Sweden - Det här är ditt land

International School of Helsingborg

Information about our song

The song ”This Land is your Land ” was  written by Woody Guthrie in 1940. The song is about America and how the country is a place for everyone. In the year 2000 the  Swedish singer and composer Mikael Wiehe took the song and applied it to Sweden instead and called it ”Det här är ditt land”. The reason behind it being that racism was a growing problem in Sweden at the time, and Mikael Wiehe is known for being a strong believer in freedom for all people.  Together with a large number of Swedish artists he performed with this song during a fundraiser against racism.

We have chosen the song because we think it connects well with current events in our world today.
In our school we come from all over the world and we think it’s important that we all feel that Sweden is our country.

Translation of the song;

This land is my land 

This land is your land

From the rocks of Ale

To the north of Lappland

From the cliffs of Bohus

To the rauks of Gotland 

This land belongs to you and me 

With dark forests

and red cottages

With white birches

and high pinetrees

With fields and croplands

and dockyards and mines

This land belongs to you and me 

With rocks and islets 

and deep coastal inlets

With light meadows

and black ponds

With its blue remotely

mountains 

This land belongs to you and me 

This land is my land...

I traveled to the north

along the High coast

when the forests blushed

It was autumn

and the ocean sparkled

in the morning air

In the land that belongs to you and me 

I was standing on the top

of Kebnekaise

and watched the sun

that never descends

Mires and mosses

Mountains and streams of water 

And the land that belongs to you and me 

This land is my land...

I was standing at home

when the fog cleared away

I was standing among rape fields

and clear creeks

Where the breeches are green

and the storch is breeding

In the land that belongs to you and me

It was in the evening

I was standing on the beach

under the Milkyway

and the Big Dipper

As I was holding the hand of my loved one

I said, this land belongs 

to you and me

This land is my land...