Sjösala vals ("Waltz of Sjösala") is a Swedish

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written in 1941 at

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Evert Taube Axel Evert Taube (; 12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c ...

. It was recorded by Sven-Olof Sandberg in 1941 as

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to his single ''Flicka från Backafall''. It was published in '' Sjösalaboken'' in 1942 during the

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, Taube wanted to "''besjunga skönheten och glädjen som kriget hotar att förgöra''" ("sing about the beauty and happiness which the war threatens to destroy"). It is a famous

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song in Sweden. Sjösala is the name of the

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of the family

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, located in

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in the Stockholm archipelago. The description of the family's life at the

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has been as a picture of the Swedish summer holiday. The lyrics, which starts with "''Rönnerdahl han skuttar med ett skratt ur sin säng...''", is about Rönnerdahl's summer happiness. In 1969 Sjösala was burnt by Mona Wallén-Hjerpe.http://www.everttaube.info/index.php?id=186&=Sjösala&lang=sv Evert Taube sang the song first in the film '' Gatans serenad'', but Sven-Olof Sandberg,

Harry Brandelius Harry ''Torbjörn'' Brandelius (14 June 1910 – 5 September 1994) was a Swedish singer of schlager music. He made his debut as a gramophone singer in 1932 with ''Midt i natten'' (''Miss i nassen'') accompanied by Folke Andersson's orchestra (HM ...

, De tre hallåmännen and Gustaf Torreblad recorded it before Taube. Even Chilean singer

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, who couldn't speak Swedish, recorded a version of the song in 1943.

References and sources

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Den svenska sångboken ''Den svenska sångboken'' ("The Swedish Song book") is a 1997 Swedish book with 331 songs (in 2003 a new version with 365 songs was published), written by Anders Palm and Johan Stenström. It was followed by the 1999 book ''Barnens svenska sång ...

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"''Evert Taube – Sångboken''"
(2009 song book) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sjosalavals 1941 songs Songs about Stockholm Songs written by Evert Taube