Songs at Christmas Time

Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling are bringing their sparkling Christmas success on a nationwide tour - "Songs in the Christmas Season."

"A perfect balance between the Christmas spirit and wintery melancholy" and "A Christmas concert that wraps your heart in lambswool." The praises poured in after Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling’s Christmas tour "Snow & Torches" in the winter of 2022 and 2023. Now, we are thrilled to announce that the duo will return with a new tour this Christmas as well.

Helen and Anna were born one day apart in the same hospital in Sundsvall, and they got to know each other in school and in the choir they both sang in. Through music, a strong friendship developed, one that has endured through the years, and the duo they formed as teenagers has resurfaced in various phases. After nearly 40 years of friendship and musical collaboration, Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling have gathered the songs that they have loved and lived with during all these Christmases.

On November 28, 2024, Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling will take the stage at Mariakyrkan in Helsingborg with their Christmas tour "Songs in the Christmas Season" to sing in the holiday spirit at a number of Swedish churches, concluding at Oskar Fredrik's Church in Gothenburg on December 19.

“We are so happy to head out into the December darkness once again this year, and with two brand new songs to offer our audience. For the first time, we’ve written a song together ourselves, in collaboration with Peter Kvint, who also produced it. And the fact that we’ve received a completely new translation of ABBA's old song 'The Way Old Friends Do' by none other than Björn Ulvaeus himself feels truly amazing.

With this tour, we want to return to the places where we began our Christmas tradition as young people, in churches and cultural centers. Beautiful, atmospheric spaces that create magic in themselves. It’s also a more close and intimate way to perform our songs, but no less powerful. Celebrating Christmas together with our audience is a true privilege for us, and we are so looking forward to meeting all of you with new and old songs. We’re happy to be part of all the Christmas voices that have sung before us, guiding us into or through the darkest of times, straight into Christmas.”

/Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling

Also on stage:

Jesper Nordenström, keyboards
Johan Lindström, guitars
Dan Berglund, bass

Previous reviews:

“Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling find a perfect balance between the Christmas spirit and wintery melancholy.” 5 out of 5 – Gefle Dagblad

“You can hear that they’ve known each other for 40 years. You can hear that they’ve been singing together for just as long in girls' choirs, Lucia processions, and winter concerts. They know where the other’s voice comes from. Don’t miss the chance to experience them live on stage…” 4 out of 5 – Dagens Industri

“Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling’s Christmas concert wraps your heart in lambswool.” – Göteborgs-Posten

Performance duration: 90 minutes without intermission.

Note: Minimum age 5 years.
Tickets go on sale at 10:00 AM on September 4, 2024.











Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling are bringing their sparkling Christmas success on a nationwide tour - "Songs in the Christmas Season."

"A perfect balance between the Christmas spirit and wintery melancholy" and "A Christmas concert that wraps your heart in lambswool." The praises poured in after Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling’s Christmas tour "Snow & Torches" in the winter of 2022 and 2023. Now, we are thrilled to announce that the duo will return with a new tour this Christmas as well.

Helen and Anna were born one day apart in the same hospital in Sundsvall, and they got to know each other in school and in the choir they both sang in. Through music, a strong friendship developed, one that has endured through the years, and the duo they formed as teenagers has resurfaced in various phases. After nearly 40 years of friendship and musical collaboration, Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling have gathered the songs that they have loved and lived with during all these Christmases.

On November 28, 2024, Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling will take the stage at Mariakyrkan in Helsingborg with their Christmas tour "Songs in the Christmas Season" to sing in the holiday spirit at a number of Swedish churches, concluding at Oskar Fredrik's Church in Gothenburg on December 19.

“We are so happy to head out into the December darkness once again this year, and with two brand new songs to offer our audience. For the first time, we’ve written a song together ourselves, in collaboration with Peter Kvint, who also produced it. And the fact that we’ve received a completely new translation of ABBA's old song 'The Way Old Friends Do' by none other than Björn Ulvaeus himself feels truly amazing.

With this tour, we want to return to the places where we began our Christmas tradition as young people, in churches and cultural centers. Beautiful, atmospheric spaces that create magic in themselves. It’s also a more close and intimate way to perform our songs, but no less powerful. Celebrating Christmas together with our audience is a true privilege for us, and we are so looking forward to meeting all of you with new and old songs. We’re happy to be part of all the Christmas voices that have sung before us, guiding us into or through the darkest of times, straight into Christmas.”

/Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling

Also on stage:

Jesper Nordenström, keyboards
Johan Lindström, guitars
Dan Berglund, bass

Previous reviews:

“Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling find a perfect balance between the Christmas spirit and wintery melancholy.” 5 out of 5 – Gefle Dagblad

“You can hear that they’ve known each other for 40 years. You can hear that they’ve been singing together for just as long in girls' choirs, Lucia processions, and winter concerts. They know where the other’s voice comes from. Don’t miss the chance to experience them live on stage…” 4 out of 5 – Dagens Industri

“Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling’s Christmas concert wraps your heart in lambswool.” – Göteborgs-Posten

Performance duration: 90 minutes without intermission.

Note: Minimum age 5 years.
Tickets go on sale at 10:00 AM on September 4, 2024.