All Scandinavian languages: Music terms

[TarisWerewolf]

Hi all!

I'm a musician and composer and I've taken a real fascination to the folk songs of Scandinavia (Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland, specifically, but any other languages would be appreciated). My problem lies in being able to find song titles because I never seem to know what to look for online. To this end, I'm looking for translations of the following terms in those four languages:

Folk song
lullabye
Christmas Carol
children's song
hymn

Thanks in advance.
Taris

 

[Lemminkäinen]

Hi TarisWerewolf

Here are the Norwegian translations:

Folk song - folkesang
lullabye - vuggevise
Christmas Carol - julesang / julesalme
children's song - barnesang
hymn - salme (or hymne)

Oh, and I can recommend you Gåte, a Norwegian band that mixes folk songs with rock.

 

[robbie_SWE]

Folk song = folkvisa
lullabye = vaggvisa/vaggsång
Christmas Carol = julsång
children's song = barnvisa
hymn = hymn

This was the Swedish equivalent!

Enjoy!

robbie

 

[DrWatson]

Hi,

Finnish doesn't actually belong to the Scandinavian languages, but since you mentioned Finland there, I'll supply you with the Finnish translations:

folk song - kansanlaulu
lullaby - kehtolaulu / tuutulaulu
Christmas Carol - joululaulu
children's song - lastenlaulu
hymn - hymni / virsi

Hope this helps!

 

[1234plet]

Danish:
Folksong: folkesang
Lullaby: vise/vuggevise
Chrismas Carol: julesange
Children's song: børnesange
Hymn: salme

 

[Marit]

Folk song - folkesang

Actually, the correct translation of folk song is vise.