The Swedish Songs:)

Have you heard any of ABBA's Swedish songs? I really love them, and I think, maybe, they're even better than most of the English ones. I don't know why they're so nice. Maybe it's because they were more relaxed singing in their own language, or maybe I just like the sound of Swedish. That's probably more likely, because I like Swedish so much, I'm trying to learn it, lol.:)
Agnetha's original Swedish songs are also very good, but they're in a very Swedish and folk-song-ish style, so it takes a while to get used to the different style, but once you are, they're beautiful! Since I know a little Swedish, they probably make more sense to me, too, but then I learnt most af that Swedish after listening to the songs.;) If you want a good starter for them, my favorite is probably 'Då Finns Du Hos Mig', but I think to appreciate it truly, you need to be used to the style of the music (for instance, my dad liked it on Youtube, but when I played him the LP, he said Agnetha sounded 'depressed' or 'moony':P), so I would suggest my two favorites from when I first found the songs, 'Utan Dej Mitt Liv Går Vidare', which is lovely, but fairly simple, although it's from her first album, and 'En Sång Om Sörg Och Glädje', which is just... beautiful. It's just so gentle and smooth!:)

This is the video I usually listen to. It's 'Utan Dej Mitt Liv Går Vidare', 'En Sång Om Sörg Och Glädje', and then another song whose name I can't spell.;) The last one is nice, but not one of the best, in my opinion. I think this is the first one of her videos I ever watched, and I really like it.:)

I think this is the 'Då Finns Du Hos Mig' video I usually watch. It's a beautiful song, as long as you can understand it. It does sound a little sad, but the lyrics are actually about 'when-all-these-amazing-things happen, "I know you are with me then" (the title).' It was when I explained that, my dad said she must be moony.:P I hope you can understand how I like the song.:)
My favorite of the Swedish ABBA songs is probably Hovas Vittne, which they wrote for their manager, Stig Anderson's 50th birthday. It's very lively, and quite... cute, I guess. It's got a lot in it about things he liked and stuff, apparently (I heard this from someone on Youtube, but not anywhere else), so it's one of those songs that makes you feel like you know the band more (a bit like 'I Am An A'), which is fun, and nice. It was never properly released, but only given to guest at his party. I also like  the Swedish version of 'Ring Ring', which was the first Swedish ABBA song I ever listened to (not counting Agnetha's Swedish SOS on Youtube when I was 9, because that was the first day I heard ABBA, and I didn't really understand). It's very nice, and the lyrics (translated) are different from the English ones, although I don't know what they are. I just know they're different.:)

This one's 'Hovas Vittne'. I'm sorry there's no pictures, but it's the one I've seen before, and I know some people can't watch videos that aren't checked for bad photos and stuff, so since I can't watch Youtube videos on my computer, I decided to use this one. (By the way, if Google won't translate the word 'ed' {I think that's the word - it comes before 'bagage i Rom och Gudrun i Amsterdam'} it's a typo.:) It's meant to be 'med', which is 'with'.) I've never watched the Swedish 'Ring Ring' on youtube, so I won't put a video on here.:)
I hope the videos worked, and if you like them, there's tons more you can find on Youtube, and, if you're lucky on record, too. You can find most of them on CD, but I don't like remastered music (especially ABBA), so I buy records, now that I have a turntable, and I bought tapes before that. Most of the songs are only on CD or record, though. I hope you enjoy these songs!:)