Icelandic National Anthem - Lofsöngur - subtitled and translated
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- Опубликовано: 29 мар 2009
- Icelandic National Anthem performed in Stockholm by Icelandic choirs from Copenhagen, Gothenburg, London, Lund, Oslo and Stockholm on 28th March 2009. With subtitles in Icelandic and English.
This has got to be the most humble national anthem ever in the world... a quivering flower with tear that prays and dies...
One of the most beautiful national anthems in the world!
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Beautiful Anthem:0
Beautiful Anthem. Beautiful Country. Beautiful People.Love from Switzerland
Euro 2016... Portugal vs Iceland. It was the first time i heard Iceland's national anthem.
I liked it so much, that i had to come year to listen it again. Just amazing. Iceland supporters were amazing too on that game. Always singing and making noise. I always wanted to visit Iceland, and now... Even more. You seem to be very nice people :)
Greetings from Portugal
you're right. it has a touch of a special. can't name it. it is stunning. greetings
I love to hear national anthems from all around the world. Probably because most of them are actually masterpieces. Some even give me goosebumps. Like the Egyptian anthem, Icelandic anthem, my country's anthem too of course... :)
Same here ;)
Maybe the most beautiful national anthem I've heard, both the music and word!
Congratulations from an Englishman. You fully deserved your win tonight @EURO2016. Good luck with the rest of the tournament :)
What a beautiful national anthem. Soulful, passionate, understated. The last couple of lines are so touching.
greetings from Norway. Stay well brothers and sisters
Who came here after watching the Icelandic comedian Ari Eldjárn on
Netflix? BTW I've been to Iceland - a fascinating country. Best wishes
from Patagonia, Chile.
I did
What a beautiful national anthem. I enjoy listening to national anthems of different countries. It is interesting how some countries have a militaristic tone to the music and lyrics. So refreshing to hear a national anthem of such beauty and with lyrics which invoke images of peace.
Ed Walters Yes a very unique anthem, peaceful and beautiful, kind of like Iceland itself.
ICELAND...THE TRUE MORAL WINNER!
Jep
World Cup Final 15th Jul 2018:
Iceland - Germany 3-2
YEAH! Love this country, love the people, love this Anthem!
Greets from Germany - BEAT US! :)
We had to get you guys back for the 1979 Iceland - west Germany 1-3 and the 1990 Iceland - east Germany 0-3
Thanks to Euro 2016 I just discovered the most beautiful anthem in the world!
Someone call 911! This hymn just touched me right into my heart!
God bless Iceland. Greeting from S.Korea.
That's one of the most lovely national anthems I've ever heard. And such a beautiful-sounding language!
love from INDIA ❤❤
Hear our national anthem too 😊
Yes, I used to sing with the London choir and, quite apart from the fact that the overwhelming majority of those involved were always Icelanders, who knew many of the songs (and Icelandic pronunciation) inside out, the level of ability and passion was often remarkable. Some of the singers I knew back then have been pursuing international operatic careers and so on.
Oh God!I discovered it during Euro Cup 2016..Oh makes me cry, too touching!...And words..Wow!Love from Italy!
I've heard a lot of national anthems, but I think Iceland's is probably the most beautiful I've heard yet. I'm an American and I don't speak Icelandic, but this song really commands my respect.
A National Anthem full of the love from her Peopels..............................Wonderfull
The lyrics are really profound, and poetic..
Gave me goose-bumps..
That's great! I love Iceland, I hope one day I will visit that amazing country.
Wonderful and impressive ! Greetings to you all from Copenhagen.
Iceland, my favourite country! After Hungary of course! But their hymn is more optimistic then the Hungarian. However, both of them are addressed to God. That is why they are so beautiful!
Listen to Sagas " Ode to a dying people" It´s is a lovely song. I think of Iceland when I hear that song.
As national anthems go... This is one of the greatest. I don't speak Icelandic but as a Dutch speaker I can recognize some of the words and phrases.....
Go, Iceland! From England :-) We have enough problems this week so being humbled at football is a welcome distraction!
This anthem sounds so wonderful.
Ya pasaron 10 años de mi visita a Islandia. Como olvidarlo?
This is hauntingly beautiful.
Gratulerer med dagen, alle islendinger!
Er du dansk?
Beautiful anthem! Love from Indonesia, Iceland~!!
@HimmiJoe Sæll, ég má vera ekki Íslendingur en ennþá að læra tungumál þitt og íslenska er líka mjög áhugaverð mál víkingana. Hvar get ég lært frá Íslendingum til að tala hana vel eins og þú?
What a wonderful anthem! One day I will visit Iceland...such a beautiful country.
Greetings!
Hello - what is best way to obtain permission to use the audio track for Iceland photo/ video clip? Please advise as this a sincere inquiry. Thanks
Wonderful...!!!
Amazing!
Wonderful.I just belive that the last lines would be better translated, in stead of :(that PRAYS to its God and dies).I believe the correct translation is:That WORSHIPS its God and dies.
I really enjoyed this video.Thank you. :)
Greetings from Iceland....Ragnhildur.
really beautiful
This hymn immidiately sent chills down my spine. Watching the football cup now you hear severall different anthems, nice and beautiful and cool. But this puts so many others to shame. Sad that Iceland didn't make it just to hear its anthem in the games. Greetings from Germany
I see your point. But you can't really compare the people at the stadium and the players as they sing their anthems, with a professional choir. I bet there are many other beautiful underrated anthems =)
+D S You can see them next year at EURO 2016 :)
Very beautiful song.
Qué buen himno!!!!!! Lo amo!!!!
@Ferrariman601 Yeah, maybe. But I can't really understand much of a conversation in Icelandic though... but some spoken and written words here and there :P
AMAZING!!! ^^ I love your country! :D
Greetings and hugs from HUNGARY!
@ThomasJames7184
Also, THANK YOU SINCERELY for being civilized about our disagreement. I really appreciate it when people actually debate instead of name-call.
Likes:
- Beautiful, deeply moving music
- Not boastful or nationalistic like other anthems
- No mention of "glorious" battles, martial valor etc.
- Incredibly melancholic, reflecting the nordic soul
- I just love the sound of the Icelandic language, even though I don't understand a single word :-)
Dislikes:
- Essentially a church song rather than anthem
- The religiousness doesn't do justice to a modern pluralistic nation such as Iceland
- An anthem should be singable by anyone, not just a professional choir.
cod3r1337
it originated from a church mess....
+Ma St "Mess" or "mass"?
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Typo.. a "mass".. that might have been messy.. :-)
It isn't just an ordinary church song, it's much more symbolic. It is, indeed, a very unique anthem.
What is wrong with a nationalistic anthem? That's practically the purpose of a national anthem.
@ThomasJames7184
Amazing work.Thank you Thomas.
Greetings....Ragnhildur. :)
Can't wait to meet my great great Grandfather who wrote this anthem in Heaven ❤
@david1181101 You mean to suggest that Ingólfr Arnarson and his family were Christians?
Prachtig!
My congratulations on your first play today at WM 2018
Is Paper Modelling allowed? Or sailing a botter? Driving a steam engine? Riding a bike? Not wearing a tie?
@skrivbok Yes, I can also understand a few words here and there. I speak English and Spanish, but English is all I've got in terms of a Germanic/Nordic vocabulary. If I can understand a bit of Icelandic as an English speaker, I'm sure you as a Swede can understand a great deal more.
beautiful to see an under dog Iceland in euro 2016 !!!!! good luck in the round of 16
Hello, amazing Iceland! I LOVE YOU! (coming from America! YOU ROCK!)
@Ferrariman601 Yeah, I know what you mean, my friend... I am Swedish and I don't speak Icelandic either, but I can understand some words, spoken or written due to... Scandinavic linguistic heritage??
Once we all spoke similar languages in the North, but in time they developed their own ways. But some parts are left mostly unaltered. :)
Just returned from Iceland where we heard this first. It was playing on an old film about herring fishing, and a man in the audience started singing along to it in a lovely tenor voice. There is some controversy in Iceland about the words as it is more of a praise of God than an anthem about Iceland, and Icelanders have become very secular.
adow77 Old news. Icelanders have no spirit to pray to God.
very nice
Go footballers GO !!!!
Poland with Iceland in quarterfinal EURO 2016
All Scandinavians National Anthems are awesome.
Keep praising God. Your country will be blessed.
I thought one might refer to god as the singular/informal thee than the formal/plural you... or is it referring to a pagan god?
@Paulbarlow it's legato and slurred (music term for slow and connected) so that's why "th" sounds like a "d" besides that, i love iceland
I am from Khasakstan and I LIKE!
Oh my... I meant the word "fucking". But I think it's your level. And do not bring up the wars to me, those are the fault of the people, and not of God. All I wanted to say, that I like the spirit, the mood of those two songs. And the fact, that they contain a dedication to God, is part of that mood (for me, I emphasize once again). I can't even understand why I'm explaining myself .
That is so true :)
@ThomasJames7184
Would it surprise you to know that I'm actually an atheist? I just happen to hold a deep respect for the traditions and mythologies of the Norse. It would also seem that you didn't read my first comment. I LOVE ICELAND, I love the Icelandic people, and I love the language. Part of the reason I resent Christianity is that it assumes that those not in the faith are incomplete inside. Thus the drive to convert and I feel like a lot of cultural diversity is missing because of that.
Anonie324 Because it's the truth, you silly fool, you non believers are incomplete inside, you just don't know it yet
The text is incorrect in the Icelandic version, although the english translation seems to get it right. The second line is "Ó, lands vors guð". It is not "land of our god".
The english translation gets it right, though
@Paulbarlow They're certainly not all icelanders, because the swedish accent in between is audible! It starts right at the beginning! They sing something like "o gud vorsh lands, o land vorsh gud"! To make an "sh" out of an "s" is swedish and norwegian! In Iceland an "s" stays an "s", and not a "sh"! But never mind! Nice rendition all together
agreed
The funny part is that the nation is never mentioned just the land, god and crying flowers, i want a new anthem.
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I want to go to Iceland
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As an atheist i'm not thrilled by the text but as an Icelander i'm paralyzed at it's beauty.
TheIcelandicPrincess You're an icelander, you can't even be thrilled by paganism.
GO ICELAND
Ekki erfiðasti þjóðsöngur, en við elskum það engu að síður :)
Jakob Frisvoldsen er du norsk?, are you norwegian, ertu norskur
Είσαι Iσλανδικά;
@Kaaxe just remember this is a old song when it was considerd as a christian nation,
JackIce Was Iceland ever a christian nation? Being as atheistic as they are, as a catholic it's hard for me to believe it.
@ThomasJames7184
1. Atheists don't do the faith thing. You are right, negative claims are usually pointless. That's why I don't say, "There is no god." I say "I don't think there is a god after studying the matter".
2. I don't think Christians are incomplete. Too many of them, however, have assumed that I AM though, and the experience is virtually identical for people of other religions.
@ThomasJames7184
3. I wasn't referring to Norse diversity, I mean all the cultures that Christianity (Not necessarily Christians in general) has homogenized and, to an extent, marginalized. You make a sound point in your diversity argument though. I don't resent Christianity (again, not necessarily Christians) because of the disagreement. I resent the relatively common notion shared by many Christians that being different from them means being unhappy (I have experienced this firsthand).
Anonie324 As if we christians ever said you non-christians aren't happy. Of fucking course you're happy, you're happy living in the land of fools and ingnorants, and just when you come in contact with the truth then your life turns into a grieving hell (That if you are smart enough to reason the truth, and since nordics are so thickheaded, that usually don't happen with them, i'm afraid).
The Icelandic Men's National Soccer team, I shall call them the Vikings, and I'm not talking about the NFL's Minnesota Vikings. Because vikings have been around Iceland for years. The Nordic country with a population of just 300,000 people, their soccer team is making noise in the 2016 Euro Cup.
@meinkunkoneko ég er íslendingur. Þetta er ekta Íslenska vinur. Enska hefur lítið að segja hér.
In your language, I think your sounds should be more proper. The "R" should not be made in the throat but on the tongue!
Do you know Icelandic? If so, start a conversation please.
Ísland þúsund ár!!
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No es el de mi país y se me para el pelo de la belleza de este himno.
What a truly beautiful anthem!
I've always liked anthems that praise God and seek His Blessings and Protection for the nation.
This is one of the best!
brianclough Finally, someone who truly sees the real beauty of this anthem, it's a shame that most people, including the ones that "own it" can't appreciate it as it deserves.
Mentioning Jesus...For me, yes, that's one of the reasons, cause it makes the song more sophisticated. It wasn't an order, you don't have to like them because of this, you have your own reasons, and I respect it. You should too, instead of dropping f bombs...
very beutiful...i like how Europe's countries are so connected to each other... i wish the USA was part of Europe then i'd go all over the place! :)
Elska þjóðsönginn okkar, fallegri en raul-þjóðsöngvar flestra þjóða.
Consider the fact that most Icelanders are Christian... It's a great anthem anyways, very pretty, and no matter how religious the lyrics are, they're still pretty :)
Þetta er ekki þjóðsöngur frekar en annað kirkjugarg.
We already have a better. Search for "Ísland er land þitt"(preferably by Pálmi Gunnarsson). A lot of Icelanders do wish it were the national anthem.
I am an atheist, but I still think it's kind of silly to dismiss this song because it has religious views in it. Reason to dismiss it is rather the fact it doesn't really fill you with national pride when listening to it. Ísland er land þitt does.
Ég elska Ísland! Áfram Ísland!
I looked it up, they had been converted mostly before the Danes conquered the damn place, Irish monks got there... This might be the only time I've resented the Irish...
Anonie324 Irish monks were the first inhabitants of the island, the fucking danes came later and murdered them. It would have been better if the island had remained as a good celtic catholic nation instead of a filthy germanic atheistic one.
islandskij jazyk odin iz nailuczszich jevropejskich jazykow, i luczszij sriedi giermanskich, change my mind kak govorit'sia
well, they don't have a standing army so getting into a war would be a problem.
Its kinda of silly that our national anthem has no mention of the nation, only the land, god and a crying flower.
Most beautiful anthem I've heard, minus the religious stuff. Just change the lyrics and I move to Iceland:)
Peace from Sweden
This is more spiritual than religious and if we would take that out of our song, our Elves, fairies and hidden people would disappear our reverence and abiding love and gentleness towards our land and fellow countrymen wouldn't be there either. and Iceland would be just a lonely cold and miserable rock in the North Atlantic Ocean. We'll keep it :)
O.Alden Productions. Relying that much on an anthem and on the word god eh? Well I think I'll stay in Sweden then, where our morals don't depend on religious words.
Besides elves and fairies is kind of anti-christian, you know, from the old norse mythologies
+root2ohm you're not getting this 🙄you obviously don't see the finer things in attitudes to life. Yes stay in Sweden
+root2ohm No, O.Alden is right.
Haha what a strange person you are, afraid you might be infected by religion? Yes, please stay in Sweden, you don't deserve to live in a beautiful country like Iceland
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And if I'm not mistaken, the Italian hymn also mentions God...Now, can you leave me alone please, I don't need a pointless discussion with a kid. Addio!