Swedish National Anthem EXPLAINED - Du Gamla, Du Fria

Swedish National Anthem EXPLAINED - Du Gamla, Du Fria - Learn Swedish in a Fun Way!

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The National AnthemThe National Anthem of Sweden is called "Du Gamla, Du Fria" (Thou Ancient, Thou Free).
If you want to know and understand the most important Swedish words and phrases in the Swedish national song, this is the video for you.
You will learn some Swedish words and what the Swedish national anthem says and what it means.
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Lyrics in Swedish
Du gamla, Du fria, Du fjällhöga nord
Du tysta, Du glädjerika sköna!
Jag hälsar Dig, vänaste land uppå jord,
Din sol, Din himmel, Dina ängder gröna.
Du tronar på minnen från fornstora dar,
då ärat Ditt namn flög över jorden.
Jag vet att Du är och förblir vad du var.
Ja, jag vill leva jag vill dö i Norden.
Translation to english (with old english)
Thou ancient, Thou free, Thou mountainous north
Thou quiet, Thou joyful [and] fair!
I greet thee, loveliest land upon earth,
Thy sun, Thy sky, Thy climes green.
Thou thronest on memories of great olden days,
When honoured Thy name flew across the earth,
I know that Thou art and wilt remain what thou werest,
Yes, I want to live, I want to die in the North. of Sweden is called "Du Gamla, Du Fria" (Thou Ancient, Thou Free).
If you want to know and understand the most important Swedish words and phrases in the Swedish national song, this is the video for you.
You will learn some Swedish words and what the Swedish national anthem says and what it means.
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Get a 10% discount with the promo code SWETUBE!
For more discounted Video courses!
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SUBSCRIBE for weekly videos about Swedish language and culture and start learning Swedish!
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Lyrics in Swedish
Du gamla, Du fria, Du fjällhöga nord
Du tysta, Du glädjerika sköna!
Jag hälsar Dig, vänaste land uppå jord,
Din sol, Din himmel, Dina ängder gröna.
Du tronar på minnen från fornstora dar,
då ärat Ditt namn flög över jorden.
Jag vet att Du är och förblir vad du var.
Ja, jag vill leva jag vill dö i Norden.
Translation to english (with old english)
Thou ancient, Thou free, Thou mountainous north
Thou quiet, Thou joyful [and] fair!
I greet thee, loveliest land upon earth,
Thy sun, Thy sky, Thy climes green.
Thou thronest on memories of great olden days,
When honoured Thy name flew across the earth,
I know that Thou art and wilt remain what thou werest,
Yes, I want to live, I want to die in the North.

Пікірлер: 104

@katherinebaldwin2308 2 жыл бұрын

I love this song much more than our British one. As someone who loves the hills (fells) where I live in the north of the UK, it seems much more meaningful than going on about the Queen!

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

If you are that much into nature then you are going to love Sweden and the Swedish lifestyle :D

@GloopyMiauMiau Жыл бұрын

Jinkies (about the Queen)

@helenlouiseadams Жыл бұрын

We need a new anthem now.

@northbreeze0111 2 жыл бұрын

Come on all of the world was like that back then. We have Built since and are proud of it .will live and die for sweden and also Finland if needed.

@lizdrouin1104 8 ай бұрын

I am American, and enjoy listening to National Anthems.....by far the Swedish National Anthem...is my most favorite....so simple and beautiful....❤

@fernandoestmoi 2 жыл бұрын

With this I´ve just confirmed that although Swedish looks like a magnificient language, the pronunciation it´s hella difficult.

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Pronunciation is definetly the hardest part about learning Swedish. Check out our videos on pronunciation. We have one for every vowel and someo more 😁

@paltex2 Жыл бұрын

@@FunSwedish its not

@davidkasquare 2 жыл бұрын

I think we have to look at the lyrics through the time when they were written, during the first half of the 1800’s. No central heating, life expectancy still quite low, years of bad harvest > famine > people leaving the country for America aso. Sweden had just lost Finland to Russia, and I’m sure there were Swedes who were reminiscing the “golden days” during the 1600’s when Sweden was one of the biggest and mightiest countries in Europe. I’m sure Sweden still was a nice country during the 1800’s, but we have to remember that it was a Sweden without all the commodities of today - but also without the greatness of “the old golden days” …

@northbreeze0111 2 жыл бұрын

Tbh, sure Finland is a sovereign state but we in Sweden still suffer from that defeat as well as you. They burnt down our entire east coast. Since then Russia is always the direction our statutes point at and gor good reason We founded your state (Kievan Rus) but you will always be our enemy.

@northbreeze0198 6 ай бұрын

Stort tack att du ens tar dig tiden till detta.

@FunSwedish 6 ай бұрын

❤

@lipeba86 Жыл бұрын

I love your personal insights and comments, the way you share your thoughts in your lessons.🤣

@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын

I appreciate this comment! Thank you! Will do more of that then 🙂

@surroundgatari Жыл бұрын

Something I like about the anthem is how it seems so at peace, more often these old national anthems will be about rallying the people to reconquer old glory, but Du Gamla just ends up being timeless if you consider the Sweden of today, it tells you how awesome Sweden is to live in; even if it's now a mid-tier regional power best known internationally for furniture, pop music and video games. It's still beautiful! It's all very perfectly Lagom, som man säger, I think other Swedes get it

@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын

👏

@davidbandini3484 2 жыл бұрын

Tack så mycket för videon! Jag tucker om Svensk hymne :) Grazie tante per il video! Mi piace l’inno nazionale svedese :)

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍

@tomeofslyev 2 жыл бұрын

Can we all appreciate that Daniella still makes vids even though she has a cold? I'm usually too lazy to haul myself out of bed when my nose starts running-

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Aw, you are adorable. Thank you for your support 😍

@tomeofslyev 2 жыл бұрын

@@FunSwedish 🤍✨

@janpaul74 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought that ABBA's "Dancing Queen" was the national anthem. ;-)

@wickedawesomeo Жыл бұрын

Well she did say that "Du gamla du fria" "technically" isn't the official national anthem, so ;D

@Arezoey Жыл бұрын

Tack

@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын

😊

@PixieMoons 2 жыл бұрын

Jag elskar Jonna Jintons version 🧡🧡🧡 tack så mycket för att förklara 🙏🏼⭐️

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍

@shadowpastathetf2kidwithau706 Жыл бұрын

I love nationalsång

@shadowpastathetf2kidwithau706 Жыл бұрын

And i love norden

@morfi8384 Жыл бұрын

Nice channel I will watch it. I have the privilde to hear swedish on vacation before mutation of a voice years 15-16. The last is just a work with knowledge with vocabulary.

@Tyrande1122 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful national song it is after you explained every single word. 🇸🇪💛💙

@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!💛💙

@Tyrande1122 Жыл бұрын

@@FunSwedish I did, and all your videos are informative and fun. Can't wait to visit Sweden.

@volantiad 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! In fact, I just heard it again today right before Sweden women’s football team won against Australia 4-2 & before Sweden won against the USA on Wednesday, 3-0 (!).

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! 👏👏

@raghdaalinizi 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video 🥰looking forward to the next awsome one

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤗

@plinkysplodge6128 2 жыл бұрын

Nice explanations of the translation, thank you

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@dobrasilaomundo.8086 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up he good work, thanks.

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

@orginy7156 7 ай бұрын

Du är rolig 😂 i love you girl Thanks for you’re teachings

@FunSwedish 7 ай бұрын

I'm so glad to hear :) Tack till dig för att du tittar på våra videos :)

@musicalmarion 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniella that's really useful. I think most Brits know the first verse of the British National Anthem but not the 2nd one. It's a very nice Swedish song, I think they should make it officially your National Anthem, but why did they not do that?

@aliakram7041 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for Video.

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@thegoodlydragon7452 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think the part about the great old days is necessarily talking about the people's general level of comfort, but of glory, for instance the glory that comes from pushing through the harsh times of the pre-industrial north.

@curtpiazza1688 10 ай бұрын

You have a beautiful national song! You have a beautiful voice too! 😊❤

@FunSwedish 10 ай бұрын

Tack så mycket (I had a cold that day so perhaps that made the voice sound a bit better haha) ❤

@Nilssonds Жыл бұрын

Legal, gostei!

@timmyturner327 2 жыл бұрын

I like this national anthem a lot (is in my top 10), especially its tune, but its words are nice too. I can actually sing a significant amount of it just from hearing it enough times. And I'm not even actively learning Swedish - though it's a nice language, no disagreement there. I think, the "glorious old times" is probably a reference to the days when Sweden had an empire, when it was a major power player in Europe, the days of Gustavus Adolphus, that era.

@flingan7512 Жыл бұрын

hi from a swede:) I thinks so too

@S050683 Жыл бұрын

Heard this a few times at these women's Euros as I've been following Sweden and really enjoy it so it's nice to see what it means.

@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpfull 😊

@TheMCNinjas 2 ай бұрын

Do you think you can do an explain video of Aland Islands national anthem? It's also in Swedish and not much talked about on the internet.

@quickinmarket9919 Жыл бұрын

u r absolutely fantastic

@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын

Aw ❤️❤️❤️

@hassanalihusseini1717 Жыл бұрын

I love Swedish, and I could some years also sing four stanzas. That was very strange as I never have lived in Sweden but in Denmark.... but I never was able to sing one stanza of the Danish anrhem.....

@pedrotes7558 2 жыл бұрын

When scorching summer temperatures arrive to Spain I wish I were in sweden. 😆

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, when we have - 10 and darkness we dream about Spain 😆

@itukuppoo4280 2 жыл бұрын

Can you suggest a video or content that shows how to properly fold the swedish flag for storage? All i find is how the US flag is folded.

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

I think we rarely think about folding flags 😅

@beeboy1781 Жыл бұрын

jag tror att de referar till stormaktstiden, de kan väll göra det iallafall. Kanske vikingatiden, stormaktstiden tänker jag på. när jag hör det men det kasnke bara är jag.

@Zapp4rn 2 жыл бұрын

Thou Ancient Thou Free!!

@sandramaralindgren4634 Жыл бұрын

HEJA ÄLSKADE SVERIGE 👏👏🌺🌳🍁🌲🍁🏵🌸💐🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇧🇷JAG ÄLSKAR SVERIGE JAG KREVE RESPEKT TIL SVENKA FOLKE OCH KULTUR 🌺💐🍁🌳🍁🌲👏👏🌺🇧🇷🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🙏🏻🙏🏾

@loradawn 2 жыл бұрын

Here come more viewes for Jonna Jinton and her version of this song, because if you actually search it in KZfaq , hers is like top 3 results and of course everyone who is researching something about Sweden has come across the song. It is one of the best national songs I know! Very inspirational and without political sh*t in it! Well done Sweden! 🌲👌😊

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear you like it 😁

@northbreeze0198 6 ай бұрын

Indeed, her rendition is just nuts in comparison

@smartkhan5381 Жыл бұрын

Grattis Sverige 🎉❤

@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын

Tack! Ja, grattis grattis :)

@hannahl.4494 3 ай бұрын

"Jag vet att du är och du blir var du var" Climate change: Am I a joke to you?

@jasek911 2 жыл бұрын

I'd also like to have explained the rest of the anthem, as it's sung here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m8d5iKhl2pquh5c.html "Med Gud skall jag kämpa för hem och för härd, för Sverige den kära fostersjorden" etc.

@spartstar45 Жыл бұрын

me, an italian living in Spain willing to go to Sweden...

@babyborn87 5 ай бұрын

We shoude maby renew it to Abba? ❤

@Kate-qu2rw Жыл бұрын

Considering Polish anthem being like "ööööh we're great and we're going to win every fight, Germans bad, ööööh", I love Swedish anthem way too much maybe 😂 Jonna Jinton made a wonderful version of "Du gamla, du fria", in my opinion it really fits the meaning!

@mr.wagenaar 2 жыл бұрын

Up until now the weather is quite nice in Sweden. ☀️☀️☀️ Sure don't know why you want to go to Spain nowadays...

@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, things have changed 😊

@Zapp4rn 2 жыл бұрын

-23°c last friday here in norrland

@garybisset3286 10 ай бұрын

@liyanaahmed3160 Жыл бұрын

I live in Sweeden

@markrcca5329 2 ай бұрын

if it is accepted by the people as the national anthem, then it is the national anthem. Not everything needs to be an official announcement by the government!

@niu9432 10 ай бұрын

One of my favourite anthems. And don't worry, with global warming You might have a good chance to live in Sweden and in relatively warm country at the same time, especially that the world doesn't seem to be doing too much about it ;)

@FunSwedish 10 ай бұрын

You are right.