Duo Visklang reinterpret Bellman

Bellman Day on 26 July will be celebrated at Gripsholm Castle with a concert in King Gustav III's Theatre, where Duo Visklang will interpret and reinterpret Bellman's songs.

Duo Visklang pay tribute to Carl Michael Bellman, rearranging his songs in an irreverent style.

Tradition meets the present day, and Bellman has never sounded like this before. Duo Visklang bring Bellman into modern times, taking the audience on a musical journey through well-known and forgotten songs, poetry and early works by the master Bellman.

The duo have been acclaimed for their innovative arrangements of songs from the Swedish folk song tradition. They have previously been commissioned by the Bellman Society, and have performed many Bellman programmes around the country.

Duo Visklang draw their influences from genres as diverse as art music, folk music, jazz, tango and even oom-pah, and their style has been described as both punk folk and avant-garde folk. Since forming in 2023, Duo Visklang have performed at several international festivals and across Sweden, and have moved, entertained and perhaps even startled audiences with their music.

William Sundman Sääf has been praised for his voice, his guitar playing and his arrangements. In 2025, the Taube Society awarded him its culture prize for folk musicians under the age of 30. His album Jag kan dig aldrig förglömma was praised by several magazines in spring 2025 and also by P2's Folkmusiken programme, which declared it "the best right now".

Andreas Sporrong is the first Swede to have been accepted onto the accordion programme at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and is one of Sweden's leading accordionists. He has received awards and scholarships from several foundations and institutes.

Top image: Duo Visklang. Photo: Mats Hayen