Here comes a blogpost which can help you in your celebrating somebody\u2019s birthday, in Swedish of course. Just a couple of phrases, a simple but very well known tune and the very repetitive lyrics to the Swedish birthday song. To help you get everything right there is a video at the bottom of the page so you know what things should sound like.<\/p>\n
The Swedish birthday song is actually a very old one, the melody dating back the the 18 century when Mozart and Haydn\u2019s tunes were known by most. That is why the song is actually very well known in Austria as well. Bellman, a man of disgrace during his lifetime but a well renowned poet after his death wrote the lyrics to the birthday song. The song was originally a drinking song and appeared in writing for the first time in 1914 in a students notebook. Almost 30 years later it had turned into a well known birthday song.<\/p>\n
Phrases of congratulations:<\/p>\n
| \n Svenska<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n English<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Ha det \u00e4ran, Grattis p\u00e5 f\u00f6delsedagen!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Happy birthday!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Grattis!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Congratulations!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Hur gammal \u00e4r du nu?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n How old are you now?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Ha en super\/j\u00e4ttefin\/bra dag!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Have a great day!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Ska vi sk\u00e4ra t\u00e5rtan nu?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Should we cut the cake now?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n \u00d6ppna presenterna!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Open the presents!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n f\u00f6delsedagsbarnet<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n birthday boy\/girl<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n En kram till f\u00f6delsedagsbarnet!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n A hug to the birthday girl\/boy!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Here are the lyrics of a couple of versions of the birthday song:<\/p>\n Ja, m\u00e5 han leva!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ja, m\u00e5 hon leva!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ja, m\u00e5 hon leva!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ja, m\u00e5 hon leva uti hundrade \u00e5r!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Javisst ska hon leva!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Javisst ska hon leva!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Javisst ska hon leva uti hundrade \u00e5r!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Och n\u00e4r hon har levat<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Och n\u00e4r hon har levat<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Och n\u00e4r hon har levat uti hundrade \u00e5r!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ja, d\u00e5 ska hon skjutas.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ja, d\u00e5 ska hon skjutas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ja, d\u00e5 ska hon skjutas p\u00e5 en skottk\u00e4rra fram!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you want to see the lyrics to other versions, where people get hung, drowned and all sorts of other things click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To get the tune and text right watch the video clip \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n |