Swedish Christmas Carols

Christmas is a festival to rejoice in the joy and blessings of lord's love. Christmas Day marks the beginning of a long resting period to enjoy with family and friends. The biggest and longest holiday of the year is the magical Christmas of Sweden. There are Christmas concerts in every other church from the beginning of December until mid January as Sweden is a grand choir country. The excitement begins on the first Sunday of Advent with the lighting of the first candle. Each Sunday one more candle is lit just before the Christmas in anticipation. In Sweden, the holidays are a time for relaxation and reflection, to creep into your winter den, light candles and in the afternoon sing Christmas carols and dance. Then the best part of the day follows when Santa arrives with presents to all. Shortly thereafter rice pudding is served. Beautiful Christmas carols are most important for conveying the true Christmas sentiment. They express so much of the longing for peacefulness - a time to pause and reflect on a spiritual level, far away from daily uncertainties. Here are some Swedish carols translated in English listed below.

Christmas Carols Of Sweden

When It's Lamp Lighting Time In The Valley

English Translation
There's a lamp burning bright in a cabin
In a window it's shining for me
And I know that my mother is praying
For her boy she is longing to see

When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Then in dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old light in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam

In the lamplight each night I can see her
As she rocks in her chair to and fro
Though she prays that I'll come back to see her
Still I know that I never can go

When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Then in dreams I go back to my home
But I've sinned against my home and my loved ones
And now I must evermore roam

So she lights up the lamp and keeps waiting
For she knows not the crime I have done
But I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her
Up in Heaven when life's race is run

When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Then in dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old light in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam

Now A Thousand Christmas Candles Are Lit

English Translation:
Now a thousand Christmas candles are lit, on the dark earthly round.
And thousands, thousands are also shining (beaming) on the deep-blue ground of heaven.

And over city and land tonight, the happy message of Christmas is going--
That born is the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour and God.

You star over Bethlehem, oh, let your mild light shine in with hope and peace (fullness) in every home and house.

In every heart poor and dark, send you a gentle beam.
A beam of Gods loves light, in blessed Christmas time.

Silent Night, Holy Night!
English Translation
Silent night, holy night!
All is quiet, clear and content,
A star shines on the stable straw,
Two saints are chosen,
To keep watch by God's Son,
To keep watch by God's Son,

Noble moment, holy moment,
Here the angels make their rounds,
Watching over the Sheppard's herds,
All the heavens proclaim joyful words:
Yours is a blessed birth,
Yours is a blessed birth!

Holy night, full of peace,
Tidings of salvation!
Proclamations, worthy of cheer,
All the earth reaps salvation,
Christ, in your moment of birth!
Christ, in your moment of birth!