''Norsk salmebok 2013: for kirke og hjem'' (Norwegian Hymnal 2013: For Church and Home; also known as ''N13'') is the hymnal of the

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. It is published by

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and was adopted for use on the first Sunday of Advent in 2013. The book is divided into a part for hymns and a part for liturgical songs. The book includes 991 songs, including 535 hymns taken from the 1985 hymnal, 124 hymns from ''

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'' (1997 Hymns), and 272 new ones.Den norske kirke: Kort om Norsk salmebok 2013.
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, and Norwegian dialects. There are also some songs in English and other languages. The hymnal has a broad coverage in terms of the hymns' genres and their places and times of origin. When the hymnal had been in use for one year, the

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broadcast the "

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" program '' Salmeboka – minutt for minutt'' (The Hymnal Minute by Minute) on the first Sunday of Advent in 2014. The show was a success, and 2.2 million viewers watched the 60-hour broadcast.Ighanian, Catherine Gonsholt. 2014. "Salmeboka" lokket over to millioner TV-seere. ''VG'' (December 1).
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References

External links

Publisher's website about the hymnal
Church of Norway Norwegian hymnals 2013 books {{Lutheran hymnody