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3 unusual facts about Ungersven och havsfrun


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.

Ungersven och havsfrun (as it is known in Swedish) or Herr Bøsmer i elvehjem (as it is known in Danish) (The Types of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballad A 49) is a supernatural ballad type.

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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