Sjömansjul på Hawaii, also known as "Jag en ensam sjöman är" or "Det är julkväll på Hawaii", is a

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 Helge Roundquist (signature "Miguel Torres") and music by

Yngve Stoor Hans "Yngve" Stoor (5 April 1912 – 3 October 1985) was a Swedish singer, lyricist and composer. One of his most famous recordings is the 1945 Christmas music, Christmas song "Sjömansjul på Hawaii". References

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. The lyrics describe a Swedish sailor visiting Hawaii at Christmastime, and longs back home to

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when the sailors celebrate Christmas on board their boat, moored to a wharf while the Sunshine. The song was recorded by Yngve Stoor and became one of the most popular Swedish songs of

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, despite being seasonal.

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Sven-Ingvars Sven-Ingvars is a Swedish pop/rock group from Slottsbron, Sweden. The band was formed in 1956 by Sven Svärd (drums), Ingvar Karlsson (guitar and accordion), Sven-Erik Magnusson (vocals, guitar, and clarinet). Later the band were joined first ...

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Trio Me' Bumba Trio me' Bumba' is a band established at Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden in 1957. They broke through in 1963 with the song "Spel-Olles gånglåt", charting for 30 weeks at Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at ...

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Lalla Hansson Lars Erik "Lalla" Hansson (born 10 June 1944, in Stockholm) is a Swedish progg, pop and rock singer. He participates/has participated in the music groups Fabulous Four and Idolerna, and as solo singer he has had great prosperities with hits as ...

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

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Hasse Andersson Hans Olle Lennart Andersson (born 28 January 1948) is a Swedish country singer and songwriter, whose albums had chart success in Sweden during the 1980s. He took part in Melodifestivalen 2015 in a bid to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Conte ...

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Lars Vegas trio Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...

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Christer Sjögren Hans Christer Sjögren (born 6 April 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the dansband Vikingarna. Early life Hans Christer Sjögren was born in Hagfors, Sweden, on 6 April 1950, as the ...

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Gösta Linderholm Gösta Gunnar Linderholm (22 June 1941 – 29 December 2020) was a Swedish singer. He was best known for the hit song " Rulla in en boll och låt den rulla" which was released in 1978. He wrote the music to the film ''Rasmus på luffen ''Rasmus ...

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, failed Svensktoppen on 14 December

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Black-Ingvars Black Ingvars is a Swedish humorist heavy metal group. Black Ingvars is famous for cover versions of songs from other musical styles, like pop, children's song (including " Sjörövar Fabbe" and "Här kommer Pippi Långstrump"), dansband musi ...

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