That seems ridiculously far-fetched. And also, the songs name isn't PALLARS Anders Visa, it's Pallar Anders. Which means that they can't have switched the first and the last names, because then the guys name would be Anders Pallar.The literal translation is wrong. here's the real one:
Pallars-Anders is a name, it's just that they have switched the first and the last names (The name is Anders Pallars).
This is a lament from a prison cell at Gävle Castle. The song got sung sometime in the 1800s by a miserable murderer and father from Karsjö, Järvsö.
Credit goes to youtube user woote
That seems ridiculously far-fetched. And also, the songs name isn't PALLARS Anders Visa, it's Pallar Anders. Which means that they can't have switched the first and the last names, because then the guys name would be Anders Pallar.
Actually, it's not that far-fetched. Back in the day a lot of Swedes had surnames directly corresponding to what line of work they were in. With the passing of the years these names change, some more subtly than others. For example, if you had a guy way back when whose name was Björn and who worked as a blacksmith, he would be Smed-Björn (literally Smithy-Björn). Now, maybe he would want to take Smed as his surname adding only an -S, thus Björn SMEDS. He'd still be called Smed-Björn, not Smeds-Björn. The first part of his nickname would retain the actual MEANING of his profession as opposed to reflecting his actual surname.
Get it?
That seems ridiculously far-fetched. And also, the songs name isn't PALLARS Anders Visa, it's Pallar Anders. Which means that they can't have switched the first and the last names, because then the guys name would be Anders Pallar.
Darkstar: What does "Pallar Anders Visa" mean?
Björn: It's an old Swedish traditional song. Really old. "Pallar Anders" is a name, but it means "Anders, the guy who steals apples" and it's his song. I don't know how to translate it.
What Björn mean is what I've said, that it just means ''Anders the stealer's/filcher's song'', and that there is no real meaning behind the songs name.I forgot this part of the comment
"An S has disappeared in the title, it should be Pallars-Anders visa, not Pallar-Anders visa."
If anything your theory about Visa cards is ridiculously far-fetched lol. Unless you have proof
Edit: I found this after a quick google search
I don't know what to make of that answer, sounds like he confirms both of our theories lol