Poems for the wedding

Beautiful poems for weddings – inspiration and tips

Reading beautiful poems at a wedding is one of the most personal ways to celebrate love during the ceremony. Love poems add a beautiful and atmospheric touch to a wedding ceremony, whether it is a church wedding or a civil ceremony. Whether you’re looking for a few short lines for the programme or longer poems to read out at the altar, there are many wedding poems that are truly moving. For those of you who are unsure where to find ‘your’ poems, here are some suggestions, in both Swedish and English, which are suitable for weddings.

Poems in Swedish

“It’s Beautiful Where You Walk” / Pär
Lagerkvist”Everyday Love” / Maria
Wine”The One” / Erik
Lindorm”The Girl Under the New Moon” / Bo
Bergman”She Walks with the Wind in Her Hair” / Claes
Andersson”How Can I Say If Your Voice Is Beautiful” / Karin
Boye”In the Style of a Folk Song” / Nils
Ferlin”I Love You” / Maria
Wine”Love Is…” / 1 Corinthians 13:4–7, 13
“Love Poem” / Bengt Anderberg
“Love Song” / Elisabet Hermodsson
“Serene Love” / Olof Lagercrantz
“Lift the Parasol of Your Eyebrows” / Uno Florén
“‘With Your Beautiful Eyes’ / Michelangelo Buonarroti
‘My Beloved Forgets’ / Ulla Pironi
‘Morning’ / Bertil Malmberg
‘Morning’ / Karin Boye
‘Nunc et semper’ / Ingemar Leckius
‘When You Smile, Everything Around You Fades’ / Pär
Lagerkvist”The Rose” / Edith
Södergran”The Movement” / Britt
Arenander”Gently I Roll Your Head” / Lennart
Hellsing”True Love” / Song of Songs 8:6,
7″As in Passing” / Urban
Torhamn”Such Is Love” / Bo
Setterlind”Never Was the Sea So Shimmering” / Evert
Taube”To Georg” / Ylva Eggehorn”Beloved
, Where Do You Begin?” / Sandro Key-Åberg

Poems in English

“Abby” / Clinton
Followell”First love” / Sharmaine Pearl
Seno”I can never ask for more” / Angel
Joy”Kindred spirits” / Joyce
Hemsley”Love” / Roy
Croft”Love forever” / Joyce Hemsley
“My passion for you” / Katrina Belleza
“Simple words” / Albert Lawrance
“Special in my heart” / Angela Morrell
“Still” / Joyce Hemsley
“The picture in my dreams” / Willie J. Edwards
“To give back to you” / Allyson Rutherford
“When we take our vows” / James L. McHenry
“With all that I am” / Kate McDonnell
“You’ve touched me” / Virginia Anne Weathers

Need some suggestions for music to accompany the poems? Here you can listen to atmospheric background music on Spotify that’s perfect for reading aloud.

Book recommendations

121 Poems About Love (Brombergs)
The Most Beautiful Love Poems (Prisma)
Love and Longing – A Selection of Swedish Poems (Pratboken)
Love: 61 Texts in the Name of Love (En bok för alla)