Recorded 1969 | ||
"Teddybjörnen Fredriksson" (Fredriksson, the Teddy bear) is a Swedish children's song by Lasse Berghagen who wrote it in 1969 to his 3-year-old daughter Malin. It's one of Berghagen's most famous songs. Many Swedish schools and pre-schools sing it and has been voted as the most popular children's song. This song is about a person whose father gave him a teddy bear as birthday present when he was 4 years old and when he was married and got a 4-year-old daughter, he gave her a teddy bear. This song made Berghagen famous for children, and the real "Teddy bear Fredriksson" is locked in a booth at Leksaksmuseet in Stockholm.
The song charted at Svensktoppen on 21–28 December 1969, with positions 9 and 10.
The theme of the song and its chorus share some traits with Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul and Mary.