Årstiderna (), also known after the opening words ''Om våren, om våren'', is a song written by
Alice Tegnér
Alice Charlotta Tegnér (; Sandström; 12 March 1864 – 26 May 1943) was a Swedish music teacher, poet and composer. She is the foremost composer of Swedish children's songs during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. ...
, published in ''
Sjung med oss, mamma!
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, volume 4'' in 1897. Each of the verses represents one of the four
season
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s, the first taking
spring, the second
summer
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, the third
autumn
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, and the last
winter
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. Season songs have since the late 19th century been a common theme in children's songbooks, and in 1943 the song was the first song in the ''