"Ack Värmeland, du sköna" or "Värmlandsvisan" is a Swedish popular song, best known in the English-speaking world as "Dear Old Stockholm".
The Swedish title may be roughly translated as "Oh Värmland, you beautiful" and the song praises the historical province (landskap) Värmland. The lyrics were written by the Värmlandian Anders Fryxell in his 1822 musical ' (The Värmlandian Girl), and then expanded by Fredrik August Dahlgren for his 1846 work '.
The song is sung by the young Nicolai Gedda in the 1952 film EldfÃÂ¥geln. The song was recorded, in Swedish, by Israeli folk duo Esther & Abi Ofarim for their 1968 LP Up To Date.
Anders Fryxell's version from Vermlands-Flickan (1822)
F. A. Dahlgren's version from Värmlänningarna (1846)
The song is best known in the English-speaking world for versions by jazz artists such as Stan Getz (in 1951), Miles Davis (in 1952 for Blue Note Records and 1956 for the album 'Round About Midnight), Jutta Hipp on her album At the Hickory House (in 1956), Paul Chambers (in 1957) and John Coltrane (in 1963).