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{{Short description|Swedish Christian summer song}}
{{for|the film|Den blomstertid nu kommer (film)}}
{{Infobox musical composition
| name                = "Den blomstertid nu kommer"
| type                = [[Hymn]]
| image               = 
| alt                 = 
| caption             = 
| translation         = Now the time of blossoming arrives
| occasion            = end of the [[school year]]
| text                = anon
| language            = Swedish
| melody              = by [[Israel Kolmodin]] (attributed)
| published           = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1695}}|location=Swedish Hymnal}}
}}
[[File:Hangers kalla 06.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Hångers källa]]]]
'''Den blomstertid nu kommer''' ({{lit|Now the time of blossoming arrives}}, and in Finnish '''Suvivirsi''', {{lit|the Summer Psalm}}, or '''Jo joutui armas aika''', {{lit|Now the Beloved Time Has Come}}) is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[summer]]time hymn, traditionally credited to [[Israel Kolmodin]] after walking at [[Hångers källa]] outside [[Visby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popularhistoria.se/da-nu/2012/05/den-blomstertid/|title=Den blomstertid…|publisher=Populär historia|author=Anna Larsdotter|language=Swedish|date=21 May 2012|accessdate=11 February 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715065605/http://www.popularhistoria.se/da-nu/2012/05/den-blomstertid/|archivedate=15 July 2015}}</ref> It was first published in the 1695 Swedish Hymnal, and the Finnish translation was made for the 1701 Finnish Hymnal by [[Erik Cajanus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yliopistolehti.helsinki.fi/2000_19/lyhyet.html|title=Lempeän valloituksen kohde|author=Juhana Unkuri|magazine=Yliopisto-lehti|publisher=[[University of Helsinki]]|language=Finnish|date=1 December 2000|accessdate=7 September 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623133948/http://yliopistolehti.helsinki.fi/2000_19/lyhyet.html|archivedate=23 June 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In Sweden and Finland the hymn is traditionally sung at the end of the [[school year]], before the summer holidays, and as such it has reached widespread recognition in both Finnish and Swedish culture. It is strongly associated with summer, as well as primary and secondary education.

The number of verses sung in schools varies, but tends not to include all six. In Sweden, only the first verse is sometimes used, in which the hymn's Christian origins are not apparent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsk.se/article/20110509/HASSLEHOLM/705099986/1170/-/skolan-stoppar-prastens-tal|title=Skolan stoppar prästens tal|publisher=Norra Skåne|author=Carl-Johan Bauler|language=Swedish|date=9 May 2011|accessdate=11 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116090153/http://www.nsk.se/article/20110509/HASSLEHOLM/705099986/1170/-/skolan-stoppar-prastens-tal|archive-date=16 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[Languages of Finland|Finnish-speaking Finland]], the hymn is usually sung in three verses in schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tampereenseurakunnat.fi/kirkko_tampereella/uutiset_ja_media/uutiset_2021/suvivirren_sunnuntai_kutsuu_laulamaan.56122.news#2ac5c801|title=Suvivirren sunnuntai kutsuu laulamaan|website=tampereenseurakunnat.fi|publisher=Federation of Tampere Evangelical Lutheran Parishes|language=Finnish|date=28 May 2021|accessdate=7 September 2021}}</ref>

[[Zenos E. Hawkinson]] has written lyrics in English, as "Now Comes the Time for Flowers", from 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hymnary.org/text/now_comes_the_time_for_flowers|title=Now Comes the Time for Flowers|publisher=Hymnary|language=English|date=1978|accessdate=29 November 2018}}</ref>

==Publication==
*[[1695 års psalmbok]] as number 317 under the lines "Om Jordenes fruktbarhet".
*[[Virsikirja|1701 Virsikirja]] (in Finnish)
*[[1819 års psalmbok]] as number 394 under the lines "Med avseende på särskilda personer, tider och omständigheter: Årets tider och jordens fruktbarhet: Sommaren".
*[[Finlandssvenska psalmboken 1886]]
*[[Finska psalmboken 1886]] ("Nya psalmboken") as number 472
*[[Sionstoner 1889]] as number 532.
*[[Svensk söndagsskolsångbok 1908]] as number 283 under the lines "Årstiderna"
*[[Svensk söndagsskolsångbok 1929]] as number 257 under the lines "Naturen och årstiderna"
*[[Sionstoner 1935]] as number 752 under the lines "Årets tider".
*[[1937 års psalmbok]] as number 474 under the lines "Sommaren".
*[[Virsikirja|Den finska psalmboken 1938]] as number 557
*[[Finlandssvenska psalmboken 1943]] as number 520
*[[Psalmer för bruk vid krigsmakten 1961]] as number 474 verserna 1–4.
*[[Frälsningsarméns sångbok 1968]] as number 645 under the lines "Årstiderna".
*[[Den svenska psalmboken 1986]] as number 199 under the lines "Årstiderna".
*[[Finlandssvenska psalmboken 1986]] as nummer 535 under the lines "Årstiderna"
*[[Virsikirja|Den finska psalmboken 1986]] as number 571 under the lines "Årstiderna"
*[[Lova Herren 1988]] as number 787 under the lines "Årets tider".
*[[Sångboken 1998]] as number 9
*[[Swedish Hymns]], 2016 (as "Now Comes the Time for Flowers")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dagen.se/kultur/psalmer-blir-mangkultur-1.735896|title=Psalmer blir mångkultur|publisher=Dagen|language=Swedish|author=Urban Thoms|date=8 June 2018|accessdate=29 November 2018}}</ref>
*Many non-religious songbooks

==Versions==
*In 2018, [[Miss Li]] recorded a wintertime version called "Den vintertid nu kommer" ("Now the wintertime arrives").<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vk.se/2548983/miss-li-glogg-sant|title=Miss Li + glögg = sant|publisher=Västerbottenskuriren|language=Swedish|author=Erica Sjöstrom|date=30 October 2018|accessdate=29 November 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://evl.fi/Virsikirja.nsf/30a7d6618ce6ab81c2256ca80040e996/8e9d50d9614faaafc2256db000316bdb?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,suvivirsi Finnish lyrics "Jo joutui armas aika"]
*[http://johnirons.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-best-known-swedish-summer-song-by.html English lyrics "A Summer Song"]

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