Gå upp och pröva dina vingar

Gå upp och pröva dina vingar ("Go up and try your wings") is a 1944 Swedish song written by Lasse Dahlquist.[1][2] It was written for the 1944 Swedish film Örnungar, a film about gliding, where Dahlquist, Alice Babs and Kaj Hjelm sang it. The song is considered one of Dahlqvist's most important compositions.[3]

"Gå upp och pröva dina vingar"
Song by Lasse Dahlquist
LanguageSwedish
ReleasedNovember 1944
Genreschlager
LabelOdeon
Songwriter(s)Lasse Dahlquist
Composer(s)Lasse Dahlquist

The song has become a popular sing-along song in Sweden, and is one of the most frequently-performed songs in the TV programme Allsång på Skansen.[4] The phrase Gå upp och pröva dina vingar, which was coined for the song, has entered the Swedish idiom, and is used both literally about flying by aircraft, especially gliding[5] and figuratively, as an exhortation to try new things or exert oneself in life in general.

References

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  1. ^ Eriksson, Uno Myggan. 1989. Myggans Nöjeslexikon vol 4, p 40.
  2. ^ Gå upp och pröva dina vingar, entry in the Swedish Media Database
  3. ^ Nationalencyklopedin, bibliographical entry about Lasse Dahlqvist
  4. ^ Flera nykomlingar bland årets allsånger Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, Sveriges television 29 April 2009, retrieved 30 April 2012 (in Swedish)
  5. ^ Gå upp och pröva dina vingar... Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today Helsingborgs Dagblad 20 August 2011, retrieved 30 April 2012 (in Swedish)
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