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Teddybjrnen Fredriksson

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'"Teddybjrnen 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.http://svt.se/2.37602/1.417000/lasse_berghagen 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. 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 2128 December 1969, with positions 9 and 10.http://sverigesradio.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3467.txt

A cover was made of the song by the swedish singer Petra Marklund for the scandinavium edition of the album Love CPR

Carina Wessman recorded the song with lyrics in English by Bjrn Hkanson, as "Teddy Bears and Sunday School" on her 1980 album 'Don't Speak Bad About My Music'.

References



*"'Den svenska sngboken'"

*"'Barnens svenska sngbok'"

Category:Songs written by Lasse Berghagen

Category:Swedish children's songs

Category:Songs about childhood

Category:Songs about bears

Category:1969 songs

Category:Swedish-language songs

Category:Lasse Berghagen songs

Category:Bears in popular culture

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