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Your Icelandic song, “Vor í Vaglaskógi,” the translation of that is “spring in Vaglaskogur,” is that right?
JJ: Yeah, well, it’s spring and (comes from) the name of a forest in the north of Iceland. It’s originally a love poem that became a song in the 60s which was very much like a pop song in the 60s. I’ve always kind of loved the song growing up. So I did this kind of very different version and altered the melody a little bit on some of the chords and slowed it down to half tempo of what it used to be and made my own version of it which became really successful back home.
(From June 2016 Noisey interview)

Vor í Vaglaskógi 

​Kvöldið er okkar og vor um Vaglaskóg
Við skulum tjalda í grænum berjamó
Leiddu mig vinur í lundinn frá í gær
Lindin þar niðar og birkihríslan grær.
Leikur í ljósum lokkum og angandi rósum
Leikur í ljósum lokkum hinn vaggandi blær.
Dagperlur glitra um dalinn færist ró
Draumar þess rætast sem gistir Vaglaskóg
Kveldrauðu skini á krækilyngið slær
Kyrrðin er friðandi, mild og angurvær.
Leikur í ljósum lokkum og angandi rósum
Leikur í ljósum lokkum hinn vaggandi blær
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Source: www.letssingit.com/kaleo-lyrics-vor-%C3%AD-vaglask%C3%B3gi-3wpd2xh#ixzz4EGzkU63P

2016 official lyric video
Vaglaskógur is located in Fnjóskadalur and is the largest birch forest in northern Iceland. Learn more about things to do, conservation, and forestry www.edgeofthearctic.is/places-to-see/vaglaskogur-forest/ 
From Bylgjan 989
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Eldhúspartý FM957 in Stúdentakjallarinn (Oct 2013)
 From the Þjóðhátíð í Vestmanneyjum Festival in Herjólfsdal, Iceland (Aug 2024)
Read “Vor í Vaglaskógi (English Translation)” by Kaleo on Genius
the original 2013 music video
Behind the Scenes footage! You can learn more about the process and their other live videos from this interview with Hörður Freyr Brynjarsson and Pétur Már Pétursson of Eyk Studio)
KALEO (2013)
1.  Ísland er land þitt (instrumental)
2. Glass House                 7. Pour Sugar On Me
3. Rock 'n' Roller              8. Automobile
4. Broken Bones              9. Up In The Sky
5. Fool                                10. I Walk On Water
6. Pretty Boy Floyd          11. 
Vor í Vaglaskógi
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