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Vårt land, vårt land

Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland

Author: Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Tune: FINLAND
Published in 1 hymnal


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1 Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland,
Ljud högt, o dyra ord!
Ej lyfts en höjd mot himlens rand,
Ej sänks en dal, ej sköljs in strand,
Mer älskad än vår bygd i Nord,
Än våra fäders jord.

2 Vi älska våra strömmars brus
Och våra bäckars språng,
Den mörka skogens dystra sus,
Vår stjärnenatt, vårt sommarljus,
Allt, allt, hvad här som syn som sång
Vart hjärta rört en gång.

3 Din blomning, sluten än i knopp,
Skall mogna ur sitt tvång;
Se ur vår kärlek skall gå opp
Ditt ljus, din glans, din fröjd, ditt hopp,
Och högre klinga skall en gång
Vår fosterländska sång.



Source: Lutherförbundets Sångbok #S66

Author: Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Runeberg, Johan Ludvig. (Jacobstad, Finland, February 5, 1804--May 6, 1877, Borgå). Lutheran. Educated at University of Åbo. Secretary to the Council of the University, 1830-1836. Chair of Latin at Borgå College, 1837-1847; rector, 1847-1850. Author of The Grave of Perrho, 1831, verse romances of Finnish life; The Elk Hunter; Hanna, and Fänrik Ståls sänger, patriotic poems on the war of independence. National poet of Finland. Editor of the Swedish hymnal for the Finnish church, 1857, which included 57 of his texts and nine of his translations or revisions. Author of "Hur ljuft det är att komma" (What Joy There Is in Coming). --Likely J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland
Title: Vårt land, vårt land
Author: Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Meter: 8.6.8.8.8.6
Language: Swedish
Copyright: Public Domain

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Lutherförbundets Sångbok #S66

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