) songs 1909 songs Carola Häggkvist songs Anni-Frid Lyngstad songs {{1900s-song-stub