Kongesangen

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{{Short description|Royal anthem of Norway}}
{{Distinguish|Kungssången}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox anthem
| title = {{lang|no|italic=no|Kongesangen}}
| english_title = King's Song
| image =
| caption =
| prefix = Royal
| country = [[Norway]]
| composer = Unknown, based on "[[God Save the King]]"
| music_date =
| author = N. Vogtmann and [[Gustav Jensen]]
| lyrics_date =
| adopted = 1906
| sound = Kongesangen.ogg
| sound_title = Vocal and instrumental version
}}

"'''{{lang|no|italic=no|Kongesangen}}'''" ({{IPA|no|ˈkɔ̂ŋːəˌsɑŋn̩|}}; "King's Song") is [[Norway]]'s [[royal anthem]].<ref name=Lennox56>Doug Lennox, ''Now You Know Royalty'' (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009), p. 56</ref> The lyrics come in several versions. The first version ("{{lang|no|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.<ref name=NL>{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Kongesangen|title=Kongesangen|author=|date=|website=|publisher=Store norske leksikon (2005–2007|accessdate=28 August 2015|archive-date=20 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020031222/https://snl.no/Kongesangen|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Lyrics ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Norwegian original<ref>{{Cite web|last=NRK|date=22 January 2004|title=Kongesangen|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/kongesangen-1.535912|access-date=14 February 2022|website=NRK|language=nb-NO|archive-date=14 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214222259/https://www.nrk.no/kultur/kongesangen-1.535912|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Vanberg|first=Bent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XUNg4zQM1QC|title=Of Norwegian Ways|date=1992|publisher=Harpercollins (P)|isbn=978-0-06-092347-1|language=en|page=105|access-date=14 February 2022|archive-date=2 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502233230/https://books.google.com/books?id=9XUNg4zQM1QC|url-status=live}}</ref>
![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] transcription{{efn|See [[Help:IPA/Norwegian]] and [[Norwegian phonology]]. The transcription is based on [[Urban East Norwegian]]; {{IPA|/r/}}'s are [[Guttural R|guttural]] in more western dialects, among other differences.}}
!English translation
|- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"
|<poem>{{lang|no|italic=no|'''I'''
[[God|Gud]] sign vår [[Monarchy of Norway|konge]] god!
Sign ham med kraft og mot,
sign [[Royal Palace, Oslo|hjem]] og slott!
(𝄆) Lys for ham ved din Ånd,
knytt med din sterke hånd
hellige troskapsbånd
om [[Norwegians|folk]] og drott! (𝄇)

'''II'''
Høyt sverger [[Norway|Norge]]s mann
hver i sitt kall, sin stand,
troskap sin drott.
(𝄆) Trofast i liv og død,
tapper i [[List of wars involving Norway|krig]] og nød,
alltid vårt Norge lød
Gud og sin drott. (𝄇)}}</poem>
|<poem>{{IPA|wrap=none|'''1'''
[ɡʉːd sɪŋn ʋoːr ˈkɔ̂ŋ.ŋɛ̠ ɡuː]
[sɪŋn hɑm meː krɑft ɔ muːt]
[sɪŋn jɛm ɔ ʂlɔtː]
(𝄆) [lyːs fɔrː hɑm ʋeː dɪn ɔn]
[knytː meː dɪn ˈstær.kə hɔn]
[ˈhɛ.lɪ.ə ˈtruː.skɑːps.bɔn]
[ɔm fɔlk ɔ drɔtː] (𝄇)

'''2'''
[hœʏ̯t ˈsʋær.ɡɛ̠r ˈnɔr.ɡəs mɑnː]
[ʋær iː sɪtː kɑl sɪn stɑnː]
[ˈtruː.skɑːp sɪn drɔtː]
(𝄆) [ˈtruː.fɑst iː liːʋ ɔ dœːd]
[ˈtɑp.pɛ̠r iː kriːɡ ɔ nœːd]
[ˈɑl.tiː ʋɔrt ˈnɔr.ɡə lœːd]
[ɡʉːd ɔ sɪn drɔtː] (𝄇)}}</poem>
|<poem>'''I'''
[[God]] bless our good [[Monarchy of Norway|king]]!
Bless him with strength and courage,
bless [[Royal Palace, Oslo|home]] and castle!
(𝄆) Guide him with your [[Holy Spirit|Spirit]],
forge with your strong Hand
holy bonds of allegiance
around [[Norwegians|people]] and king! (𝄇)

'''II'''
Loudly pledge men of [[Norway]]
each in his calling, his station,
loyalty to his king.
(𝄆) Loyal in life and death,
courageous in [[List of wars involving Norway|war]] and distress,
always our Norway obeyed
God and its king. (𝄇)</poem>
|}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{National anthems of Norway}}

[[Category:National symbols of Norway]]
[[Category:Monarchy of Norway]]
[[Category:Norwegian anthems]]
[[Category:Royal anthems]]
[[Category:God Save the King]]

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