List of Sveriges Medeltida Ballader

This is a list of ballads found in Sveriges Medeltida Ballader.

Ballads of the supernatural (Naturmytiska visor)

NumberTitleTSBCognatesNotesSynopsis
1Riddar Stigs runorA 4
2SömnrunornaA 11Child 43[1]A young maiden is widely reputed to have spent the night with many men, yet she remains a virgin. Her reputation travels so far, it comes to the Prince of England. Determined to win her, he calls for his horse and rides to meet her. When he arrives, she invites him into her chamber, but as soon as he sits on her bed, his eyes grow heavy and he lays down to sleep. Three days later the maiden awakes him and sends him on his way, none the wiser. In truth, she had written "raven runes" [ramme runor], the 'Sleep Runes' of the song-title, upon the sheets.
3Kung Erik och spåkvinnanA 12King Erik sends for a fortune teller. After testing her abilities, he is informed that he (and in some variants his queen) does not have long to live.
4Jungfrun i fågelhamnA 16A man tries to catch a deer in the woods. The deer turns into a hawk. He feeds the hawk a piece of his own flesh, and it turns into a maid, who explains that her stepmother had cast a spell on her.
5Den förtrollade riddarenA 19A knight's stepmother transforms him into a werewolf, and tells him he must drink the blood of his brother to break the spell. He kills the stepmother and drinks the blood of her unborn son.
6VarulvenA 20A maid is killed by a werewolf while walking the woods.
7Förvandling och förlösningA 22Mother and daughter are approached by a fox and a wolf who accuse them of being their mothers, and of having turned them into animals. They drink the women's blood, and a "fortune teller" appears, transforming them into humans again.
8BlackenA 25A king's enchanted horse, Blacken, swims after the king when he goes abroad. He returns and dies of exhaustion.
9Ravnen RuneA 26Rune the Raven visits Kerstin, who is held prisoner by her husband. Rune flies to Kerstin's father, who come to the rescue on his enchanted horse Blacken. In some variants, Blacken loses his powers when his name is spoken, throws his master off and continues alone (and dies of exhaustion).
10Jungfrun i hindhamnA 27A man out hunting fails to heed his mother's advice not to shoot a deer. When he flays the deer, he finds locks of hair and jewelry, and realizes that the deer was his sister (lover) under a spell.
11LindormenA 29Child 34[1]A maid goes to bed with a lindworm, and wakes up next to a king's son.
12Jungfrun förvandlad till lindA 30Child 34[1]A maid has been transformed into a lime tree (usually by her stepmother). Another maid encounters the tree and sends for help.
13De två systrarnaA 38Child 10[2]One sister drowns the other. The dead sister is made into a harp, and the harp reveals the crime.
14Den förtrollade barnaföderskan (Liten Kerstins förtrollning)A 40Child 6[2]A woman's pregnancy is prolonged through magic.
15Redebold och GullborgA 41Child 7 (and Child 8)[2]The supernatural element in 15–16 lies in the breaking of the name taboo being the cause of Redebold/Hillebrand's death. This "dead-naming" is omitted in the English ballads.Redebold elopes with his beloved Gullborg. Her father and his men go after them. Redebold prepares to fight them, and asks Gullborg not to mention his name. When he kills her father (or brother), she calls out for him, and he is immediately cut down.
16Hilla lillaA 42Child 7 (and 8)[2]Hilla relates her misfortunes, including "dead-naming" her beloved Hillebrand, as in the above, and being sold (and/or locked up) by her family.
17Riddaren i fågelhamnA 44A maid will only accept a suitor who can fly. A young man makes wings of gold and flies to her.
18Unge Svedendal (Hertig Silfverdal)A 45SvipdagsmálSvedendal is cursed to not find peace until he finds the woman meant for him, whom he has never met. He awakes his dead father, who offers help in the form of various enchanted items. Svedendal meets a shepherd who leads him to the maiden, who awaits him, herself under a spell that only he can break.
19Agneta och havsmannenA 47Child 41[1]Agneta follows a merman to his underwater abode, where she stays and has several children. Hearing church bells, she longs for home, and is permitted to go visit her family. She disregards all conditions her captor has postulated for her release, and he appears, demanding she returns to care for her children, but Agneta says she does not care.
20Näcken bortför jungfrunA 48A neck abducts a maid.
21Ungersven och havsfrunA 49A man is abducted by a sea-troll, or mermaid, who makes him forget his past. In some variants, he saves himself by playing a magical harp.
22Harpans kraftA 50A man asks his beloved why she is unhappy. She replies that she has two (or more) sisters who drowned (or that she was prophesied to drown herself). Precautions are taken, but the girl falls in the river nonetheless. The man plays a magical harp to force the neck to give her (and her sisters) back.
23Havsfruns tärnaA 51A man successfully frees his sister from a sea-troll or mermaid, where she has been held prisoner for years. The sea-troll mourns her loss.
24Den bergtagnaA 54Child 41[1]A maid is led astray and imprisoned by a mountain dwarf (bergtagning). They have several children. She returns to see her mother, but is taken back inside the mountain and made to forget her family (or killed).
25Bergman och HerremanA 58A mountain dwarf asks for a maid's hand, then takes her away by force, but she turns around and rides back home.
26Herr Magnus och havsfrun (Herr Mannelig)A 59Sir Magnus is courted by a female troll, but turns her down.
27Herr Peder och dvärgens dotterA 61Sir Peder is out riding, and arrives in a mountain, where he meets a dwarf's daughter. He kills her.
28Riddar TynneA 62
29Herr Olof och älvornaA 63Child 42[1]Sir Olof encounters fairies who invite him to dance with them. He declines, and falls ill and dies.
30Jungfrurnas gästA 64
31ÄlvefärdA 65
32Sorgens maktA 67Child 77[3]A mourning girl receives a nightly visit from her dead fiancé.
33StyvmodernA 68A woman returns from the dead when she sees her children suffer at the hands of their stepmother.
34GengångarenA 69
35Herr MårtenA 70A man encounters Sir Mårten, whom he knows to be dead. Apparently, Mårten had wrongfully claimed a piece of land, and demands that his wife return it. If his wife does not believe the man, Mårten explains, she shall find Mårten's boots filled with blood.
36Herr HolgerA 71

Legendary ballads (Legendvisor)

NumberTitleTSBCognatesNotesSynopsis
37Jungfru Maria och JesusB 4
38Underbar synB 7
39Sankte StaffanB 8Child 22[2]
40Sankt Göran och drakenB 10
41Sankt Olovs kappseglingB 12
42Liten KarinB 14A king becomes infatuated with Karin (St. Catherine). He offers her gifts, but she refuses them. He has her executed in a "nail barrel" (Swedish: spik[e]tunna). She is taken to heaven, and the king to hell.
43Maria MagdalenaB 16Child 21[2]Mary Magdalene meets Jesus in the wilderness. She claims to be a virgin, but Jesus says this is not true, and that she has had three children, with her father, her brother, and the parish priest. As punishment, she must stay in the wilderness for seven years. She is then allowed to enter heaven.
44Fru Gunnel och Eluf väktareB 17When the king is away, Lady Gunnel releases all prisoners. She blames Eluf the guard, swearing that if she is not speaking the truth, she will give birth to seven dogs. Eluf is executed; miracles occur at his place of death. Gunnel gives birth to dogs, which she kills.
45Herr David och hans styvsönerB 18
46Herr Peder och hans systerB 20Sir Peder tries to seduce his sister. When she refuses his advances, he falsely claims that she has murdered her illegitimate children. She is burned at the stake. Peder refuses to let her drink. Doves take her to heaven, and ravens take Peder to hell.
47Herr Töres' döttrarB 21Child 14[2]
48Duvans sång (Duvans sång på liljekvist)B 22A bird sings to a maid that she is expected in (or asks her to follow it to) heaven. Soon after, as she is about to marry, she falls ill and dies.
49Isa lilla möB 25
50Sjöfarare i hungersnödB 26
51Herr Peder och pilgrimenB 28
52EldprovetB 29
53Rik och fattig systerB 30
54Den rike mannens själB 32

Historical ballads (Historiska visor)

NumberTitleTSBCognatesNotesSynopsis
55Junker SträngerC 3Queen Dagmar is brought to Denmark, 1205
56Slaget vid LenaC 5The Battle of Lena, 1208
57Drottning Dagmars dödC 6The death of Queen Dagmar, 1212
58Drottning BengjerdC 7Queen Bengjerd requests taxes, 1214
59Vreta klosterrovC 8Abduction from Vreta Abbey
60Folke Algotssons brudrovC 15Folke Algotsson abducts Ingrid Svantepolksdotter, 1288
61Sven GrothesonC 16Treats the same event as the preceding entry, and is also known as "Folke Algotssons brudrov", but considered a distinct ballad
62Faxehus' förstörelseC 28The burning of Faxehus (Faxeholm), 1434
63Sten Sture d. ä. och dalkarlarnaC 35The War of Deposition against King Hans, 1501–1502
64DalvisanC 40The Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry, 1521
65Gustav Vasa och dalkarlarna (Vasavisan)C 41The Swedish War of Liberation, 1521(–1523)

Ballads of chivalry (Riddarvisor)

NumberTitleTSBCognatesNotesSynopsis
66Dansen i rosende lundD 7
67Esbern SnareD 16
68Den rika bondedotternD 21
69Herr Karl av Norges landD 32
70Herr Karl och klosterjungfrunD 37Child 25[2]Sir Karl pretends to be dead in order to take his beloved out of convent.
71Herr Lagman bortför herr Tors brudD 45
72Rudegull seglar bort med sin trolovade (Vänner och fränder)D 46Rudegull's beloved is married off to another while he's away, but he arrives just in time to elope with the bride.
73Herr Nils och stolts IngaD 49
74Stolts Inga och junker WillemsonD 53
75Pilgrimen och jungfrunD 60
76Herr SamsingD 61
77Kämpen GrimborgD 61 B
78Herr GrönborgD 62
79Herr EsbjörnD 67
80Ung HillerströmD 69Child 71[3]
81Jungfrun hämtar sin fästmanD 72Child 53[1]
82Herr HjälmerD 78
83Rosea lillaD 84Rosea and her beloved, a duke, are separated by the king, and Rosea is married off to a count. Upon hearing this, the duke returns to her, and they die in each other's arms. Flowers or trees grow from their graves, their leaves intertwining.
84Herr Niklas och stolts AdelinD 85
85Axel och ValborgD 87
86Broder prövar systerD 90A young man courts a maid. She explains that she has lost her family, except for her brother. The man reveals himself as the brother.
87Syster friar till broderD 91
88Herr Axel och hans systerD 96
89Henrik ValdemarssonD 99
90Herr Esbjörn och IngalillD 104
91Ros Elin och kejsare DavidD 110
92Rosilias sorgD 115
93Den falska tärnanD 118
94Det ärbara frierietD 125
95Stolts Inga och herr JoelD 131
96FörtvivlanD 133
97Riddar Stigs bröllopD 139
98GiljarekonstD 140
99De goda rådenD 144
100Den försmådde friarenD 148
101Jungfru Gunnela och riddar PerlemanD 153
102Konungen och hertig Henriks systerD 154
103Palle Bossons dödD 163
104Herr OlerD 167
105Lussi lillaD 168
106Brud i våndaD 182
107Väna SigridD 184
108Jöde Gunnarsson och stolts HillaD 185
109Herr Esbjörn och stolts ElinD 195
110Torkel TronessonD 201
111Ungersvens klaganD 214A young man holds off going to his betrothed due to bad weather. When he arrives the next day, he finds her with another.
112ÄlskogsklaganD 216
113Herr Peder och fru MargaretaD 220
114TrohetsprövningenD 224A man pretends to be dead to see how his betrothed will react. He is upset to find her dancing and having fun. She says that she knew he was not dead.
115SamtaletD 226
116Herr Ivar Jonsson och danska drottningenD 228Sir Ivar dances with the Danish queen. The king threatens to execute him, and he flees on a ship.
117Liten Kerstin och drottningenD 232
118Folke Lagmansson och drottning Hillevi (Falkvard Lagermanson)D 233
119Falcken avrättasD 235
120Frillans hämndD 239Child 68[3]
121Herr WrongeD 243
122Herr Peder och liten KerstinD 245Child 73[3]
123Fru Märta och herr TidemanD 247
149Blekman (Blekman och Alf)D 249, D 308
124Herr Tavel och stolts AdelinD 250
125Ebbe SkammelssonD 251While Ebbe is away, his brother tells his betrothed he's dead, in order to marry her himself. Ebbe returns home for the wedding and kills them both (and kills or mutilates his parents).
126Herr Ingevald dödar sin brudD 254
127Apelbrand och lilla LenaD 255
128SalmonD 256Salmon invites his lovers to his wedding. They give him food and drink, which causes him to go on a rampage, killing the guests, ending with the bride.
129Kung Valdemar och Tova (Tova lilla)D 258
130Herr Peder, liten Kerstin och konungenD 260
131Fru GundelaD 274
132DödsbudetD 279Child 75[3]
133Kärestans dödD 280
134Peder PallebossonD 282
135Hustrun dörD 283
136Fästmannen dörD 284
137Farsot i landetD 286
138Lisa och NedervallD 288Child 15[2]
139Sonens sorgD 289Child 15[2]
140Herr Peder och fru MalfredD 291
141Herr Olof bränns inneD 292
142Samsing drunknarD 293
143Stolts Margreta drunknarD 294
144Ungersvens svekD 295
145Linden och den falska tärnanD 297
146Herr Nils och herr TidemanD 299
147Olof StrångesonD 300
148Herr Dalebo JonssonD 304
149BlekmanD 249, D 308
150Ebbe Tykeson (Ebbe Tykesons dödsritt)D 309Ebbe is killed by a group of men, and his horse carries his body (or his clothes) home. His mother does not let his fiancée know that the corpse is his, and when she finds out she dies from sorrow.
151Ribbolt och Göta lillaD 311
152Herr Aland och liten CedeborgD 312
153Sven i rosengårdD 320Child 13[2]Sven's mother asks him about his bloody clothes, and by degrees he confesses to having murdered his brother.
154Den lillas testamenteD 321Child 12[2]A girl who has been poisoned by her stepmother divides her belongings among her family, but wishes the agonies of hell on her killers.
155Tove SlättD 323
156Tore och hans systerD 324Child 69[3]Tore interrogates his sister (or daughter) about her lover, but she explains away his accusations. He then shows her her lover's cut-off hand, and she realizes Tore has killed him.
157HustrudråpetD 329
158Palne dräpesD 334
159Rikelund och VendeliD 342
160Kung Valdemar och hans systerD 346Child 64[3]
161Ingemar och HofridD 352Child 89[4]
162Riddare på barnsängsgilleD 358
163Riddar Malkolm fängslas för häststöldD 359
164Herr Peders sjöresaD 361Child 57[3]Sir Peder is told that he will die at sea. When his ship begins to keel over, he and his crew play dice to determine who among them is the greatest sinner. Peder loses, and confesses to numerous sins. He is thrown overboard, and the ship recovers.
165Riddar Stigs fallD 365
166Herren BåldD 367
167Kung Valdemar och hans sönerD 372
168Olyckligt levnadsloppD 374
169KlosterjungfrunD 376
170Paris och Helena ID 380
171Paris och Helena IID 381
172Hertig Fröjdenborg och fröken AdelinD 390Child 269[5]Count Fröjdenborg courts Lady Adelin. Her father has Fröjdenborg locked up, and later killed. His heart is served to Adelin, and when she finds out, she kills herself. They are buried together.
173Den bortsåldaD 391Child 95[4]A poor man sells his daughter, who tries to coax her relatives into buying her back. They all refuse, but her beloved gladly buys her freedom.
174David och SolfagerD 392Child 266[5]
175Hertig HenrikD 393
176Knut HulingD 394
177Per svinaherdeD 395
178Kerstin stalldrängD 396Child 63[3]
179Möns morgondrömmarD 397
180Kung David och stolts MalfredD 398
181Liten båtsmanD 399Child 110[4]
182Liten vallpigaD 405A king is charmed by a shepherdess's singing. He sends for her to come and sing for him, and ends up taking her as his queen.
183Allebrand harpolekaren (Allebrand harpspelaren)D 409
184De sju guldbergenD 410(The first half of) Child 9[2]
185Rövaren Rymer (Den falske riddaren)D 411Child 4[2]A "false knight" abducts a girl, planning to kill her, as he has several others, but she ties him up and kills him instead.
186Guldsmedsdottern som dräpte kungenD 413
187Dankungen och guldsmedens dotterD 415
188Herr Lage och jungfru ElinsborgD 419
189Riddar OlleD 421Child 5[2]
190Florens Benediktsson och fru MargaretaD 424
191Skepparen och jungfrunD 426A maid follows a skipper aboard his ship, falls asleep and wakes up in a distant country. Endings vary: the girl may drown or escape, or the skipper reveals himself as her beloved in disguise.
192Dankungen och Långlöte möjaD 427
193Habor och SignildD 430
194Karl VågemanD 434
195De bortstulna konungadöttrarnaD 435Two royal daughters are taken away at a young age. They come to a castle where they serve as maids. When the queen wants one of them to marry her son, they reveal that they are her long lost daughters.
196Fredrik II i DitmarskenD 436

Heroic ballads (Kämpavisor)

NumberTitleTSBCognatesNotesSynopsis
197Vidrik Verlandsons kamp med Torkel TronesonE 5
198De tolv starka kämparE 10Vilkina saga chapters 178–182; Der Rosengarten zu Worms[6]
199Den stridbare munkenE 19
200David och GoliatE 23
201Fästmö befriar fästmanE 31A girl frees her beloved from prison.
202Syster befriar broderE 32A girl frees her imprisoned brother (in some variants after killing several men).
203Ulf från JernE 37
204Sivert SnarensvenE 49
205Sven SvanevitE 52Sven Svanevit encounters a wandering shepherd, who claims to have killed Sven's father; Sven kills him with his thumb. He engages a second shepherd with a series of riddles; the shepherd answers them correctly, and Sven rewards him with a golden ring.
206Stolt herr AlfE 58
207Den stridbara jungfrunE 64
208Kung SpelemanE 90
209Helleman ungeE 96Child 89[4]
210Sven Fötling och trolletE 115
211Vidrik Verlandsons kamp mot resenE 119Vilkina saga chapters 170–177[6]
212Tors hammarhämtningE 126Þrymskviða[6]
213Esbjörn Prude och Ormen starkE 128Orm Stórólfssons saga[6]
214Ulven starkeE 129
215Orm ungersvenE 132
216Holger Dansk och BurmanE 133Burman, a giant or ogre, claims the king's daughter Gloria. She releases the imprisoned Ogier the Dane who defeats Burman.
217RamunderE 139Ramunder (or Ramund) gets new clothes and sets off to kill several giants.
218Hemming och bergtrolletE 144
219HavsmannenE 148

Jocular ballads (Skämtvisor)

NumberTitleTSBCognatesNotesSynopsis
220Den giftaslystnaF 1
221FriarnaF 5
222De omöjliga uppgifternaF 6
223Möns och svennens samtalF 7
224Finn KomfusenfejF 8
225Den motsträvige brudgummenF 10
226Herr Lage och herr JonF 11
227Skära stråF 12
228ValiknutF 16
229Mjölnarens dotterF 17A man hides in a sack in order to get near the miller's daughter.
230Kom till mig på lördag kvällF 18
231Bonde borrade hjulF 19
232Flickor planterade kålF 20
233Bonddrängen och jungfrunF 22
234Germund smed och prästens dotterF 24
235KlampenF 25A maid refuses to let a man in, since she does not hear the sound of her beloved's wooden leg. The man kills him and steals the wooden leg.
236Tiggargubbens brudF 26
237Den förförde ungersvennenF 29
238Käringen på havsbotten (Den ondsinta käringen)F 30
239Änka och möF 31
240Malins provF 32
241Håkan HökF 33
242Käringen på bröllopF 36
243Bonden och hans hustru (Det kommer en ryttare ridande)F 40A farmer sees a knight approaching. The farmer's wife tells the farmer to give the knight the best of food and drink, and let him sleep next to her in bed, and that the farmer may sleep in the pigsty.
244Per spelmanF 45Per trades his only cow for a fiddle, which he loses, and gets scolded by his wife.
245Det underbara bältetF 46A man has a belt that is so magnificent that everyone who sees it forgets what they are doing. He declines generous offers from priests and kings who wish to buy the belt, only to end up trading it for a pair of old gloves.
246Truls med bågenF 53
247Lars och MasF 54
261Den väldige mannenF 55
248Bonden och kråkan (Bonden i timmerskog)F 58KråkevisaSometimes regarded as a satire on the tithe and other taxations.[7]A farmer shoots a huge crow. Its body is used for an impressive amount of things: food, shoes, and a ship.
249KolorumgrisF 60
250Rävens testamenteF 63
251Bonden och räven (Bonden gick åt grönan äng)F 64A farmer bargains with a fox for his hide.
252Kattens dödF 66
253Tordyvelns bröllopF 67A beetle employs a horse-fly to propose to a fly on his behalf. The fly replies that she is rich (eats from silver plates) and the beetle poor (lives in the dirt, among the livestock). The horse-fly hits the fly, and she agrees to marry the beetle.
254Bröllopet i KråkelundF 68
255Bonden och oxenF 69
256Sven den ungeF 70Child 3[2][lower-alpha 1]
257BröllopskostenF 71
258Leja tjänstepigaF 72
259Käringen och hovmannnenF 73
260TjuvarnaF 75
262Daniel ungersven
263Bakvända världen

See also

Sources

  • Jonsson, Bengt R.; Solheim, Svale; Danielson, Eva, eds. (1978). The types of the Scandinavian medieval ballad (2nd ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 82-00-09479-0.

Notes

  1. Child does not name the Swedish ballad, but one of its source texts, or one or more of its Scandinavian counterparts.
  1. Child, Francis James (1884). The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Vol. 1. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. Child, Francis James (1882). The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Vol. 1. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. Child, Francis James (1885). The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Vol. 2. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. Child, Francis James (1886). The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Vol. 2. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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  7. "Inspelningar och noter". Svenskt visarkiv (in Swedish). Musikverket. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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