Tú alfagra land mítt
Tú alfagra land mítt ( Faroese , Oh you my beautiful country ) is the title of the national anthem of the Faroe Islands , which was introduced in the 1930s .
- Text: Símun av Skarði (1872–1942)
- Melody: Petur Alberg (1885–1940)
Tú alfagra land mítt was composed on February 1, 1906 by Símun av Skarði. The poem is entitled Mítt alfagra land . Petur Alberg wrote the melody for it in 1907. On January 8, 1908 , the song was first published in the newspaper Tingakrossur .
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literature
- Bjarni Restorff (Ed.): Tú alfagra land mítt , Tórshavn 1999 ISBN 99918-3-057-X
- Ernst Krenn: Föroyische Sprachlehre , Heidelberg 1940, p. 137
- WB Lockwood: An Introduction to Modern Faroese , Tórshavn 1977 (This English textbook contains the text of the hymn in the appendix as one of the reading pieces).
See also
- List of national anthems
- Faroese flag , coat of arms of the Faroe Islands
- Løgting , Løgmaður , Provincial Government of the Faroe Islands , List of kings over the Faroe Islands
Individual evidence
- ↑ portal.fo : Tjóðsangurin 100 ár (“100 years of the national anthem”), January 8, 2008