Jenny's speech in Sundsvall.. almost halfway through.

We're now up to Jenny's speech before DTA. We usually hear this part in English during the concerts, and it's almost the same speech each time. This time, she's working in her native language, so we hear a bit more extemporaneous speaking than previous go-arounds.

She says hello to everyone and thanks them for being there in Sundsvaaaaaal. She says the Swedish summers are wonderful but the people there that evening are even better. They're unbelievably great.

The crowd loves the buttering up, of course, and they scream their approval.

She wants to mention something that's a little bit more serious. She tells the crowd the next song is actually a dedication to her father and Jonas' father, who died 10 years ago. She says it feels as if he's waiting just around the corner for her, for Jonas, for the family. He gave her a poem when she was a little girl. Back then, she dreamed about being on stage with a big dress on. She shows off the dress and the crowds cheers.

After she mentions the dress, she points to Rickard Engfors and tells the crowd that he's the one who made the dress, then she says he'll probably have to hide now that she's mentioned him.

She turns the subject back to her father and says there are many heroes in life, as her father was for her. Then she goes into the poem. She mentions the man who wrote the poem, Harry Martinson, then she recites the poem.

My very liberal translation of the poem:

If you have two bits of change, buy a piece of bread and a flower.
The bread is for you to eat and the flower is there because life is worth living.

Jenny reiterates the last line, "and life is worth living, especially on a night like tonight". She stops to applaud with the crowd.

Then I have a difficult time hearing exactly what she's saying (from about 2:57 on in the video). She says something about love... then she tells us the next song is coming up.