Hymnologi – Nordisk tidsskrift https://hymnologi.journal.fi/ <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Hymnologi – Nordisk tidsskrift</em> is an academic open access journal published in cooperation between Nordhymn and the Finnish Society for Hymnology and Liturgy. Its purpose is to publish current research on hymnology and to offer a platform for scholarly co-operation and debate within the field. The journal appears twice a year and consists of articles, book reviews, reports and miscellaneous. </span></p> en-US puheenjohtaja@hymn.fi (Samuli Korkalainen / The Finnish Society for Hymnology and Liturgy) hymnologi.redaktion@gmail.com (Editorial board) Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:33:02 +0300 OJS 3.2.1.4 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 ‘Singing out the dead’ in Ramsjö and Färila, Sweden https://hymnologi.journal.fi/article/view/163141 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The tradition of ”singing out of the dead” (<em>utsjungning av de döda</em>) was widespread throughout Scandinavia in early modern times. This study argues that this peculiar singing practice could be understood historically as an amalgamation of the medieval sanctification of the corpse (without which it was illegal to move a body to the church or burial site) and the early modern <em>liksång</em>, singing processions with the dead to the burial site, typically involving the Swedish diocese school choirs. This historical analysis serves as a foundation against which we may understand memories and witnesses from persons who partook in the singing out of the dead during the first half of the 20</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> century.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eight persons who have been involved in singing out of the dead in Ramsjö and Färila (Northern Hälsingland, diocese of Uppsala) have been interviewed in relation to matters of practice, beliefs, tradition and singing ideals. The study reveals that in these two parishes, the practice of singing out of the dead remained vital well into the 20</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> century, but waned rather rapidly after the middle of the century, due to matters of infrastructure and modern healthcare. Bishops, kings and clergy fought and repressed the practice for hundreds of years, due to the perceived incompatibility between Lutheran doctrine and the popular notion that the singing out was intended for the soul of the deceased person, rather than for the mourners left alive. Reports from the ethnography in Ramsjö and Färila evinces the belief that the predominantly female “singers out” took on a mediating proxy role between the person who was “sung out” and the absent priests, who were forbidden to partake in the practice under the Church law of 1686.</span></p> Mattias Lundberg Copyright (c) 2025 Mattias Lundberg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://hymnologi.journal.fi/article/view/163141 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0300 Alle gode gange tre https://hymnologi.journal.fi/article/view/163140 Helen Rossil, Sofija Lazić Pedersen Copyright (c) 2025 Helen Rossil, Sofija Lazić Pedersen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://hymnologi.journal.fi/article/view/163140 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0300 Akademisk studiehåndbog i liturgi holder fanen højt https://hymnologi.journal.fi/article/view/163142 Peter E. Nissen Copyright (c) 2025 Peter E. 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