{"id":17023,"date":"2026-08-28T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/?page_id=17023"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:15:43","slug":"swedish-songs-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-songs-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Songs and Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Swedish-Songs-and-Lyrics-1240x698.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Swedish-Songs-and-Lyrics-1240x698.png 1240w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Swedish-Songs-and-Lyrics-299x168.png 299w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Swedish-Songs-and-Lyrics-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Swedish-Songs-and-Lyrics-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Swedish-Songs-and-Lyrics-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Swedish-Songs-and-Lyrics-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you going to a Swedish party? Birthday, <a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/christmas-in-sweden\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4556\">Christmas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-crayfish-party-traditions-kraftskiva\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5616\">Kr\u00e4ftskiva<\/a> (crayfish party) or any other celebration? You can be sure you will get the opportunity to show off your vocal talent \u2013\u00a0or the lack thereof. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I often found myself in situations at celebrations wishing I knew the lyrics of popular drinking songs or other songs that Swedes regularly sing at their <a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-traditions-celebrations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5100\">traditional festivities<\/a>. So, I thought I&#8217;d publish the &#8220;most important &#8220;Swedish sing-along song lyrics&#8221; on this blog, including some translations, so you actually know what you&#8217;re saying\/singing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Swedish Songs and Lyrics You Should Know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here the links to each post on Hej Sweden with the respective song and lyrics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-national-anthem-lyrics-swedish-english\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5059\">National anthem of Sweden<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most popular drinking song in Sweden: <a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/popular-swedish-drinking-song-helan-gar-lyrics-video\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5618\">Helan g\u00e5r<\/a>, lit. &#8220;<em>The whole goes<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular midsummer song:  <a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/sma-grodorna-swedish-midsummer-song-lyrics-english-translation\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6202\">Sm\u00e5 grodorna<\/a> <em>&#8220;Little frogs<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Swedish-Birthday-Song-Translation-Happy-Birthday-in-Sweden.jpeg\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"9917\">Swedish Happy Birthday song, Ja m\u00e5 han\/hon leva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, by the way: whenever you start singing a song with Swedes, make sure you have your snapsglas or cider-bottle ready to take a sip \u2013\u00a0except when it&#8217;s time for the National anthem maybe.<\/p><div id=\"hejsw-1860508252\" class=\"hejsw-content-sfa-desktop-and-tablet-1 hejsw-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3eu3RS1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png\" alt=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png 900w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you going to a Swedish party? 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