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Showing posts with label Öppna Landskap by Ulf Lundell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Öppna Landskap by Ulf Lundell. Show all posts
Saturday, July 18, 2015
öppna landskap (open fields)
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Öppna Landskap by Ulf Lundell
This song moves me to tears. It's by Ulf Lundell, and is considered the unofficial national anthem of Sweden. He sings, " I feel most at home in open landscapes, I wish to live close to the sea."* The quality of the live video above isn't the best (taken at Skansen in 2009), but if you like the song, please try this link on YouTube for another listen, beautiful pictures of the countryside (sunny, unlike today) and a good translation:
* OK, so I'm not a professional translator, but that's basically it :-)
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