Karusellen (song)

Karusellen, also known as Jungfru skär or Jungfru skön, is a song often used as a singing game when dancing around the Christmas tree and the midsummer pole. The lyrics are centered on a carousel. The song was recorded (written down) at the Nääs sloy teacher's seminary around. When Sånglekar från Nääs by Otto Hellgren and Rurik Holm published in 1905 and 1915, the song was in the second volume. The song was also used as theme song for the Sveriges Radio programme Karusellen back in the early 1950s.[1]

Publications
  • Julens önskesångbok, 1997, under the lines "Tjugondag Knut dansar julen ut", credited as "Swedish folksong"
  • Barnens svenska sångbok, 1999, under the lines "Sång med lek och dans".
gollark: I wasn't actually asking that. I am vaguely aware that people often need high precision.
gollark: It would probably result in horrible things, but still.
gollark: I do sometimes wish I could chain together prefixes.
gollark: Ah, they're up to survey feet now.
gollark: It's probably better than being stuck on bad units forever.

References
  1. Birgitta Höijer (April 1998). "Det hörde vi allihop" (PDF) (in Swedish). Stiftelsen etermedierna i Sverige. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2017.


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