Svarta ballader is a 1917 poetry collection by the Swedish proletarian writer Dan Andersson, his third and the last to be published before his early death in 1920. It has become one of the most import
First edition
The book's author, the Swedish poet Dan Andersson (1888–1920)
Andersson's writing-desk in Luossa cottage [sv]
The poems are set in the wild Dalarna countryside. One of the places named is Kestina [sv], home of Andersson's aunt Stina.
Axel Evert Taube was a Swedish singer, composer, and writer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c
Evert Taube in 1961.
Taube at Sandhamnsregattan in 1942 on his Nordic Folkboat F-S74 Carmencita of Sjösala.
Taube's memorial on the churchyard of Maria Magdalena Church, Stockholm (1976).
Sculpture in bronze of Evert Taube by Eino Hanski at Gothenburg opera house in Gothenburg (1996).