This piece is a charming, folk-inspired waltz that captures a specific Scandinavian lightness of touch. It is a brief, evocative work that demonstrates contemporary approaches to the traditional dance form.
The challenge lies in keeping the waltz rhythm light and dance-like rather than heavy or overly mechanical.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
'Blann pilevallar och spiddekagor' is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of 'Blann pilevallar och spiddekagor' lasts about 3 minutes.
'Blann pilevallar och spiddekagor' is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include 'Tomelilla fyller år' eller 'Tomelilla 150 år' by Mattias Bengtsson, Waltz No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich, Caramel mou by Darius Milhaud — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.