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Wedding Music – A List of Songs for the Ceremony, the Waltz and the Reception

When planning your wedding, music is one of the most important elements for creating the right atmosphere. Here you’ll find a large and comprehensive list of over 200 songs for the ceremony, the wedding waltz and the reception – Swedish and English wedding songs, classical marches, romantic ballads and modern favourites.

Popular wedding songs

We offer a list of around 200 wedding songs, including:

Ceremony music: Romantic melodies for the big moment.

Waltz music: For that magical first dance as newlyweds.

Reception music: Upbeat tracks to get your guests dancing.

Songs in Several Languages

To cater for all tastes, there are also songs in other languages, adding an international feel to your wedding.

Wedding Marches

We’ve also put together a selection of both classic and unusual wedding marches that can add a unique touch to your ceremony.

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Swedish songs for the wedding ceremony and the waltz

I’ll Never Stop Loving You – Jonas Gardell
To Love in Springtime – Mogens Lorents/Gösta Nystroem. Gösta Rybrant (Swedish lyrics
) ‘With All My Heart’ – Anders Engberg
‘Longing for You’ – Åsa Jinder
‘Just a Little Love’ – Lisa Nilsson
‘Intoxicate Me’ – L. Ahlin/D. Hill/J. Sheard
‘Blue, Blue is Love’ (see also L’amour est bleu) – Pierre Cour/André Popp, Swedish lyrics: Bengt Sten’s
Wedding Waltz – Evert Taube
Wedding in Uppland – Swedish folk song
Wedding Bells – Pugh Rogefeldt
Wedding March – Julius Sundin/Ruth Andersson
Wedding Waltz from the Meadow – S. Andersson
Best of All – L. Berghagen
‘Boat Song’ – R. Broberg
‘Share Everything with Me’ – Georg Munro/F&A Swahn
‘The Best Day’ – M. Fredrikson
‘The First Time I Saw You’ – Birger Sjöberg
The Only Word – Agneta Lange
There’s Nothing More Beautiful Than Love – Tomas Ledin
The Most Beautiful Thing – Nanne & Peter Grönvall/Maria Rådsten
You’re the Best Thing I Know – Nick Borgen
Duet No. 7 – From Mozart’s *The
Magic Flute* You Are Everything – Shirley Clamp
You Are the Only One – Swedish lyrics by Bo Setterlind
You Are the Beauty I See in My Life – Lars Nordlander/Michel Legrand
‘Where the Birches Rustle’ – Viktor Sund/Oskar Merikanto
‘Selfishness’ – E. Dahlgren
‘One Day’ – T. Norell/Oson/A. Bard
‘Once Side by Side with Me’ – Swedish folk song
‘A Little Song About Love’ – Sylvia Fine, Swedish lyrics: Lars Berghagen
‘A Man Like That’ – Anne-Lie Rydé
‘A Song About Us’ – B. Wastesson/T. Ringström
‘A Life for Me’ – Anders Edenroth
‘A Life with You’ – The Real Group
‘Fragancia’ – Evert Taube
‘For Love’s Sake’ – Kenneth & Ted Gärdestad
‘Glittering Nymph’ – Carl Michael Bellman
‘Heaven Just Around the Corner’ – Lisa Nilsson
‘The Tale of the Heart’ – A Hedenstierna/Wilhelm Åström
‘She’s So Sweet When She Sleeps’ – Bo Kaspers Orchestra
‘Autumn Song’ – Tove Jansson/Erna Tauro
‘In the Folk Song Style’ – Nils Ferlin/Olav Gerthel
‘In the Folk Song Style’ – Nils Ferlin/Torgny Björk
‘Tonight I Am Yours’ – Tomas Ledin
‘I Dream in Rose-Coloured Dreams’ – Edith Piaf/D. Louiguy, Swedish Lyrics: Roland Levin
‘I Give You My Morning’ – Fred Åkerström
‘I Believe in Love’ – Robert Broberg
‘I Want You’ – U. Lundell
John Andersson – Folk song from Scotland, Swedish Lyrics: Göran Rygert
‘The Song of the Bells’ – Thore Skogman
‘Come, O Sweet One’ – Adam de la Hale, Swedish lyrics: Einar Ralf
Come into My Arms – Evert Taube
Loving & Mad – P. Åhns/P. Johannson
Love (See also: Only Love) – V. Cosma/N. Gimble, Swedish. Lyrics: Ingela Forsman
‘Love Brought Us Together’ – Ulf Lundell
‘Love Comes, Love Goes’ – ‘Di sma undar jordi’
‘Love Dance in Provence’ – Kjell Höglund
‘Love Waltz’ – Håkan Elmquist/Ulrik Neumann
‘Love Song’ – Allan Edwall
‘Light and Warmth’ (also a Norwegian version) – Åge Alexandersen, Swedish lyrics: Benny Borg
‘Sweet Youth’ – K. Linna, Swedish lyrics: L. Hulden
‘Happiness’ – Martin Koch
‘Happy, Happy’ – Ulf Lundell
‘Long Live Life’ – Trad. Wingquist/Johnson/Nyberg
‘With You in My Arms’ – Hasse Ekman/Kai Gullmar
Melody – Bo Bergman/Robert Malmberg
‘Midsummer Flowers’ – Einar Molin/Lille Bror Söderlund
‘Mild, Warm Spring’ – M. Fredriksson
‘My Arm Around Your Neck’ – Orup
‘My Longing for You’ – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
‘My Darling’ – Evert Taube
‘Morning on Kungsholmen’ – Karin Ljungman
‘Morning by the Sea’ – Torsten Arnbro
‘Nocturne’ – Evert Taube
‘Now’ – Magnus & Agneta Lange
‘When Wedding Bells Ring’ – Sven-Olof Sandberg/Bert Carsten Nordlander
‘When We Touch Each Other’ – Dan Hill/Barry Mann, Swedish lyrics: Ingela Forsman
‘Romance as Sales Psychology’ by Gösta Ekman, Swedish lyrics by Hasse & Tage (See also: ‘Drink to me only’) – Ben Jonson
‘Rosen’ – A. McBrown/R. Björnlind
‘Like Little Stars’ – Evert Taube
‘Summer’ – Ture Nerman/Lasse R. Eriksson
‘Summer Night’ (see: ‘Come into My Arms’) – Evert Taube
‘Bedroom’ – A. Glenmark
‘The Sea Has Never Shimmered So’ – Evert Taube
‘Song to Freedom’ – S. Rodrigues/Björn Afzelius
‘Seek the Mountain’ – Sound of Music
‘To the Bride and Groom’ – Yvonne Palm
‘To You’ – B. Haymes/A. Brandt, Swedish lyrics: Fredrik Swahn
Take Me to the Sea – Peter Lundblad
Dedication – Lars Forsell/Monica Dominique
Ten Thousand Red Roses – Thore Skogman
Do You Like Me? – Swedish folk song
‘Utan dina andetag’ – (Kent)
‘Uti vår hage’ – Folk song from Gotland
‘Vem tänder stjärnorna’ – Eva Dahlgren
‘Vi vandra samman’ – Svein Dag Hauge
Surely You Were a Rose in My Dream Last Night – Carl Anton
The Waves – Agneta Lange
Our Wedding Song (see also: Hawaiian Wedding Song) – Al/Dick Manning/Charles E. King, Swedish lyrics: Gösta Rybrant
‘Love Me’ – Marie Nilsson/Benny Andersson
‘Love Still Smells Sweet’ – Marie Fredriksson
‘Wish Song’ – R. Gustafsson/August Söderman
‘Open Your Door’ – Tommy Nilsson
‘Open Landscape’ – Ulf Lundell

Marches – entrance and exit

‘Ave Maria’ (D 389) – Franz Schubert
Bridal Chorus from the opera *Lohengrin* (‘Here comes the Bride…’) – Richard Wagner
Bridal March for Per and Anna – Orsa folk musicians
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Felix Mendelssohn
Wedding March from The Wedding at Ulfåsa – August Söderman
A Peasant Wedding – August Söderman
Gotland Wedding March – trad.
Entrance to the Summer Garden – Wilhelm Pettersson-Berger
Jämtland Wedding March – trad.
Leksand Wedding March – trad.
Liebestraum – Franz Liszt
Pomp and Circumstance – Elgar
Sinfonia – Handel
Sinfonia di Chiesa – J. H. Roman
The Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clark
Toccata – Widor

Songs in other languages

I Love You – H.C. Andersen/Edvard Grieg
L’amour est bleu (see: blue, blue is love) – Pierre Cour/Andre Popp
Madrigal (see also: Come, O Sweet One) – Adam de la Hale

Unconventional wedding music & marches

Ameno – Era
I’m a Believer – Smash Mouth
Mio Min Mio – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
Star Trek Voyager – Jerry Goldsmith
The Rose – Westlife
Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers
Wedding – Hep Stars/B. Andersson

English songs – wedding ceremony & waltz

A Little Bit More – Bobby Gosh
Against All Odds – Phil Collins
All My Loving – John Lennon/Paul McCartney
All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II/Jerome Kern
Otherwise We’d Never Be Standing Here – Daniel Lindström
‘Annie’s Song’ – John Denver
‘Anything for You’ – Gloria Estefan
‘As Time Goes By’ – Herman Hupfeld
‘Because You Love Me’ – Celine Dion
‘Blue Room’ – L. Hart/R. Rodgers
‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ – Paul Simon
‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’ – REO Speedwagon
‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ – George Weiss/Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore
‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ – Elvis Presley
‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight’ – Elton John
‘Careless Whisper’ – Wham
‘Colour of My Love’ – D. Foster/A. Ganov
‘Come Away with Me’ – Norah Jones
‘Come Fly with Me’ – Michael Bublé
‘Crazy for You’ – Madonna
‘Endless Love’ – Lionel Richie
‘Eternal Flame’ – The Bangles
‘Every Breath You Take’ – The Police
‘Everything I Do’ – Bryan Adams
‘Every Time We Touch’ – Cascada
‘Exsultate Jubilate’ – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
‘Fly Me to the Moon’ – Frank Sinatra
‘Forever Love’ – G. Barlow
‘Forever Young’ – Alphaville
‘For Your Eyes Only’ – Sheena Easton
‘For Your Love’ – Stevie Wonder
‘From This Moment On’ – Shania Twain/Lange
‘Gabriel’s Oboe’ – Ennio Morricone
‘Glory of Love’ – D. Foster/P. Cetera/D. Nini
‘Greensleeves’ – English folk song
‘Have I Told You Lately’ – Rod Stewart
‘Hello’ – Lionel Richie
‘Hero’ – Mariah Carey
‘How Deep Is Your Love’ – Bee Gees
‘How Do I Live’ – LeAnn Rimes
‘I Can’t Give You Anything But Love’ – Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh
‘I Know You Were Made for Me’ – Irene Cara
‘I Get a Kick Out of You’ – Frank Sinatra
‘I Give You the Morning’ (also Swedish version) – Tom Paxton
‘I Have Nothing’ – Linda Thompson Jenner/David Foster
‘It Had to Be You’ – Gus Kahn/Isham Jones
‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’ – Stevie Wonder
‘I’ll Stand by You’ – The Pretenders
‘I Say a Little Prayer for You’ – Dionne Warwick
‘I Swear’ – All 4 One
‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’ – Cole Porter
‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ – Foreigner
‘I Will Always Love You’ – Whitney Houston
‘Just the Way You Are’ – Billy Joel
‘Love Changes Everything’ – Andrew Lloyd Webber
‘Love Me Tender’ – Elvis Presley
‘Love Is a Wonderful Thing’ – Michael Bolton
Love Will Keep Us Together – Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield
Lullaby of Birdland – George Dacid Weiss/George Shearing
More Than You’ll Know – Michael Ruff
More Than Words – Extreme
Morning Papers – Waltz – J. Strauss Jr/A. Scholz
‘My Heart Will Go On’ – Celine Dion
‘My Love’ – Tony Hatch
‘My Love’ – Paul & Linda McCartney
My One and Only Love – Robert Mellin/Guy Wood
Nothing Compares to You – Sinead O’Connor
Now and Forever – Richard Marx
Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx
Serenade in E flat major – Josef Suk
Sometimes When We Touch (see also: När vi rör varandra) – Dan Hill/Barry Mann
‘Somebody’ – Depeche Mode
‘Stand By Me’ – Ben E. King
‘Still the One’ – Shania Twain
‘Time After Time’ – Cyndi Lauper
‘Time and Again’ – David Coverdale
‘The Book of Love’ – Peter Gabriel
‘The Hawaiian Wedding Song’ (see also: Our Wedding Song) – Al Hoffman/Dick Manning/Charles E. King
‘The Lady in Red’ – Chris DeBurgh
‘The More I See You’ – Mack Gordon/Harry Warren
‘The Power of Love’ – Hayes/Lewis/Colla
‘The Rose’ – Amanda McBroom
‘There Is No Greater Love’ – Marty Symes/Isham Jones
‘Three Little Words’ – Bert Kalmar/Harry Ruby
‘Till There Was You’ – Meredith Willson
‘True Love’ – Cole Porter
‘Unchaired Melody’ – A. North/H. Zarek
‘Unforgettable’ – Natalie/Nat King Cole
‘Up Where We Belong’ – Joe Cocker
‘Water Music’ – Georg Friedrich Händel
‘We Don’t Say Goodbye’ – Celine Dion
‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ – Bette Midler
‘When a Man Loves a Woman’ – C. Louis/A. Wright
‘When I Fall in Love’ – Celine Dion
‘When I Need You’ – Carole Bayer Sager/Albert Hammond
‘White Wedding’ – Billy Idol
‘Without You’ – Mariah Carey
‘Woman in Love’ – Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
‘You Are My Sunshine’ – B. Miller
‘You Are the Sunshine of My Life’ – Stevie Wonder
‘You’ – Ten Sharp
‘You Light Up My Life’ – J. Brooks Presley/Vera Matson
‘Your Song’ – Elton John

Conclusion

Whether you’re looking for romantic ballads, classical pieces or modern hits, there’s something to suit every taste and style. Let the music set the mood for your dream wedding!

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