Sjösala vals ("Waltz of Sjösala") is a Swedish

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written in 1941 at Rejmyre by

Evert Taube Axel Evert Taube (; 12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c ...

. It was recorded by Sven-Olof Sandberg in 1941 as

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to his single ''Flicka från Backafall''. It was published in '' Sjösalaboken'' in 1942 during the

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, Taube wanted to "''besjunga skönheten och glädjen som kriget hotar att förgöra''" ("sing about the beauty and happiness which the war threatens to destroy"). It is a famous

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song in Sweden. Sjösala is the name of the

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of the family Taube, located in

Stavsnäs Stavsnäs is a locality situated on the north east part of the island ''Fågelbrolandet'' in Värmdö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 810 inhabitants in 2010. As there are numerous holiday homes in the area, the population is significa ...

in the

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. The description of the family's life at the

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has been as a picture of the Swedish

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. The lyrics, which starts with "''Rönnerdahl han skuttar med ett skratt ur sin säng...''", is about Rönnerdahl's summer happiness. In 1969 Sjösala was burnt by Mona Wallén-Hjerpe. Evert Taube sang the song first in the film '' Gatans serenad'', but Sven-Olof Sandberg, Harry Brandelius, De tre hallåmännen and Gustaf Torreblad recorded it before Taube. Even Chilean singer

Rosita Serrano Rosita Serrano (born María Martha Esther Aldunate del Campo, 10 June 1912 – 6 April 1997) was a Chilean singer who had her biggest success in Nazi Germany between the 1930s and the early 1940s. Because of her bell-like voice and pitch-perfe ...

, who couldn't speak Swedish, recorded a version of the song in 1943.

References and sources

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Den svenska sångboken ''Den svenska sångboken'' ("The Swedish Song book") is a 1997 Swedish book with 331 songs (in 2003 a new version with 365 songs was published), written by Anders Palm and Johan Stenström. It was followed by the 1999 book '' Barnens svenska s� ...

''" (1997 song book) *"'' Barnens svenska sångbok''" (1999 song boo
LIBRIS - Barnens svenska sångbok"''Evert Taube – Sångboken''"
(2009 song book) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sjosalavals 1941 songs Songs about Stockholm Songs written by Evert Taube