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Encyclopedia > Kungssången

"Kungssången", literally The King's Song, is the Swedish royal anthem. It is also known by its first line, "Ur svenska hjärtans djup en gång", which translates into "Once out of the depths of Swedish hearts". The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. ... A royal anthem is a patriotic song, much like a national anthem that recognizes the nations monarch. ...


The lyrics are by Carl Vilhelm August Strandberg and the music by Otto Lindblad. The song replaced the previous royal anthem, "Bevare Gud vår kung" which was sung to the melody of the British royal anthem God Save the King. It was first performed in Lund on December 5, 1844, at a party arranged by the University to celebrate the accession of King Oscar I. It was officially adopted in 1893. This article is on the British patriotic anthem. ... The Lund Cathedral, dated from 1103. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 15 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. ... Lund University Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a university in Lund in southernmost Sweden. ... King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway, Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte ( July 4, 1799 - July 8, 1859) was the only son of General Bernadotte, afterwards King Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway, and his wife, Eugenie Desirée Clary, afterwards Queen Desideria. ... Events January 1 - Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 - The UK has its first meeting. ...

Kungssången
1. Ur svenska hjärtans djup en gång
en samfälld och en enkel sång,
som går till konungen fram!
Var honom trofast och hans ätt,
gör kronan på hans hjässa lätt,
och all din tro till honom sätt,
du folk av frejdad stam!
2. O konung, folkets majestät
är även ditt: beskärma det
och värna det från fall!
Stå oss all världens härar mot,
vi blinka ej för deras hot:
vi lägga dem inför din fot -
en kunglig fotapall.
3. Men stundar ock vårt fall en dag,
från dina skuldror purpurn tag,
lyft av dig kronans tvång
och drag de kära färger på,
det gamla gula och det blå,
och med ett svärd i handen gå
till kamp och undergång!
4. Och grip vår sista fana du
och dristeliga för ännu
i döden dina män!
Ditt trogna folk med hjältemod
skall sömma av sitt bästa blod
en kunglig purpur varm och god,
och svepa dig i den.
5. Du himlens Herre, med oss var,
som förr du med oss varit har,
och liva på vår strand
det gamla lynnets art igen
hos sveakungen och hans män.
Och låt din ande vila än
utöver nordanland!

See also: Gustafs skål Gustafs skål, literally Toast to Gustaf, is a song written by Carl Michael Bellman as a salutation to King Gustaf III of Sweden, following the coup detat in 1772, which made himself an autocrat and ended the parliamentary Age of Liberty. ...



Swedish patriotic songs

Du gamla, Du fria | Gustafs skål | Kungssången Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Du gamla, Du fria (Thou Ancient, Thou Free) is the national anthem of Sweden. ... Gustafs skål, literally Toast to Gustaf, is a song written by Carl Michael Bellman as a salutation to King Gustaf III of Sweden, following the coup detat in 1772, which made himself an autocrat and ended the parliamentary Age of Liberty. ...



 

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