Seven Runeberg Songs


The Seven Runeberg Songs, Op. 13, is a collection of Swedish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written from 1891 to 1892 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius; each is a setting of a poem by the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

Constituent songs

Ordered by catalogue number, the Op. 13 songs are as follows:
  • "Under strandens granar", Op. 13/1
  • "Kyssens hopp", Op. 13/2
  • "Hjärtats morgon", Op. 13/3
  • "Våren flyktar hastigt", Op. 13/4
  • "Drömmen", Op. 13/5
  • "Till Frigga", Op. 13/6
  • "Jägargossen", Op. 13/7

Orchestral version of No. 4

In 1913, Sibelius arranged "Våren flyktar hastigt" for vocalist and orchestra.