"Ack Värmeland, du sköna" or "Värmlandsvisan" is a Swedish popular song best known in the English-speaking world as "Dear Old Stockholm".

"Ack Värmeland, du sköna"

	"Ack Värmeland, du sköna" (3:39) Performed by Joel Mossberg in a 1916 recording
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The original Swedish title may be roughly translated as "Oh Värmland, You Lovely" and the song praises the historical province (landskap) Värmland. The lyrics were written by the Värmlandian Anders Fryxell in his 1822 musical Wermlandsflickan [sv] (The Värmlandian Girl), and then expanded by Fredrik August Dahlgren for his 1846 work Värmlänningarna [sv].

The song is sung by the young Nicolai Gedda in the 1952 film Eldfågeln.[1] The song was recorded, in Swedish, by Israeli folk duo Esther & Abi Ofarim for their 1968 LP Up To Date[2]

"Dear Old Stockholm"

The song is best known in the English-speaking world for versions by jazz artists such as Stan Getz (in 1951), Miles Davis (in 1952 for Blue Note and 1956 for the album 'Round About Midnight), Paul Chambers (in 1957) and John Coltrane (in 1963).[3]

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