Uti vår hage (song)

"Uti vår hage" ("Out in our meadow" or "In our meadow") is a traditional Swedish folk song first published in Gotland sometime during the 1880s by Hugo Lutteman, though it is also considered to have earlier origins as far back as the 1600s.

The piece became widely published in the 1890s and is associated with a boom in interest in folk traditions in Sweden during this decade. The piece continues to be well known by the Swedish populace, performed frequently by choral groups, and has been described as a "national song treasure" typically taught to schoolchildren. Also owing to this popularity is an arrangement of the piece by composer Hugo Alfvén in 1923. There is also social debate around a theory this song contains a secret recipe to end an unwanted pregnancy.

The piece is often performed, among other Swedish traditional songs, during Walpurgis Night.