Swedish National & Royal Anthems for String Orchestra (World National Anthem Series by Keith Terrett String Orchestra - Digital Sheet Music

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An arrangement of the Swedish National & Royal Anthems for String Orchestra There are versions for Brass Quintet & full Orchestra in store.

Du gamla, Du fria ("Thou ancient, Thou free") is the de facto national anthem of Sweden.

Although the Swedish constitution makes no mention of a national anthem, the song enjoys universal recognition and is used, for example, at sporting events. It first began to be used as a national anthem in the 1890s. Despite a widespread belief that it was adopted as the national anthem in 1866, no such recognition has ever been officially accorded. In 2000 a Riksdag committee rejected, as "unnecessary", a proposal to give the song official status. However, there have since been repeated motions with a similar intent.

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An arrangement for Brass Quintet of the ''Kungssången'' (The King's Song), which is the Swedish royal anthem. It is also known by its first line, Ur svenska hjärtans djup en gång (English: Once from the depths of Swedish hearts). Although sung on such occasions as the King's birthday, the annual opening of the Riksdag and the Nobel Prize ceremony, this song is not in fact the Swedish national anthem: that is Du gamla, Du fria.

The lyrics were written by Carl Vilhelm August Strandberg and the music composed for four part male chorus by Otto Lindblad. Kungssången replaced the previous royal anthem, Bevare Gud vår kung, which was sung to the melody of the British royal anthem, God Save the King. It was first performed in Lund on 5 December 1844 at a party arranged by the University to celebrate the accession of King Oscar I, and was officially adopted in 1893.

Only the first and fifth stanzas are normally sung (and only the first if the King is present). The other three are very rarely ever heard.

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