This is a very typical Swedish summer occurrence.\u00a0 ‘Alls\u00e5ng’ takes place outdoors, with a song leader.\u00a0 People of all ages come to ‘Alls\u00e5ng’ to hear good music and sing along.\u00a0 Everyone is given a copy of the lyrics, so you can follow along.\u00a0 Even the viewers can follow along with the song texts at the bottom of their screens.\u00a0 The songs are mostly folk songs, but can be in Swedish or in English and there is always at least one popular pop singer who sings live, which draws the crowds.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The ‘Alls\u00e5ng’ leader makes witty comments and walks around the crowds, sticking a microphone in front of members of the audience to sing along.\u00a0 This is fun because this gives that person a minute of fame, singing live on tv!<\/p>\n
\u00a0In addition to ‘alls\u00e5ng’, Swedes have the idea of singing at most functions, such as dinner parties, weddings, Christmas dinner, Midsummer’s dinner and even end of school celebrations, with individual song texts printed up at each place setting.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Why do Swedes love to sing so much?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is a very typical Swedish summer occurrence.\u00a0 ‘Alls\u00e5ng’ takes place outdoors, with a song leader.\u00a0 People of all ages come to ‘Alls\u00e5ng’ to hear good music and sing along.\u00a0 Everyone is given a copy of the lyrics, so you can follow along.\u00a0 Even the viewers can follow along with the song texts at the…<\/p>\n