Kongesangen

Kongesangen
English: The King's Song
	Royal anthem of Norway
Also known as	Gud sign vor Konge god (English: God bless our good king!)
Lyrics	Henrik Wergeland, 1841
Music	unknown, 1741
Adopted	1905
Audio sample
	Kongesangen file; help;

"Kongesangen" (say: KONG-ə-SAHNG-ən; meaning "The King's Song") is Norway's royal anthem.^[2] It is based on the English royal song "God Save the King" from 1741.^[3] The Norwegian author Henrik Wergeland wrote a Norwegian lyric to the English song in 1841 called "Gud signe Kongen vor" It was later rewritten by P. Vogtmann under the name "Gud sign vor Konge god". A simplified version of this was later written by Gustav Jensen.^[4]

Lyrics

Norwegian original^[5]^[6]	IPA transcription	English translation
I Gud sign vår konge god! Sign ham med kraft og mod sign hjem og slott! (𝄆) Lys for ham ved din Ånd, knytt med din sterke hånd hellige troskapsbånd om folk og drott! (𝄇) II Høyt sverger Norges mann hver i sitt kall, sin stand, troskap sin drott. (𝄆) Trofast i liv og død, tapper i krig og nød, alltid vårt Norge lød Gud og sin drott. (𝄇)	1 [ɡʉːd sɪŋn ʋoːr ˈkɔ̂ŋ.ŋɛ̠ ɡuː] [sɪŋn hɑm meː krɑft ɔ muːd] [sɪŋn jɛm ɔ ʂlɔtː] (𝄆) [lyːs fɔrː hɑm ʋeː dɪn ɔn] [knytː meː dɪn ˈstær.kə hɔn] [ˈhɛ.lɪ.ə ˈtruː.skɑːps.bɔn] [ɔm fɔlk ɔ drɔtː] (𝄇) 2 [hœʏ̯t ˈsʋær.ɡɛ̠r ˈnɔr.ɡəs mɑnː] [ʋær iː sɪtː kɑl sɪn stɑnː] [ˈtruː.skɑːp sɪn drɔtː] (𝄆) [ˈtruː.fɑst iː liːʋ ɔ dœːd] [ˈtɑp.pɛ̠r iː kriːɡ ɔ nœːd] [ˈɑl.tiː ʋɔrt ˈnɔr.ɡə lœːd] [ɡʉːd ɔ sɪn drɔtː] (𝄇)	I God bless our good king! Bless him with strength and courage bless home and castle! (𝄆) Guide him with your Spirit, forge with your strong Hand holy bonds of allegiance around people and king! (𝄇) II Loudly pledge men of Norway each in his calling, his station, loyalty to his king. (𝄆) Loyal in life and death, courageous in war and distress, always our Norway obeyed God and its king. (𝄇)

References

↑ "Norway (royal anthem) – nationalanthems.info". Retrieved 2023-04-20.
↑ Doug Lennox, Now You Know Royalty (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009), p. 56
↑ Roede, Lars (2022-12-30). "Kongesangen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
↑ "Kongesangen". Store norske leksikon (2005 - 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
↑ NRK (22 January 2004). "Kongesangen". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 14 February 2022.
↑ Vanberg, Bent (1992). Of Norwegian Ways. Harpercollins (P). p. 105. ISBN 978-0-06-092347-1.

Other websites

Royal Anthem of Norway (Kongeriket Norge) - "Kongesangen" , YouTube

[1] "Norway (royal anthem) – nationalanthems.info". Retrieved 2023-04-20.

[Lennox562-2] Doug Lennox, Now You Know Royalty (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009), p. 56

[“NL”-3] Roede, Lars (2022-12-30). "Kongesangen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-05-07.

[NL-4] "Kongesangen". Store norske leksikon (2005 - 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[5] NRK (22 January 2004). "Kongesangen". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 14 February 2022.

[6] Vanberg, Bent (1992). Of Norwegian Ways. Harpercollins (P). p. 105. ISBN 978-0-06-092347-1.

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