Kongesangen

Kongesangen
English: King's Song
	Royal anthem of Norway
Lyrics	N. Vogtmann and Gustav Jensen
Music	Unknown, based on "God Save the King"
Adopted	1906
Audio sample
	Vocal and instrumental version file; help;

"Kongesangen" ([ˈkɔ̂ŋːəˌsɑŋn̩]; "King's Song") is Norway's royal anthem.^[1] The lyrics come in several versions. The first version ("Gud sign vår Konge god, gi ham i farer mod") 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 King"; Henrik Wergeland wrote a translation of "God Save the King" in 1841, dedicated to King Carl Johan of Norway and Sweden.^[2]

^ Doug Lennox, Now You Know Royalty (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009), p. 56
^ "Kongesangen". Store norske leksikon (2005–2007. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2015.