Rekilaulu is a type of rhymed stanzaic folksong in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. This musical form was influenced by German, Swedish, and British traditions of ballads and broadsides. The term ''rekilaulu'' may be a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

adaptation of the German terms Reigenlied or Reihenlied.Finnish Music Information Centre - Suomalaisen musiikin tiedotuskeskus
Arctic Paradise — Contemporary Folk Music From Finland 2007

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