Throughout the centuries, Freden has been a central gathering place for many of Sweden's noted writers, painters and songwriters; most significantly, Anders Zorn bought Freden in 1919 and saved it from shutting down.
"I came there riding one evening in April" a line from the song "Fritiof and Carmencita" one of Evert Taube's many evergreens. About his life and times in Argentina.
"The sun went down in Vallauris and the wind from Corsica slept in a shiny swell. The crickets intoned their nocturno and over the volcanic cliffs of Cap d'Antibes rose the moon, a large yellow-red moon, out of the Ligurians sea."
"Rönnerdahl paints" is a song by Evert Taube told from his mature alter ego R. About the Italian river Anio, in the Lazio region, a tale about a surrealistic fairytale landscape inspired by Carl Michael Bellman.
About a frequent figure in Evert Taube's poetry. Fritiof Andersson, introduced in 1919, is or has been a sailor, and he has also been a gaucho on the South American Pampas.
Evert Taube had a daughter named Rosemarie, who died the same year she was born, 1928. In several of his songs there is a lively young lady called Rosemarie.
In a story entitled "Chivalrous eroticism", Taube is in Provence during the 12th century, and sits in Château Lea Baux as one of the courting cavaliers of Princess Etienette.
Evert Taube's last own appearance at Gröna Lund, Stockholm, was Oct, 25 1966. After that, during the 70's he was joined by Sven-Bertil Taube and Ulf Björlin.
