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Kongesangen
Kongesangen
is Norway's
royal anthem
. The
lyrics
come in several
versions
. The first version was written by N.
Vogtmann
around
1800
, but the version used
today
and
quoted
below was written by
Gustav Jensen
for the
coronation
of
Haakon VII
and
Maud of Wales
in
1906
and later used in his
Landstads reviderte salmebok
. It was
inspired
by the
British
royal and
national anthem
, and set
to the tune of
"God Save the Queen". Even
Henrik Wergeland
wrote a
translation
of the
anthem
, in
1841
.
Lyrics
Norwegian
English
translation
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