{"id":1394,"date":"2010-06-30T17:50:52","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T17:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2010-06-30T17:50:52","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T17:50:52","slug":"the-swedish-national-anthem-du-gamla-du-fria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/the-swedish-national-anthem-du-gamla-du-fria\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swedish national anthem: Du gamla, du fria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These\u00a0World Cup-times\u00a0have made me\u00a0think\u00a0about national anthems and what they reflect of our countries. Since I don&#8217;t speak Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese or any of the other languages, I have no clue what so ever what the players are singing out there on the pitch (I do get really annoyed when they DON&#8217;T sing&#8230;) but I\u00a0am still trying\u00a0to &#8216;locate&#8217; why this and that national anthem is this and that country&#8217;s national anthem. And truth to be told, it&#8217;s not easy!\u00a0The general idea with national anthems\u00a0is &#8220;to connect\u00a0it with the idea of the nation\u00a0\u2013 either in spirit, or directly through lyrics&#8221;. So my simple yet humble question to you today is of course: When hearing &#8220;<strong>Du gamla, du fria&#8221;<\/strong>, does it\u00a0&#8220;represents Sweden and connects with\u00a0it&#8221;\u00a0 &#8211; in your opinion?<\/p>\n<p>Hrm hrm, will you all please\u00a0rise for the Swedish national anthem!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0Cj5K-YxTU\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0Cj5K-YxTU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or does it even more so, when adding some lyrics?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Du Gamla Du Fria\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bJ4rpH4wLMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sveriges nationals\u00e5ng - Du gamla du fria\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oHAQ8RDu_7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I found this English translation of it, please don&#8217;t have a pop at me for not trying to translate it myself&#8230;<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd><em>Thou old, Thou freeborn, Thou mountain high Northern land<\/em><\/dd>\n<dd><em>Thou quiet, Thou joyful, Thou wonderful<\/em><\/dd>\n<dd><em>I honour Thou most beautiful country on our world<\/em><\/dd>\n<dd><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/dd>\n<dd><em>Thy sun, Thy sky, Thy green fields<\/em><\/dd>\n<dd><em>Thy sun, Thy sky, Thy green fields<\/em><\/dd>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<dd><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/dd>\n<dd><em>Thou rest on memories from the Great Power&#8217;s days<\/em><\/dd>\n<dd><em>Then Thy honoured name flew over the World<\/em><\/dd>\n<dd><em>I know that Thou are and Thou remains as Thou where<\/em><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dd><em>I want to live and I want to die in the North!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I want to live and I want to die in the North!<\/em><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>I like our anthem. I think it&#8217;s strong and powerful and I love singing the last two lines, it\u00a0always make\u00a0me think of\u00a0big bearded Vikings for some weird reason.\u00a0Not that I sing it very often to be fair, but\u00a0on\u00a0Sweden&#8217;s National Day\u00a0(the 6th of June) and on big sports occations it is of course a must\u00a0&#8211; even more so when living abroad and struggling with &#8220;God\u00a0save the queen&#8221;. \u00a0But &#8220;Du gamla, du fria&#8221; is actually not Sweden&#8217;s official national anthem. We sing it purely because of tradition and if we all of a sudden felt like changing our old (since 1844), well, \u00a0I guess we could. Some people seriously think this should be Sweden&#8217;s national anthem and from time to time,\u00a0the &#8220;Make\u00a0\u00d6ppna Landskap\u00a0our national anthem!&#8221;-movement has been quite strong.\u00a0I have never been a part of that movement, although it is a nice &#8211; and I guess very Swedish &#8211; song.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ulf Lundell - \u00d6ppna landskap med svenska motiv\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PtSx2MoqwpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ulf Lundell &#8211; \u00d6ppna Landskap (Open Landscapes). I won&#8217;t even try to translate the rest&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, question time! Is\u00a0&#8220;Du gamla, du fria&#8221;\u00a0 a good representative for Sweden ? What do you make of\u00a0 &#8220;\u00d6ppna Landskap&#8221;? And, any thoughts on your\u00a0national anthem?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These\u00a0World Cup-times\u00a0have made me\u00a0think\u00a0about national anthems and what they reflect of our countries. Since I don&#8217;t speak Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese or any of the other languages, I have no clue what so ever what the players are singing out there on the pitch (I do get really annoyed when they DON&#8217;T sing&#8230;) but I\u00a0am still&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/the-swedish-national-anthem-du-gamla-du-fria\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9839,2327,9840],"class_list":["post-1394","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","tag-du-gamla-du-fria","tag-national-anthem","tag-oppna-landskap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}