"Köppäbävisan" is a song written and recorded by Bengt Pegefelt, releasing it as a single in 1980, scoring a major hit in Sweden[1] topping the Swedish singles chart between 8 May-5 June 1981. The song also charted at Svensktoppen for 10 weeks between 5 April-14 June (in a time where no song was allowed to chart longer than 10 weeks), and even topped the chart.[2]

"Köppäbävisan"
Single by Bengt Pegefelt
A-side"Köppäbävisan"
B-side"Popsnörerock"
Released1980
Genrepop
LabelMas media
Songwriter(s)Bengt Pegefelt

Written in Borlänge Dialect, the lyrics deals with a person threatening to jump into the Dal River if not getting a sausage. "Köppäbä" is a reference to the old name of Falun, Kopparberget, and not Kopparberg, as often believed.

In 1981, the song was recorded by Curt Haagers on the album Santa Maria,[3] and also for the children's album, Smurfarnas bästa.[4]

Charts

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Chart (1981) Peak
position
Sweden[5] 1

References

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  1. ^ "Köppäbävisan" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  2. ^ Svensktoppen - 1981
  3. ^ "Santa Maria" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1981. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Smurfarnas bästa" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1981. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Köppäbävisan". Swedishcharts. 1981. Retrieved 20 May 2011.