#swedish folk

[elegieenbleu]

JOHN BAUER /

"Look at them," troll mother said. "Look at my sons! You won't find more beautiful trolls on this side of the moon." 1915

[froggytroll]

Some of you don't know Trolska Polska and I'm here to change that. If you like the goblincore aesthetic this might be your new favorite band.

[camaraclicks]

[zoeflake]

Garmarna - "Herr Mannelig" [English Subtitles]

[modernmoongodess]

Å på min grav ska det stå: Som hon har längtat / På min grav ska det stå: Som hon har älskat / Ge tillbaks till det som allting kom ifrån / Som kärlek, värme, höjder och magi och elden / Som födde mig / Jag växte upp på / Eros, agape, philia

- Sara Parkman, Eros, agape, philia (2022)

[obscene-beans]

Tonight’s folk vibe: Swedish

[zhanteimi]

Fränder & Sutari - Across the Baltic Sea

Poland / Sweden, 2022, Polish folk / Swedish folk

[oliviarampaige]

“Näcken”

Day 10 - Black Lagoon

The water sings and calls.

[harshr]

Very glad that actual physical copies of this LP now exists in the world; one of my favorite contemporary Scandinavian folk records in recent memory.

[random-brushstrokes]

Folke Gullby - Cats (1954)

[folkfashion]

Swedish woman, Sweden, by Linda Fernlund

[filurig]

– this whole - the dancing, singing, pole...raising. it is all rather ridiculous... 'midsummer'. i fail to... see the point of this human... invention. for once.

arvo's words were slurred, uneven - as if merely letting them past his lips was a great effort... this was, no doubt, influenced by the drink in his hand, resting on his stomach. folke, who had, in fact, brewed the alcohol that they were drinking, giggled - not exactly sober himself.

– i'm... the only human here, arvo. remember...

– no kraksi, or crakam, in sartrill, raises a huge, leafy pole for long summer days, that much i know.

– okay, haha - the pole thing... the pole thing is entirely human, probably. but... gullmar - tomtar, celebrate 'solvarvir' around the same time... trolls celebrate, uh... oh, curses, i'll butcher it... 'rawr - owa'... rawrr - oh wra? rawr... haha!

arvo opened one of his eyes slowly, fighting against some kind of weight that has, somehow, been set upon them - in order to look at the human beside him, still struggling to pronounce the foreign word correctly. a corner of the basilisk's lips twitched upwards.

– hm. nevermind what i said. there is a certain element of entertainment present, i suppose...

[greenbirdtrash]

Do you get my vision. do you

[artist-ellen]

Fooduary Day 13: Kanelbullar (Swedish Cinnamon Roll)

So day 10 was supposed to be cinnamon rolls but CNY so instead I swapped out prompt 13, chocolate covered pretzels, because unless I wanted to do pretzels general the history tie in wasn’t very exciting. Meanwhile cinnamon buns open a door to more folk clothing and that’s the sort of thing that sparks joy. Cinnamon buns are super popular in the Scandinavian countries but in Sweden they are so popular that October 4th is Kanelbullens (Cinnamon bun) Day. The recipe for the buns dates back to the 1920s in the post WW1 recovery…and now I want cinnamon buns. I looked at photos of Swedish folk fashion and of course put a little cinnamon-bun spin on things… though the cheek swirl might be a little much.

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[ed13d1]

lost track of the days

i sorg • anders zorn

[zhanteimi]

Kirsten Bråten Berg, Maria Röjås, Gunnar Stubseid, Per Gudmundson & Björn Ståbi – Setes - Dalarna

Kirsten Bråten Berg, Maria Röjås, Gunnar Stubseid, Per Gudmundson & Björn Ståbi – Setes – Dalarna

Norway / Sweden, 1984, Norwegian folk / Swedish folk A beautiful collaboration of delicate, meditative folk tunes featuring solo unaccompanied female vocals and lively fiddles.