Tomtegubben som hade snuva

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"Tomtegubben som hade snuva", also known as "En liten tomtegubbe satt en gång", is a Swedish children's song from 1915, written by Felix Körling. The song depicts a little tomte suffering from rhinitis, but becoming healthy again after, advised by his wife, getting medicine by "Doktor Mullvad"/"(Doctor Mole)".

The song is often used as a Christmas song, even if the word Christmas isn't mentioned, and it's not made clear whether the main character is Santa Claus ({{langx|sv|jultomten}}) (or one of his elves) or the old traditional "tomte".

Publication

Recordings

An early recording was done by four-year-old girl Lisbeth Bodin with Cupolorkestern on 28 October 1949, and was released as a single in January 1950.{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/000080617|title=Tomtegubben som hade snuva|publisher=Svensk mediedatabas|language=Swedish|date=January 1950|accessdate=19 May 2011}}

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