Teddybjörnen Fredriksson
| "Teddybjörnen Fredriksson" | |
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| Song by Lasse Berghagen | |
| Language | Swedish |
| Recorded | 1969 |
| Songwriter(s) | Lasse Berghagen |
"Teddybjörnen Fredriksson" (Fredriksson, the Teddy bear) is a Swedish children's song by Lasse Berghagen who wrote it in 1969 for his 3-year-old daughter Malin.[1] It's one of Berghagen's most famous songs. Many Swedish schools and pre-schools sing it and it has been voted as the most popular children's song[according to whom?]. The song is about a person whose father gave him a teddy bear as birthday present when he was four years old and when he was married and got a four-year-old daughter, he gave her a teddy bear, carrying a family tradition further. This song made Berghagen famous among children, and the real "Teddy bear Fredriksson" is locked in a booth at Leksaksmuseet in Stockholm.
The song charted at Svensktoppen on 21–28 December 1969, with positions 9 and 10.[2]
A cover was made of the song by the swedish singer Petra Marklund for the scandinavium edition of the album Love CPR
recorded the song with lyrics in English by , as "Teddy Bears and Sunday School" on her 1980 album .[3]
References[]
- ^ http://svt.se/2.37602/1.417000/lasse_berghagen[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://sverigesradio.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3467.txt
- ^ Don't Speak Bad About My Music at Swedish Media Database.
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- Songs written by Lasse Berghagen
- Swedish children's songs
- Songs about childhood
- Songs about bears
- Songs about toys
- 1969 songs
- Swedish-language songs
- Lasse Berghagen songs
- Bears in popular culture