Det är advent

"Det är advent" or Ett litet barn av Davids hus, is a Swedish Advent song with lyrics written by Britt G. Hallqvist in 1966 and music by Olle Widestrand. Music is often mentioned to have been published in 1981, but sources say the tune is older, and was in use already in the 1970s, as the song is published in Swedish 1977 children’s songbook .

During in 2014 the song lyrics were performed to a tune credited traditional from Latin America.^[1]

Publication[]

• , 1977
• as number 485 entitled "Ett litet barn av Davids hus", under the lines "Advent".
• as number 443 entitled "Ett litet barn av Davids hus", under the lines "Advent".
• as number 736 entitled "Ett litet barn av Davids hus", under the lines "Advent".
• as number 718 under the lines "Kyrkoårets högtider, Advent".
• , 1997, under the lines "Advent".

Recordings[]

The song was recorded by the on 1983 album .^[2]

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