Sol, vind och vatten (, "Sun, wind and water") is a song written by Swedish lyricist

Kenneth Gärdestad John Charles Kenneth Gärdestad (9 May 1948 – 3 March 2018) was a Swedes, Swedish songwriter, best known for writing lyrics for the songs of his brother, Ted Gärdestad. He participated at Melodifestivalen 1979 as a songwriter for the winning ...

and composer

Ted Gärdestad Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad (; 18 February 195622 June 1997) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actor known internationally as Ted. Gärdestad began his acting career in 1966 and began playing music in 1971, signing with Polar Music. Ass ...

. First recorded by Lena Andersson, the song was released as a single in October 1972. Ted Gärdestad recorded the song for his 1973 album ''

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Context

By the second verse, the

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is apparent, but in

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the song is strongly associated with the

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time and not

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time. Many people interpret ''

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'' "you" as a human being, and not God or Jesus. Later during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, the term ''Sol, vind och vatten became associated with the issue of energy politics, with protests against nuclear power yelling: *-Vad skall väck? -Barsebäck! (-What shall be gone? - Barsebäck!) *-Vad skall in? -Sol och vind! (-What shall come in? - Sun and wind!) A

Framåt fredag The discography of Laleh, an Iranian-born Swedish singer-songwriter contains nine studio albums and three extended plays. Laleh first appeared on Swedish charts in early 2005 with the single "Invisible (My Song)" which instantly reached the top ...

version, written by Peter Sundblad and Lars Gunnar Övermyr, was also called Sol, vind & vatten, but actually had an energy political theme.Framåt fredag - ''Sol, vind & vatten''

Publication

Barnens svenska sångbok ''Barnens svenska sångbok'' ("Children's Swedish Song book") is a 1999 Swedish song book by Anders Palm and Johan Stenström. It follows the 1997 song book ''Den svenska sångboken'' and is followed by the 2009 song book ''Evert Taube – Sång ...

, 1999, under the lines "Gladsång och poplåt"

Charts

References

1972 songs 1972 singles Polar Music singles Swedish-language songs Ted Gärdestad songs Lena Andersson songs Songs written by Ted Gärdestad {{1970s-pop-song-stub