''Gustafs skål'' ( en, Gustav's Toast), is a song written by
Carl Michael Bellman
Carl Michael Bellman (; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well ...
as a salutation to
Gustav III of Sweden, following the
coup d'état of 1772, which made himself an
autocrat
Autocracy is a system of government in which absolute power over a state is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject neither to external legal restraints nor to regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perh ...
and ended the
parliamentary age of liberty. The king very much liked the song and informally it came to function as his
royal anthem.
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Lyrics
See also
*Bevare Gud vår kung
''Bevare Gud vår Kung'' (Swedish for "God Save Our King") was the first royal anthem of Sweden. Written in 1805 by Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz (1754–1821) to honor King Gustaf IV Adolf, it was set to the melody of the British anthem "''God Sa ...
*Kungssången
''Kungssången'' (''The King's Song'') is the Swedish royal anthem. It is also known by its first line, ''Ur svenska hjärtans djup en gång'' ('' en, Once from the depths of Swedish hearts''). Although sung on such occasions as the King's birth ...
References
External links
Bo Lund - ''Gustafs skål'' MP3
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Royal anthems
European anthems
Cultural depictions of Gustav III