sweden () "sjöman" was first recorded by thory bernhards () in a 12 october 1960 session. her version entered the best selling lists in januari 1961 and peaked at number seven. the swedish lyrics being the work of åke gerhard whose composition "ann-caroline", first sung by bernhards, had coincidentally developed into "lay down your arms" the career record of anne shelton who had a top ten uk hit with "sailor". bernhards' rendition of "sjöman" was utilized in the soundtrack of the german film "schick deine frau nicht nach italien" () in its swedish release replacing lolita's german-language original "seemann (deine heimat ist das meer)" (see section 1.1 for details). the hit recording of "sjöman" was that by towa carson which first charted in sweden in tandem with "seemann..." by lolita with a number five peak with a subsequent charting as a double a-sided hit with "sista dansen" (i.e. "save the last dance for me") reaching number nine in june 1961. with three best selling versions of that song, "seeman/sjöman" became the most popular song in sweden 1961 collecting 12.662 points,followed by danish eurovision entry "angelique" by dario campeotto (7.622 points) according to the record magazin show business. "sjöman" was also recorded in 1960 by inger jacobsen.