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Tomten, also known as "Midvinternattens köld är hård", is a poem written by Viktor Rydberg, and originally published in ''Ny Illustrerad Tidning'' in 1881. While outwardly being an idyllic Christmas poem, the poem asks about the meaning of life. A short film, ''Tomten'', was recorded in 1941 by Gösta Roosling, where Hilda Borgström reads the entire poem.〔(Hilda Borgström reads Tomten ) ''youtube.com'' Retrieved: December 29, 2013.〕 Lotta Engberg's 2009 Christmas album ''Jul hos mig'' closes with a final, hidden, bonus track with Sven Wollter reading the poem. The poem has also been recorded as an audio book, with Torgny Lindgren reading it.〔(Torgny Lindgren reads Tomten ) ''youtube.com'' Retrieved: December 29, 2013.〕 ==In English== Rydberg's poem has been translated into English by Charles Wharton Stork,〔(''Anthology of Swedish lyrics'' by Charles Wharton Stork, (New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1917). )〕 Anna Krook,〔''Songs of the North'' by Anna Krook, (Helsingfors, Söderström & Co., 1926).〕 Elias Gordon〔''Bards of the North'' by Elias Gordon, (New York: American Cultural Federation Press, 1936).〕 and Judith Moffett.〔''The North! to the North!'' by Judith Moffett, (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001).〕 In 1961 Astrid Lindgren published a prose version of the story with illustrations by Harald Wiberg.〔''The Tomten'' by Astrid Lindgren, (New York: Coward-McCann, 1961).〕〔(Astrid Lindgren adaptation ) ''youtube.com'' Retrieved: December 31, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tomten (poem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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