Lyricist Göran Svenning and composer David Hellström were a top Swedish songwriting team of the early 20th century. Together they wrote over thirty waltzes, including the classic Kostervalsen.
Statue of Svenning and Hellström in Strömstad
The Baltic Exhibition 1914
Hjalmar Peterson
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Hjalmar Peterson was a singer and comedian from Sweden, who achieved wide popularity during the 1910s and 1920s. His stage name was Olle i Skratthult.
Göran Svenning and David Hellström
…Columbia, Edison and Victor labels and were covered by such artists as Arvid Franzen, Lydia Hedberg, Eddie Jahrl, John Lager, Ingeborg Laudon, Eric Olson, Hjalmar Peterson and Charles G. Widdén. The song Friarevalsen (The suitor’s waltz) was given a second life when the producer Emil Norlander borrowed its melody for his…
L to R: Gustav Nyberg and Olle i Skratthult 1916
The Swedish Emigrant Institute