Sol, vind och vatten

"Sol, vind och vatten"
Single by Lena Andersson
A-side "Sol, vind och vatten"
B-side "Nu kommer kvällen"
Released October 1972
Format grammophone record
Genre schlager, Swedish pop
Label Polar Music
Writer(s) Kenneth Gärdestad
Ted Gärdestad
Lena Andersson chronology
"Better To Have Loved (Than Never Loved At All)" (1971) "Sol, vind och vatten" (1972) "Söderjäntans söndag"' (1972)

Sol, vind och vatten (Swedish: [ˈsuːl ˈvɪnd ɔ ˈvatːɛn], "Sun, wind and water") is a song with lyrics by Kenneth Gärdestad and music by Ted Gärdestad, recorded by Lena Andersson and released as a single in October 1972.[1] Ted Gärdestad recorded the song on his 1973 album Ted.[2] By the second verse, the birth of Jesus is apparent, but in Sweden the song is strongly associated with the summertime and not Christmastime. Many people interpret dig "you" as a human being, and not god or Jesus.

Later during the 1970s, 80's and early 90's, the term Sol, vind och vatten' became associated with the issue of energy politics, with protests against nuclear power yelling:

A Framåt fredag version, written by Peter Sundblad and Lars Gunnar Övermyr, was also called Sol, vind & vatten, but actually had an energy political theme.[3]

Publication

Chart trajectory

Chart (2014) Peak position
Sweden 7[4]

References


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