"När juldagsmorgon glimmar" (Swedish for "When Christmas morning glimmers") is a Swedish Christmas song.

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-Posse wrote the text in 1851 to the tune of the German student song from 1819, "

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Christmas lyrics

The Swedish adaptation is often sung in homes, in schools and sometimes in Saint Lucia's Day processions. It was originally used by the Swedish

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movement. The lyrics includes childhood references that were removed when the song was included in the

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'' (1986), and replaced with an adapted version of the lyrics that was originally published in 1906 in the song book '. Who made this adaptation is unknown. The song has been recorded by

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on her 1981 Christmas album ''

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'', by

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on '' Jul i Kvinnaböske'' from 1986, and by

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on '' Min barndoms jular'' from 1987."''Nu är det advent'' (2001) / ''Min barndoms jular'' (1987)"
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Melody

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Publication

* ''Andelig Örtagård för Barn'', 1851, published in Jönköping. * ''Andeliga Sånger för barn'', volume 2, 1856 (collection by

-Posse). * ''Stockholms söndagsskolförenings sångbok'', 1882, as number 14 witrh three verses, under the title "Julsånger". * ''Herde-Rösten'', 1892, as number 434 under the title "Jul-sånger". * ''Barnens sångbok'', 1893, as number 25 under the title "Julsång". * ''Sjung, svenska folk!'', 1906, same verses 2 and 3 as in ''

'' (1986), both verses writer unknown (1999) * ''Svensk söndagsskolsångbok'', 1908, as number 21 under the title "Julsånger". * ''Lilla Psalmisten'', 1909 as number 20 under the title "Kristus: Hans födelse, död och uppståndelse". * ''Svenska Frälsningsarméns sångbok'', 1922, as number 27 under the title "Högtider, Jul". * ''Kyrklig sång'', 1916–1927 as number 75. * ''Svensk söndagsskolsångbok'', 1929, as number 41 under the title "Advents- och julsånger". * ''Frälsningsarméns sångbok'', 1929, as number 540 under the title "Högtider och särskilda tillfällen – Jul". * ''Musik till Frälsningsarméns sångbok'', 1930, as number 540. * ''Segertoner'', 1930, as number 435 under the title "Jesu människoblivande. Julsånger". * ''Sionstoner'', 1935, as number 161 under the title "Jul". * ''Guds lov'', 1935, as number 39 under the title "Advents- och julsånger". * ''

Nu ska vi sjunga ''Nu ska vi sjunga'' is a songbook published in 1943erman folk melody* ''Sions Sånger'', 1951, as number 144. * ''Förbundstoner'', 1957, as number 42 under the title "Guds uppenbarelse i Kristus: Jesu födelse". * ''Kyrkovisor'', 1960, as number 718 under the title "Jul". * ''Frälsningsarméns sångbok'', 1968, as number 597 under the title "Högtider – Jul". * ''Sions Sånger'', 1981, as number 7 under the title "Jul". * ''

'', 1986, as number 121 under the title "Jul". * ''Lova Herren'', 1987, as number 102 under the title "Jul". * ''Sionsharpan'', 1993, as number 9 under the title "Jul". * ''Julens önskesångbok'', 1997, under the title "Traditionella julsånger", credited as "German folk tune". * ''

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'', 1999, under the title "Året runt". * ''Sions sånger'', 2008, as nummer 12 under the title "Jul".

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