Monday, January 24, 2011
Monarchist Music: Kongesangen
The royal anthem is the first song. English lyrics:
God bless our gracious king!
Bless him with strength and courage,
bless home and castle!
Guide him with Your Spirit,
tie with Your strong Hand
holy bands of allegiance
around people and sovereign!
The second is the national anthem, which is also one of my favorite anthems, just a beautiful song I think.
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Gud bevare Kongen og fedrelandet!
ReplyDeleteAs a Norwegian I don't like that the Norwegian royal anthem is sung to
ReplyDeletethe tune of "God Save the King", with a very bland text! I'm envious
of Denmark and Sweden which have really cool, original royal anthems!
(In the 19th century, during the Swedish-Norwegian Union, Sweden also
had a royal anthem based on "God Save the King", which probably is why
Norway ended up with one too. BTW Sweden also has a real cool 18th
century, boozy royal anthem: "Gustaf's skål", Gustaf (III)'s Toast!)
For new Norwegian royal anthem, I propose a simplified version of
Grieg's beautiful tune for Bjørnson's poem "Landkjending", Land-
sighting, about the Viking King Olav Tryggvason returning to Norway
after exile:
Youtube: Landkjending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtjSzb05Kk4
Rock version! :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vphvrVYPbPE&feature=related