{"id":3621,"date":"2011-05-19T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2011-05-19T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T14:59:11","slug":"den-blomstertid-nu-kommer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/den-blomstertid-nu-kommer\/","title":{"rendered":"Den blomstertid nu kommer…"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Swede living away from Sweden, I’m doing quite alright most part of the year. Whatever I crave for food-wise I can get at IKEA or various Swedish online shops, I go back home regularly to see my friends and family and since I work as a freelance journalist for Swedish magazines, most of my working days consist of communicating and writing in Sweden. But – of course there’s a but coming! – come mid\u00a0May, the homesickness hit me like sledge hammer. Late spring in Sweden for me is a time filled with anticipation, celebrations and festivities – and\u00a0a lovely scent\u00a0of lilac lingering in the air wherever you go. \u00a0Ask any Swedish family and I bet you a pack of salty liquorice that they have at least one confirmation\/graduation\/wedding to attend in May\/June.\u00a0 And if you have children\/siblings aged between 7-12, you also have the lovely skolavslutning<\/strong> (School ending) \u00a0to look forward to. Skolavslutning is the last day at school before the long summer holiday and this is normally a big and tearful\u00a0event for the parents.\u00a0The children sing songs, read poems and perform with their classmates, usually scrubbed up and dressed in white.\u00a0 Some schools do it in the local curch, \u00a0some\u00a0do it in the town hall or outside in a field, it’s differs from school to school. But there’s one thing that\u00a0most \u00a0skolavslutningar in Sweden has in common, regardless of where or how or when: Almost veryone sing the beautiful hymn “Den blomstertid nu kommer”. <\/strong><\/p>\n

At the moment, I can’t listen to this hymn without welling up. It reminds of my school days, my childhood, of Sweden, of my little nephews who will be singing this hymn in a few weeks time and it takes me right back to that amazing feeling of anticipation, of a loooong summer holiday with absolutely no worries in the world.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aCtbvTFR6UE&feature=related<\/a><\/p>\n

Den blomstertid nu kommer
\nmed lust och f\u00e4gring stor
\nNu nalkas ljuva sommar
\nd\u00e5 gr\u00e4s och gr\u00f6da gror
\nMed blid och lidlig v\u00e4rma
\ntill allt som varit d\u00f6tt
\nSig solens str\u00e5lar n\u00e4rma
\noch allt blir \u00e5ter f\u00f6tt<\/p>\n

De fagra blomster\u00e4ngar
\noch \u00e5kerns \u00e4dla s\u00e4d
\nDe rika \u00f6rters\u00e4ngar
\noch lundens gr\u00f6na tr\u00e4d
\nDe skola oss p\u00e5minna
\nGuds storhets rikedom
\natt vi den n\u00e5d besinna
\nsom r\u00e4cker \u00e5ret om<\/p>\n

Another Skolavslutning-favourite is “Idas sommarvisa”<\/strong> (Ida’s summersong), taken from Astrid Lindgren’s lovely books and tv-series about Emil i L\u00f6nneberga. If\u00a0 “Den blomstertid…” makes me well upp, oh boy this one make me cry my eyes out…<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Bkahcz3E1g<\/a><\/p>\n

Du ska inte tro det blir sommar,
\nifall inte n\u00e5n s\u00e4ttar fart
\np\u00e5 sommarn och g\u00f6r lite somrigt,
\nd\u00e5 kommer blommorna snart.
\nJag g\u00f6r s\u00e5 att blommorna blommar,
\njag g\u00f6r hela kohagen gr\u00f6n.
\nOch nu s\u00e5 har sommaren kommit
\nf\u00f6r jag har just tagit bort sn\u00f6n.<\/p>\n

Jag g\u00f6r mycket vatten i b\u00e4cken
\ns\u00e5 d\u00e4r s\u00e5 det hoppar och far.
\nJag g\u00f6r fullt med svalor som flyger
\noch myggor som svalorna tar.
\nJag g\u00f6r l\u00f6ven nya p\u00e5 tr\u00e4den
\noch sm\u00e5 f\u00e5gelbon h\u00e4r och d\u00e4r.
\nJag g\u00f6r himlen vacker om kv\u00e4llen
\nf\u00f6r jag g\u00f6r den alldeles sk\u00e4r.<\/p>\n

Och smultron det g\u00f6r jag \u00e5t barna,
\nf\u00f6r det tycker jag dom kan f\u00e5,
\noch andra sm\u00e5 roliga saker
\nsom passar n\u00e4r barna \u00e4r sm\u00e5.
\nOch jag g\u00f6r s\u00e5 roliga st\u00e4llen
\nd\u00e4r barna kan springa omkring.
\nD\u00e5 blir barna fulla med sommar
\noch bena blir fulla med spring<\/p>\n

Yours sentimentally,<\/p>\n

\/\/Homesick Jennie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Swede living away from Sweden, I’m doing quite alright most part of the year. Whatever I crave for food-wise I can get at IKEA or various Swedish online shops, I go back home regularly to see my friends and family and since I work as a freelance journalist for Swedish magazines, most of my…<\/p>\n

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