Lieder für Midsommar...

[Bo Eriksson bo.eriksson@t]

Having read your discussion on Bellmans "Krankheit und Tod- motif" - I have a question regarding the Björn/Bär; Has the word "Bär" in german the same meaning as the swedish "björn" in the sense of the word CREDITOR?.In swedish I´ve never heard of something similar to a paraphrase to "schlechte Zeiten" for the word Björn. Then again, of course the poet Bellman have the supreme right to coin such an expression for "schlechte Zeiten"! But I don´t think it´s contemporary to our time? The expression "Bellman war eben pleite und tief verschuldet", sounds very nice and beatiful in my ears! Please accept sincere apologies regarding my choosing of language - Ich war leider nicht ein fleissig schuler...