Ja, vi elsker dette landet, meaning Yes, We Love This Country, is the national anthem of Norway. The poet Bjornstjerne Bjornson wrote the words, the first stanza of which dates from 1859 and which he completed years later, and the composer Rikard Nordraak set them to music. It was first performed in public on 17 May 1864, when Norway marked the fiftieth anniversary of its constitution. Norway has never formally declared it the national anthem, but it has long been treated as such, and it is sung especially on Constitution Day. Nordraak died young, in 1866.
Before and after
- from 1 September 1858 to 5 June 1862Cochinchina campaign
- 27 October 1858Birth of Theodore Roosevelt
- 20 November 1858Birth of Selma Lagerlöf
- 22 December 1858Birth of Giacomo Puccini
- 1859Publication of Ja, vi elsker dette landet
- 1859Construction of Neues Museum
- 1859Publication of A Tale of Two Cities
- 1859John Tyndall measures how gases trap heat
- 27 January 1859Birth of Wilhelm II
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