Göran Svenning and David Hellström

Lyricist Göran Svenning and composer David Hellström were a top Swedish songwriting team of the early 20th century.

[1] Svenning wrote most of his song lyrics in collaboration with Hellström although he worked with Theodor Pinet on the well-known Bondvals (Farmer waltz).

As a young man he enlisted in the Royal Bohuslän Regiment, where he studied music and played the French horn.

In America works by Svenning and Hellström appeared on the Columbia, Edison and Victor labels and were covered by such artists as Arvid Franzen, Lydia Hedberg, Eddie Jahrl, John Lager, Ingeborg Laudon, Eric Olson, Hjalmar Peterson and Charles G.

Norlander, who was a prolific songwriter, wrote new words for the song and called it Balen på bakgården (The dance in the back yard).