Talk:God in Disguise

Source needed about political references
The article said that the finale contained references to the political situation in Europe 1939. This statement was made without references. I have removed it, since it seemed implausible to me, for the following reasons. As I understand it, the lyrics to Förklädd gud are wholly based on Hjalmar Gullberg's work. First of all, that work was published in 1933, so it is impossible for it to make reference to the political situation in 1939. But of course one could imagine that it would make some kind of comment on the Hitler regime, since Hitler had come to power that year. However, when reading through the final sections I found no such references whatsoever. If they exist, they must be deeply allegorical, and so the fact that they are to be interpreted as references to the Nazi regime must itself be sourced. So I don't know where this claim comes from. Gullberg was certainly a committed anti-Nazi, and takes political standpoints in many other works, especially Fem kornbröd och två fiskar, published in 1942, but he doesn't appear to do so here, at least not explicitly.David ekstrand (talk) 21:24, 22 September 2011 (UTC)


 * A better source is needed... but http://www.frestakoren.se/Forkladd_Gud.html --Stighammar (talk) 21:15, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The link is not a good source, it is the website of a choir that has performed the piece. But what it says is that Gullberg in 1939, for the musical work, added a couple of lines pointing out that the god is playing his flute not for the strong ones, but for the weak, i.e. the opposite of fascist beliefs of which nazism was a part. I believe I heard it elsewhere to... but a better source is needed. --Stighammar (talk) 11:30, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I have found ample cites for this claim. The Forward in question was written in late 1939 or early 1940, as a supplement to his 1933 poem. ~ Silence of Järvenpää 18:19, 17 October 2022 (UTC)