Tomtegubben som hade snuva explained

Tomtegubben som hade snuva
Type:song
Language:Swedish
Genre:children, Christmas
Composer:Felix Körling

"Tomtegubben som hade snuva", also known as "En liten tomtegubbe satt en gång", is a Swedish children's song from 1915, written by Felix Körling. The song depicts a little tomte suffering from rhinitis, but becoming healthy again after, advised by his wife, getting medicine by "Doktor Mullvad"/"(Doctor Mole)".

The song is often used as a Christmas song, even if the word Christmas isn't mentioned, and it's not made clear whether the main character is Santa Claus (Swedish: jultomten) (or one of his elves) or the old traditional "tomte".

Publication

Recordings

An early recording was done by four-year-old girl Lisbeth Bodin with Cupolorkestern on 28 October 1949, and was released as a single in January 1950.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tomtegubben som hade snuva. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. January 1950. 19 May 2011.