- Bevare gud vår kung
"Bevare Gud vår Kung", literally "God Save our King", is a song written by
Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz as a song of honour to theKing of Sweden . It was written in 1805 to the then kingGustaf IV Adolf . It is set to the music of the BritishGod Save the King . It was considered the official Royal Anthem untilKungssången was written in the mid 1800s.1.Bevare Gud vår kung!Gör säll vår ädle kung!Leve vår kung!Bekrönt av ärans hand,alltid med hjärtats brandförent med folk och land.Leve vår kung!
2.Nu varje troget bröstmed hjärta och med rösthans välgång sjung!Må tvedräkt flykten ta!Han allas kärlek ha!Sjung, svenska Folk, hurra!Leve vår kung!
Translation (Highly unofficial)
1.God save our King!Make noble our gracious King!Long live the king!Crowned by Glory,always with the peopleunited in heart.Long Live the King! 2.Now every faithful subjectwith heart and voicesing to his health!May animosity decline!He is beloved!Sing, Swedish people, hooray!Long Live the King!
"See also:
Kungssången "
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