En sommardag i Kangasala

En sommardag i Kangasala (transl. Summer Day at Kangasala, Finnish: Kesäpäivä Kangasalla), also known as Jag gungar på högsta grenen (Finnish: Mä oksalla ylimmällä), is a poem written in Swedish by Zachris Topelius in 1853. Gabriel Linsén set it to music in 1864. It was made into the regional anthem of Pirkanmaa, Finland in 1995, in its Finnish translation.

The poem was first published in 1853 in the newspaper Helsingfors Tidningar (while Topelius was editor), and in 1854 as part of Sylvia's songs in the collection Ljungblommor, part III.

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