''Thorleifs jul'' is a 1998

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 ...

Christmas album 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 ...

. The album was recorded inside the

Strängnäs Cathedral Strängnäs Cathedral ( sv, Strängnäs domkyrka) is a Lutheran cathedral church in Strängnäs, Sweden, since the Protestant Reformation the seat of the Church of Sweden Diocese of Strängnäs. Architecture Construction of the cathedral began ...

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Swedish albums chart Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish R ...

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Jul, jul, strålande jul "''Jul, jul, strålande jul''" is a Christmas song with lyrics written by Edvard Evers and music composed by Gustaf Nordqvist. It was published in 1921. The song has been subject to many interpretations in Sweden, other Scandinavian countries ...

Nu tändas tusen juleljus "Nu tändas tusen juleljus" is a Christian traditional Swedish language Christmas song, written in 1898 by the Swedish song text writer Emmy Köhler (both text and melody). Translated into English, the title literally means "Now are lit a thou ...

Gläns över sjö och strand "Gläns över sjö och strand" ("''Shine Over Lakes and Shores''") is the opening line for a poem written by Viktor Rydberg, appearing in the 1891 '' Vapensmeden''. In the novel, the poem has no title. The title "Betlehems stjärna" originally app ...

# O helga natt (Cantique de noël) # Låt mig få tända ett ljus (Schlafe mein Prinzchen) #Gemenskapens jul # Jag drömmer om en jul hemma (White Christmas) #

När det lider mot jul "När det lider mot jul", also known as "Det strålar en stjärna", is a Swedish Christmas song with lyrics by Jeanna Oterdahl, and written for vocals and piano in 1909 (opus 19) by Ruben Liljefors. A version for mixed choir A choir ( ; als ...

(Det strålar en stjärna) # Ser du stjärnan i det blå (When You Wish upon a Star) #Julen är nära # När juldagsmorgon glimmar # Stilla natt (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) # Ett barn är fött på denna dag

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