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Kongesangen is Norway's Royal anthem. The lyrics come in several versions. The first version (Gud signe kongen vor) was written by Henrik Wergeland, but the version used today and quoted below was written by Gustav Jensen for the coronation of King Haakon VII in 1906. It was inspired by the British royal anthem, and set to the same tune as "God Save the Queen".

Lyrics

1
Gud sign vår konge god!
Sign ham med kraft og mot
sign hjem og slott!
Lys for ham ved din Ã…nd,
knytt med din sterke hånd
hellige troskapsbånd
''om folk og drott!


2
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.

Translation

1
God bless our good king!
Bless him with strength and courage,
bless home and palace!
Guide him with Your Spirit,
tie with Your strong Hand
holy bands of allegiance
around people and sovereign!


2
Loudly swear men of Norway
each in his calling, his station,
loyalty to the sovereign.
Loyal in life and death,
courageous in war and need,
always our Norway obeyed
God and its sovereign.
Motto
Royal: Alt for Norge ("Everything for Norway")
1814 Eidsvoll oath: Enige og tro til Dovre faller
("United and faithful until the mountains of Dovre crumble")

Anthem
Ja, vi elsker

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A royal anthem is a patriotic song, much like a national anthem but specifically praising, or praying for, a monarch or royal dynasty. Such anthems are usually performed at public appearances by the monarch or during other events of royal importance.
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Henrik Arnold Wergeland

Henrik Wergeland
Pseudonym: Siful Sifadda (farces)
Born: June 17, 1808
Kristiansand, Norway
Died: July 12, 1845

Occupation: Poet, playwright and non-fiction writer
Nationality: Norwegian
Literary movement: Romanticism
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A coronation is a ceremony marking the investment of a monarch with regal power through, amongst other symbolic acts, the placement of a crown upon his or her head. Where the monarch is anointed, the ritual may have religious significance.
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Haakon VII
King of Norway

Reign November 18, 1905 – September 21, 1957
Coronation June 22, 1906
Full name Haakon, né Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel
Titles HM The King of Norway
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1903 1904 1905 - 1906 - 1907 1908 1909

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"God Save the Queen", or "God Save the King", is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms; it currently serves as the national anthem of the United Kingdom, one of the two national anthems of New Zealand, and the royal anthem of Canada and of Australia.
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