It was recorded by Sven-Olof Sandberg in 1941 as B-side to his single Flicka från Backafall.
[1] It was published in Sjösalaboken in 1942 during the World War II,[2] Taube wanted to "besjunga skönheten och glädjen som kriget hotar att förgöra" ("sing about the beauty and happiness which the war threatens to destroy").
Sjösala is the name of the summer house of the family Taube, located in Stavsnäs in the Stockholm archipelago.
The description of the family's life at the archipelago has been as a picture of the Swedish summer holiday.
Even Chilean singer Rosita Serrano, who couldn't speak Swedish, recorded a version of the song in 1943.