''Julens sånger'' is a 1985 Vikingarna

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, may employ lyrics about the nativity of Je ...

, recorded together with a

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Side A

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 tho ...

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 a ...

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

# White Christmas # Låt mig få tända ett ljus (Mozart's lullaby) #

O Holy Night "O Holy Night" (original title: ) is a sacred song about the night of the birth of Jesus Christ, described in the first verse as "the dear Saviour", and frequently performed as a Christmas carol. Based on the French-language poem ''Minuit, ch ...

(Cantique de noël)

Side B

# Stilla natt (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) #

I kväll jag tänder ett ljus "I kväll jag tänder ett ljus" is a Christmas song with lyrics and music by Ingvar Hellberg. With lyrics referring to childhood, it references snowy Christmases, probably on the Earth's Northern Hemisphere. It also uses some older Swedish gramma ...

När juldagsmorgon glimmar "När juldagsmorgon glimmar" (Swedish for "When Christmas morning glimmers") is a Swedish Christmas song. Betty Ehrenborg-Posse wrote the text in 1851 to the tune of the German student song from 1819, " Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus". ...

När det lider mot jul När is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with Parishes of the Church of Sweden, parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 413 inhabitants in 2014. It comprises the same area as the Registration districts in Sweden, administrativ ...

(Det strålar en stjärna) #

Bereden väg för Herran "Bereden väg för Herran" ("Make Way For the Lord") is a Christian hymn with lyrics by Frans Michael Franzén in 1812. Britt G. Hallqvist later rewrote the final verse lyrics. Describing Jesus coming into Jerusalem, is a popular Advent song. Pub ...

#Julen är här igen

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References

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