''Jul i Betlehem'' ( Swedish: "Christmas in Bethlehem") is a

Christmas album Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of carols, may employ lyrics about the nativity of Je ...

, released on 10 November 1999, from

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

pop singer Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

Carola Häggkvist Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco ...

. "Jul i Betlehem" was recorded in

Bethlehem Bethlehem is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem, and the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate. It had a population of people, as of . The city's economy is strongly linked to Tourism in the State of Palesti ...

on 15 June - 27 September 1999, so it could be released for

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a Religion, religious and Culture, cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by coun ...

that year. On the album charts, the album peaked at number 1 in

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and number 6 in

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Track listing

# O helga natt (Cantique de noël) - 4:20 # O Betlehem, du lilla stad (O Little Town of Bethlehem) - 4:05 # Himlen i min famn - 4.50 #

The Little Drummer Boy "The Little Drummer Boy" (originally known as "Carol of the Drum") is a popular Christmas song written by American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. First recorded in 1951 by the Austrian Trapp Family, the song was further popularized ...

(feat. Blues) - 4.30 #

Nu tändas tusen juleljus "Nu tändas tusen juleljus" is a Christian traditional Swedish language Christmas song, written in 1898 by the Swedish song text writer Emmy Köhler (both text and melody). Translated into English, the title literally means "Now are lit a tho ...

- 3:00 # En stjärna lyser så klar (En stjerne skinner i natt) - 3:50 # Härlig är Jorden (Schönster Herr Jesu) - 4:02 #

I Wonder as I Wander "I Wonder as I Wander" is a Christian folk hymn, typically performed as a Christmas carol, written by American folklorist and singer John Jacob Niles. The hymn has its origins in a song fragment collected by Niles on July 16, 1933.Pen, Ron. "I W ...

- 3:20 #

Gläns över sjö och strand "Gläns över sjö och strand" ("''Shine over sea and shore''") is the opening line for a poem written by Viktor Rydberg, appearing in the 1891 '' Vapensmeden'' (''The gunsmith''). In the novel, the poem has no title. The title "Betlehems stjärna ...

- 4:20 # Mitt hjerte alltid vanker - 4:00 #

Mary's Boy Child "Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child", is a 1956 Christmas song written by Jester Hairston. It is widely performed as a Christmas carol. History The song had its genesis when Hairston was sharing a room with a friend. The fr ...

- 3:40 # Jag är så glad var julenatt - 4:20 # Stilla natt (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) - 5:15 # Dagen är kommen (Adeste Fideles) - 4:20

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jul I Betlehem 1999 Christmas albums Carola Häggkvist albums Christmas albums by Swedish artists Gospel Christmas albums