"" (; "King's Song") is

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royal anthem The anthem for a person, office or rank is music played on formal or ceremonial occasions in the presence of the person, office-holder, or rank-holder, especially by a military band. The head of state in many countries is honored with a prescribe ...

.Doug Lennox, ''Now You Know Royalty'' (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009), p. 56 The lyrics come in several versions. The first version ("") was written by N. Vogtmann around 1800, but the version used today and quoted below was written by

Gustav Jensen Gustav Margerth Jensen (July 13, 1845 – November 2, 1922) was a Norwegians, Norwegian priest, hymnologist, hymnwriter, seminary instructor, and liturgist. He is best known for his liturgy revision and hymnal publication. Gustav Jensen was born ...

for the

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and

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in 1906 and later used in his ''

Landstads reviderte salmebok ''Landstads reviderte salmebok'' (Landstad's Revised Hymnal) was a hymnal authorized for public worship in Norway under the royal resolutions of October 9, 1920 and February 15, 1924. The book was the Church of Norway's official hymnal until 1985, ...

''. It was inspired by the British royal and national anthem and set to the tune of "

God Save the King "God Save the King" is the national anthem, national and/or royal anthem of the United Kingdom, most of the Commonwealth realms, their territories, and the British Crown Dependencies. The author of the tune is unknown and it may originate in ...

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wrote a translation of "God Save the King" in 1841.

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