Hendelser i nord

Many of these songs were sold as shilling prints.

These are songs about current events, and those who wrote them were important news spreaders in their time.

The first printing house in Norway was established in Christiania in 1643, and one of the first things to be printed was a ballad.

The melodies used were often well-known folk tunes, or melodies borrowed from the theatre and variety stage.

The songs tell of murder, accidents, distress and love (often the unhappy), and when the Swedes sin...