| "Gå upp och pröva dina vingar" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Lasse Dahlquist | |
| Language | Swedish |
| Released | November 1944 |
| Genre | schlager |
| Label | Odeon |
| Songwriter(s) | Lasse Dahlquist |
| Composer(s) | Lasse Dahlquist |
Gå upp och pröva dina vingar ("Go up and try your wings") is a 1944 Swedish song written by Lasse Dahlquist. 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.
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. 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 and figuratively, as an exhortation to try new things or exert oneself in life in general.
References
- Eriksson, Uno Myggan. 1989. Myggans Nöjeslexikon vol 4, p 40.
- Gå upp och pröva dina vingar, entry in the Swedish Media Database
- Nationalencyklopedin, bibliographical entry about Lasse Dahlqvist
- Flera nykomlingar bland årets allsånger Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, Sveriges television 29 April 2009, retrieved 30 April 2012 (in Swedish)
- Gå upp och pröva dina vingar... Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today Helsingborgs Dagblad 20 August 2011, retrieved 30 April 2012 (in Swedish)