Flickorna I Småland
"Flickorna i Småland" (; ) is a Swedish language, Swedish song written in 1912 by Karl Williams (Kalle i Dalen), Karl Williams (known as ''Kalle i Dalen'') and composed by Fridolf Lundberg. It became a long lived schlager. According to the Svenska Turistföreningen, Swedish Tourist Association's 1968 yearbook, Karl Williams got his inspiration to the song a sunday, mid-year through 1912, on his way from Hamneda to a party in Torpa, Sweden, Torpa. While repairing his flat bicycle tire he got to see three beautiful girls around some nearby Calluna, heather hills. "Flickorna i Småland" has been recorded several times. One of the earliest versions is by Eric Engström, who made an acoustic recording, without microphone, at Hotel Continental in Stockholm on November 15, 1919. In 1945 the song was sung by Sickan Carlsson in the eponymous movie ''The Girls in Smaland (film), The Girls in Smaland''. When the American vocal group The Delta Rhythm Boys toured around Sweden they picked u ...
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Fridolf Lundberg
Fridolf is a masculine given name. It is originally a compound of the German language, German words (''peace'') and (''wolf''). The Runic Danish accusative word may have a connection, although no parallel is attested in the history of Swedish, history of Swedish language, Swedish. Notable people with the name include: *Fridolf Heck, Finnish naval captain, whaler, free trader, and settler in the Russian Ussuri krai *Fridolf Lundsten (1884–1947), a Finnish wrestler *Fridolf Jansson (1904–1991), a Swedish politician *Fridolf Martinsson, a Swedish footballer *Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor and comedian *Johan Fridolf Hagfors (1857–1931), a Swedish newspaper publisher and composer References

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