Kristina fran Duvemala- Guldet Blev Till Sand sung by Shad Olsen

[Soscla]

I'm so impressed by your pronounciation of the R:s! They are perfect!! I've had english friends and tried to make them say it, but they were cowards :P But your Rs are excellent! And even though how you say "gick" maybe isn't "correct", I totally love it! It sounds French xD

[henrikanda]

brilliant! i`m singing that song at the moment too. It was a great transelation of the song and your voice was abseloutely stunning!

[Greenapplehill]

This is great! :D

[detari4]

fantastiskt 

[KodeIFp94]

Thought you were danish at first judging by your name, thought your swedish was very good for being a dane.

When I realized you were from america, I was stunned!

You are doing some understandable small errors but keep it going and the stage will be yours one day!

This was over a year ago, don't know how far u have come but thinking you should meet some swede for a little pronunication help.

But again, this was stunning!

[FurryFenNick]

This was really amazing. Very unique. I believe your foreign accent gave another dimension of awesome, to this song.

[stematt100]

You have a wonderful no an extra ordinary voice! Youre swedish is better than many swedish people. And you are a very handsome man aswell. Thanks for giving us this lovely version of a swedish classic!!!!!

[crafyer]

very good job pal! It's not everyday you hear an American try to sing in Swedish (Swedish is a reaaaally hard language for non speakers) also really cool to read about your ancestors and that you actually met with distant relatives, i know i have long distant relatives in Canada, dont know about the U.S.

[arsletirott]

I'm very impressed and this really makes me proud. thanks for this shad. keep on doing your thing. surprisingly good pronounciations too!

[lallare2]

Not bad at all....Keep up the good work :)

[ryfreknilf]

BRAVO!!

[swedishgirl1993]

This is really good!! Your swedish in really understandable! Just amazingly sung!

[leilabreeze]

Oh, wow!!! ))) Guess who... My "little brother" has definitely grew up!!! I have no idea how swedish words should sound, but you sound great!!! ))) love ya

[Ihavebeenchanged]

Yea nice swedish and great voice :D

[Lundmarkarn]

Your swedish is really impressive! And your singing, really beautiful :)

[Ilovephoto2]

really good pronounciation and a strong voice;) I see your great grandmother came from skellefteå, Im actually writing you from there, born and raised:) gotta love the internet huh?

[thaler67]

Great version Shad!

I think that this version is close to what it would have sounded like if the "real" Robert had sung this.

[kimpe2]

Wow Shad! This is fantastic and you do not even speak Swedish, but on the other hand, that is why it is so great:)

I am Swedish and I have shown this to many of my friends and they all agree. Good luck in the future!

(Yes, Peter Jöback is a brilliant artist)

[ShadOlsen]

Thank you very much!! I had the honor of meeting Peter Jöback outside Carnegie Hall. He was at the dress rehearsal for the Kristina concerts and I recognized him walking by on the street. I even got him to sign my copy of The Last Letter Home, the final book of The Emigrants. Awesome experience!!

[thorsven2]

What is the title of the song in english ?

[Swedishgirl17]

You're really good! And your swedish too :D I'm impressed, I must say!

[martinahellen]

Well done with the Swedish, you have a really good prenounciation!

[organizedjan]

WOW!!! I would love to hear him in concert...what a fabulous voice. Loved it...loved it!!

[wurlybird9]

Don't really know Swedish, but you bring out the beauty in the language. No need for translation, only to verify the emotion in the lyrics, which you already make evident. I sought out some other versions and I must say I prefer the quality of your voice. Perhaps next time you show us some performance skills? Best of success to you. :)

[Stmated]

Your Swedish is surprisingly good. Very nice job :)

Although there are the sounds that are commonly difficult for foreigners that you have some trouble with, like the word "gick" -- but those words are all evil, just like the word "kök" or "hjort".

Interestingly enough, the way that you sound sometimes is pretty similar to how someone who is deaf pronounces a lot of words, if they have gone through most-part of their life hearing.

But this was not often. Again: very nice.

[ShadOlsen]

Wow! Thanks so much for this great comment! I was hoping for some critique of my Swedish! My mom grew up hearing her grandparents speak it, but my exposure to the language was very limited. I had to learn Guldet Blev Til Sand and Ut Mot Ett Hav from listening to (the brilliant!) Peter Jobak on the original cast recording. I'm so excited to hear the English translation at Carnegie Hall in September... although I REEEALLY wish I were performing it!!! Thanks again for writing!

[1bhoffman]

Can't wait to hear it in English!

[TheSpal]

this man sings like a bird-- i'd hire him!!