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2 unusual facts about Sveriges Medeltida Ballader


Ungersven och havsfrun

It is attested in Sveriges Medeltida Ballader (no. 21) in ten Swedish variants (of which one is finlandssvensk), from the mid-1700s onwards; five of the Swedish variants are recorded with melodies.

The group Folk och rackare recorded a version based on Sveriges Medeltida Ballader 21B: Herr Olof och havsfrun, on the record Folk och rackare, 1976.



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