List of historical national anthems - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

National anthem

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...

, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism", is the Dutch national anthem Het Wilhelmus,Translates from Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

as The William which was written between 1568 and 1572, but not then given any official status. The first anthem to be officially proclaimed as such was La Marcha Real

Marcha Real

is the national anthem of Spain. It is one of the few national anthems in the world to have no official lyrics ....

,Translates from Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

as The Royal March adopted by Spain in 1770. Het Wilhelmus was declared the national anthem of the Netherlands in 1932; both of these anthems remain in use today. A royal or imperial anthem is a song that is similar in patriotic character to a national anthem, but which specifically praises a monarch, or royal dynasty

Dynasty

A dynasty is a sequence of rulers considered members of the same family. Historians traditionally consider many sovereign states' history within a framework of successive dynasties, e.g., China, Ancient Egypt and the Persian Empire...

. Some states have doubled their royal or imperial anthem as their national anthem; for example, the Imperial Anthem of Iran, used from 1933 to 1979, served both as national anthem and as an explicit celebration of the Pahlavi dynasty

Pahlavi dynasty

The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

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An anthem may fall out of use if the country that uses it ceases to exist, or because it adopts a new anthem; the rationale for a new national anthem is often political, perhaps based on a new ruling dynasty or system of government. For example, following the French Revolution

French Revolution

The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...

, which overthrew the monarchy, La Marseillaise

La Marseillaise

"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song, originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin" was written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792. The French National Convention adopted it as the Republic's anthem in 1795...

, a republican revolutionary song, became national anthem in 1795. Conversely, when the monarchy was restored

Bourbon Restoration

The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...

19 years later, the 16th-century royalist tune Vive Henri IV

Marche Henri IV

"Marche Henri IV," alternatively "Vive Henri IV" or "Vive le roi Henri" was the nominal national anthem of the Kingdom of France up until the French Revolution in 1789, then again by the restored monarchy after 1815. This modified version is rarely sung due to its paradoxical ending which was added...

was revived and adapted to create Le Retour des Princes français à Paris

Le Retour des Princes Français à Paris

"Le Retour des Princes français à Paris" was the de facto national anthem of France during the Bourbon Restoration. It uses the melody of the then popular marching tune Vive Henri IV.-French Lyrics:...

, an overt celebration of the restored government.Translates from French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

as The Return of the French Princes to Paris Following a number of further changes, La Marseillaise was readopted in 1870 and remains France's contemporary national anthem.

Some historical anthems share the same tune; for example, Heil dir im Siegerkranz

Heil dir im Siegerkranz

"Heil dir im Siegerkranz" was from 1871 to 1918 the unofficial national anthem of the German Empire. Previously, it had been the anthem of Prussia, the melody of the hymn derived from the British anthem "God Save the Queen". For these reasons, the song failed to become popular within all of Germany...

,Translates from German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

as Hail to Thee in Victor's Crown the Imperial German

German Empire

The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...

anthem, used the same music as Britain's national anthem, God Save the Queen

God Save the Queen

"God Save the Queen" is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms and British Crown Dependencies. The words of the song, like its title, are adapted to the gender of the current monarch, with "King" replacing "Queen", "he" replacing "she", and so forth, when a king reigns...

. There are also instances of the music of a former national anthem still being used in a current anthem; for instance, the modern national anthem of Germany, Das Lied der Deutschen,Translates from German as The Song of the Germans uses the same tune as the 19th and early 20th-century Austro-Hungarian

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

anthem Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser

Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser

Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser was an anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. Lorenz Leopold Haschka wrote the lyrics, and Joseph Haydn composed the melody...

.Translates from German as God save Emperor Francis Another well-known example is the Hymn of the Soviet Union

National Anthem of the Soviet Union

The National Anthem of the Soviet Union or the State Anthem of the USSR was introduced during World War II on March 15, 1944, replacing The Internationale as the official national anthem of the Soviet Union as well as the national anthem of the Russian SFSR...

,Russian: Государственный гимн СССР;
transliterated as Gosudarstvenniy Gimn SSSR used until its dissolution in 1991, which was given new words and adopted

National Anthem of Russia

The National Anthem of the Russian Federation is the name of the official national anthem of Russia. Its musical composition and lyrics were adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union, composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and lyricists Sergey Mikhalkov and Gabriel El-Registan. The Soviet anthem was...

by the Russian Federation

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

in 2000 to replace the unpopular instrumental anthem it had introduced in 1993.

This was not the first time that a country's de facto or de jure national anthem had proved controversial among its own people. My Country, 'Tis of Thee

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as "America", is an American patriotic song, whose lyrics were written by Samuel Francis Smith. The melody derived from Muzio Clementi's Symphony No. 3, and is shared with "God Save the Queen," used by many members of the Commonwealth of Nations...

, a de facto anthem of the United States during the 19th century, divided opinion as it used the same tune as God Save the Queen. A more recent example is Hej, Sloveni

Hey, Slavs

Hey, Slavs is an anthemic song dedicated to Slavic peoples. Its first lyrics were written in 1834 under the title Hey, Slovaks by Samuel Tomášik and it has since served as the anthem of the Pan-Slavic movement, the anthem of the Sokol physical education and political movement, the anthem of the...

,Translates from Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...

as Hey, Slavs the former Yugoslavian anthem which was retained by Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...

until 2006; because it was frequently booed when played in public – at sporting events, for example – it was eventually replaced.

Anthems

Country	National anthem title in local language(s)	English translation of title	Period	Lyrics writer	Music writer	Audio	Notes
Afghanistan	Soroud-e-MelliPersian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... : سرود ملی	National Anthem	1943–1973			—
	Soroud-e-MelliPersian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... : سرود ملی	National Anthem	1973–1978			—
Afghanistan	Soroud-e-MelliPersian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... : سرود ملی	National Anthem	1978–1992			—
Afghanistan	Soroud-e-MelliPersian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... : سرود ملی	National Anthem	1992–1999 2002–2006			—
Austrian Empire	Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser was an anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. Lorenz Leopold Haschka wrote the lyrics, and Joseph Haydn composed the melody...	God Save Emperor Francis	1804–1835 1848–1854
Austrian Empire	Segen Öst'reichs hohem Sohne / Unserm Kaiser Ferdinand! Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser was an anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. Lorenz Leopold Haschka wrote the lyrics, and Joseph Haydn composed the melody...	Blessings to Austria's high son / Our Emperor Ferdinand!	1835–1848
Austrian Empire	Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze / Unsern Kaiser, unser Land! Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser was an anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. Lorenz Leopold Haschka wrote the lyrics, and Joseph Haydn composed the melody...	God preserve, God protect / Our Emperor, our country!	1854–1867
	Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze / Unsern Kaiser, unser Land! Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser was an anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. Lorenz Leopold Haschka wrote the lyrics, and Joseph Haydn composed the melody...	God preserve, God protect / Our Emperor, our country!	1867–1918
Austria	Deutschösterreich, du herrliches Land Deutschösterreich, du herrliches Land Deutschösterreich, du herrliches Land was the national anthem of Austria from 1920 to 1929. Although it was used as the national anthem, it did not enjoy any official status....	German Austria, you wonderful country	1920–1929 (de facto)			—	—
Austria	Sei gesegnet ohne Ende Sei gesegnet ohne Ende "Sei gesegnet ohne Ende", , also known as the "Kernstock-Hymne", is a German language song that was the national anthem of Austria from 1929 until 1938.- Lyrics :...	Be Blessed Without End	1929–1938
Biafra	Land of the Rising Sun Land of the Rising Sun (national anthem) "Land of the Rising Sun" was the proclaimed national anthem of the secessionist African state of Biafra, in south-eastern Nigeria. The tune was adopted from Sibelius' "Finlandia"...	—	1967–1970			—	—
Bophuthatswana	Lefatshe leno la bo-rrarona	This Land of Our Forefathers	1976–1994		J. J. Loots	—	—
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Jedna si jedina Jedna Si Jedina "Jedna si jedina" was the national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1998.The music was taken from the old Bosnian folk song "S one strane Plive" , and the lyrics were written by music star Edin Dervišhalidović. It was adopted in November 1992, several months after independence in...		1992–1998			—	—
Kingdom of Bulgaria	Shumi Maritsa Shumi Maritsa Shumi Maritsa was the Bulgarian national anthem from 1886 until 1944. The original text was written by Nikola Zhivkov, a head teacher in Veles . The lyrics were edited many times, most notably in 1912 by the poet Ivan Vazov who also composed the music.-Lyrics:-External links:*... Bulgarian Bulgarian language Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the... : Шуми Марица	Maritsa Rushes	1886–1944			—
Bulgaria	Republiko nasha, zdravey!Bulgarian: Републико наша, здравей!	Hail to our Republic!	1944–1950			—	—
Bulgaria	Balgariyo milaBulgarian: Бъларио мила	Dear Bulgaria	1950–1964	Mladen Issaev Elisaveta Bagrjana	Georgi Zlatev-Tscherkin Svetoslav Obretenov	—	—
Cambodia	Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey was the national anthem of Democratic Kampuchea from at least January 1976. Although the anthem may have been in use in the 'liberated zone' much earlier, it was proclaimed the national anthem in article 18 of the Constitution of Kampuchea which was promulgated on the 5th... Khmer Khmer language Khmer , or Cambodian, is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia. It is the second most widely spoken Austroasiatic language , with speakers in the tens of millions. Khmer has been considerably influenced by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious... : ដប់ប្រាំពីរមេសាមហាជោគជ័យ	Glorious Seventeenth of April	1976–1979			—	—
Cape Verde	Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada Esta é a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada "'" is the national anthem of Guinea-Bissau. Written and composed by Amílcar Cabral, it was adopted upon independence in 1974. It was also the national anthem of Cape Verde until 1996, when a new anthem was chosen by the latter country.- Lyrics :...	This Is Our Beloved Country	1975–1996			—	Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada Esta é a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada "'" is the national anthem of Guinea-Bissau. Written and composed by Amílcar Cabral, it was adopted upon independence in 1974. It was also the national anthem of Cape Verde until 1996, when a new anthem was chosen by the latter country.- Lyrics :... was adopted in 1975 by both Cape Verde Cape Verde The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa... and Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west.... on their respective independence from Portugal. Cape Verde introduced a unique anthem in 1996, but it remains the national anthem of Guinea-Bissau.
Federal Republic of Central America	La Granadera		1823–1839				—

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Gong Jin'ou

Gong Jin'ou was the first official national anthem of China, created during the late Qing Dynasty; though it was used only for a short time due to the Republic of China overthrowing the Qing Dynasty....

Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

: 鞏金甌
|Cup of Solid Gold
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|Qing yun gē

The Song to the Auspicious Cloud

The Song to the Auspicious Cloud was one of the anthems of the Republic of China. In 1921, the National Anthem Research Committee set up by Duan Qirui revealed the new anthem...

Chinese: 卿云歌
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|Guómín gémìng gē

Revolution of the Citizens

The "Revolution of the Citizens" was a provisional anthem of the Republic of China. It was written by Liao Qianwu , an officer at Whampoa Military Academy.The anthem is sung to the tune of "Frère Jacques"...

The Internationale in Chinese

The Internationale in Chinese is literally the International Song. It has several different sets of lyrics.-Qu Qiubai's version:The most common and official Chinese version is the de facto anthem of the Communist Party of China. It was translated on 15 June 1923 from the Russian version by Qu...

Chinese: 国际歌
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Ciskei
|Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" , was originally composed as a hymn by a Methodist mission school in Johannesburg teacher, Enoch Sontonga in 1897, to the tune 'Aberystwyth' by Joseph Parry...

|God Bless Africa
|1976–1994
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Confederate States of America
|God Save the South

God Save the South

"God Save the South" is considered to be the unofficial national anthem of the Confederate States of America. It was written by George Henry Miles . The commonly-heard version was composed by Charles W. A. Ellerbrock, while C. T. De Cœniél composed a different tune for the song...

Les Trois Glorieuses

Les Trois Glorieuses was the anthem of the People's Republic of the Congo from January 1, 1970 through 1991 from December 13, 2011 when the original anthem, La Congolaise was restored....

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Corsican Republic

In November 1755, Pasquale Paoli proclaimed Corsica a sovereign nation, the Corsican Republic, independent from the Republic of Genoa. He created the Corsican Constitution, which was the first constitution written under Enlightenment principles, including the first implementation of female...

|Dio vi Salvi Regina

Dio vi Salvi Regina

Diu vi Salvi Regina is a religious song in the folklore of Corsica. The local nationalists also consider it the national anthem of Corsica. It is customary to sing it at the end of any concert of Corsican folk music....

Dio vi Salvi Regina

|God Save Our Queen
|1794–1796
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|Eslami ya Misr

Eslami ya Misr

Eslami ya Misr was the national anthem of Egypt from 1923 to 1936. Written by the Egyptian poet, Mostafa Saadeq Al-Rafe'ie, and the music is composed by Safar Ali.It is adopted currently as the song of the Egyptian Police Academy....

Egyptian Arabic

Egyptian Arabic is the language spoken by contemporary Egyptians.It is more commonly known locally as the Egyptian colloquial language or Egyptian dialect ....

: اسلمى يا مصر
|Be Safe Oh Egypt
|1923–1936
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Egypt
|Walla Zaman Ya Selahy

Walla Zaman Ya Selahy

Walla Zaman Ya Selahy was the national anthem of the United Arab Republic , a federation of Egypt and Syria, from 1960. Though the UAR broke up in 1961, Egypt retained the official name of the union until 1971, and the official anthem until 1979....

Egyptian Arabic: والله زمان يا سلاحي
|Oh My Weapon
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|Vive Henri IV

Marche Henri IV

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Early Modern France
|Chant du départ

Chant du départ

The Chant du Départ is a revolutionary and war song written by Étienne Nicolas Méhul and Marie-Joseph Chénier in 1794. It was the official anthem of the First Empire....

Chant du départ

The Chant du Départ is a revolutionary and war song written by Étienne Nicolas Méhul and Marie-Joseph Chénier in 1794. It was the official anthem of the First Empire....

was not the original national anthem of France; La Marseillaise

La Marseillaise

, the modern national anthem, was originally used from 1795 to 1799. It was readopted in 1870.
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France
|Le Retour des Princes français à Paris

Le Retour des Princes Français à Paris

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|La Parisienne
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Early Modern France
|Le Chant des Girondins
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Auguste Maquet

Auguste Maquet

Auguste Maquet was a French author, best known as the chief collaborator of French novelist Alexandre Dumas, père, co-writing such works as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers....

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Early Modern France
|Partant pour la Syrie

Partant pour la Syrie

"Partant pour la Syrie" is a French song, the music of which was written by Hortense de Beauharnais and the text by Alexandre de Laborde in or about 1807.- Background :...

|Departing for Syria
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Georgia (country)
|Dideba

Dideba

"Dideba" was the national anthem of Georgia from 1918 to 1920, and from 14 November 1990 to 23 April 2004. It was written and composed by Kote Potskhverashvili...

Georgian

Georgian language

Georgian is the native language of the Georgians and the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.Georgian is the primary language of about 4 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad...

: დიდება
|Praise
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German Empire
|Heil dir im Siegerkranz

Heil dir im Siegerkranz

|Hail to Thee in Victor's Crown
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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

period, only the first verse of Das Lied der Deutschen was sung, and followed by Horst-Wessel-Lied

Horst-Wessel-Lied

The Horst-Wessel-Lied , also known as Die Fahne hoch from its opening line, was the anthem of the Nazi Party from 1930 to 1945...

, the SA

Sturmabteilung

The Sturmabteilung functioned as a paramilitary organization of the National Socialist German Workers' Party . It played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s...

song written by Horst Wessel

Horst Wessel

Horst Ludwig Wessel was a German Nazi activist who was made a posthumous hero of the Nazi movement following his violent death in 1930...

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German Democratic Republic
|Auferstanden aus Ruinen

Auferstanden aus Ruinen

' was the national anthem of East Germany during its existence from 1949 to 1990.-History:...

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|E Ola Ke Alii Ke Akua

E Ola Ke Alii Ke Akua

E Ola Ke Alii Ke Akua, translated as God Save the King, was one of Hawaii's four national anthems. It was composed in 1860 by Prince William Charles Lunalilo, who later became King Lunalilo. Prior to 1860, the Kingdom of Hawaii lacked its own national anthem and had used the British royal anthem...

|God Save the King
| 1860–1866
|Lunalilo

Lunalilo

Lunalilo, born William Charles Lunalilo , was king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from January 8, 1873 until February 3, 1874...

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|He Mele Lahui Hawaii

He Mele Lahui Hawaii

He Mele Lāhui Hawaii was composed in November 1866 at the request of Kamehameha V, who wanted a national anthem to replace the British anthem God Save the King. It replaced Lunalilo's composition E Ola Ke Alii Ke Akua as the national anthem...

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|Hawaii Ponoi

Hawaii ponoi

Hawaii Ponoī is the state song and former national anthem of Hawaii. The words were written in 1874 by King David Kalākaua with music composed by Captain Henri Berger, then the king's royal bandmaster. Hawaii Ponoī was one of the national anthems of the Republic of Hawaii and the Kingdom of Hawaii,...

|Hawaii's Own True Sons
| 1876–1893
|Kalakaua

Kalakaua

Kalākaua, born David Laamea Kamanakapuu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua and sometimes called The Merrie Monarch , was the last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaii...

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Honduras
|La Granadera
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Iran
|Salamati-ye ShahPersian: سلامتی شاه
|Health of the Shah
|1868–1933
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Iran
|Sorood-e Shahanshahi IranPersian: سرود شاهنشاهی ایران
|Imperial Salute of Iran
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Iran
|Ey Iran

Ey Iran

Ey Iran is a famous and popular anthem in Iran. The lyrics were written by Hossein Gol-e-Golab in 1946, the music was composed by Ruhollah Khaleghi, and it was first performed by Gholam Hossein Banan....

Persian: ای ایران
|Oh Iran
|1979–1980
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Iran
|Payandeh Bada Iran

Payandeh Bada Iran

Payandeh Bada Iran is the former national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was composed by Abolghasem Halat and was adopted after the establishment of the Islamic Republic, replacing the de facto national anthem Ey Iran which was used prior to that during the transition period...

Persian: پاینده بادا ایران
|A Lasting Iran
|1980–1990
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Iraq
|Ardulfurataini Watan

Ardulfurataini Watan

"Ardulfurataini Watan" is the old national anthem of Iraq.The anthem was adopted in 1981, written by Shafiq Alkamali with music by Walid Georges Gholmieh. After the ousting of the Saddam Hussein government in 2003, the Iraqi government selected a new national anthem, Mawtini.-External links:** * *...

Iraqi Arabic

Iraqi Arabic is a continuum of mutually intelligible Arabic varieties native to the Mesopotamian basin of Iraq as well as spanning into eastern and northern Syria, western Iran, southeastern Turkey, and spoken in respective Iraqi diaspora communities.-Varieties:Iraqi Arabic has two major varieties...

: أرض الفراتين
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|Marcia Reale d'Ordinanza

Marcia Reale

The Marcia Reale d'Ordinanza or Fanfara Reale was the official national anthem of Kingdom of Italy between 1861 and 1946...

|Royal March of Ordinance
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Korea
|Daehan jeguk aegukga

Korean Empire Aegukga

The Anthem of the Greater Korean Empire was the first national anthem of Korea...

|Patriotic song of the Korean Empire
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Kingdom of Montenegro
|Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori

Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori

Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori was the national and state anthem of the Kingdom of Montenegro in late 19th-early 20th century. Also existed, a popular song, Onamo, 'namo!...

|Our Beautiful Montenegro
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Mozambique
|Viva, Viva a FRELIMO

Viva, Viva a FRELIMO

"Viva, Viva a FRELIMO" was the national anthem of Mozambique from 25 June 1975 to 30 April 2002.It was written by Justino Sigaulane Chemane in the 1970s, in celebration of Mozambique's main political party from independence in 1975 to 1992...

|Long Live FRELIMO
|1975–2002
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Nepal
|Rastriya Gaan

Rastriya Gaan

"Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka" is the national anthem of Nepal. It was officially declared as the national anthem of Nepal on August 3, 2007, amid a ceremony held at the conference hall of National Planning Commission, inside the Singha Durbar, by the speaker of the interim parliament, Mr...

Nepali

Nepali language

Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...

: राष्ट्रिय गान्
|May Glory Crown Our Illustrious Sovereign
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Netherlands
|Wien Neêrlands Bloed

Wien Neerlands Bloed

Wien Neêrlands bloed was the national anthem of the Netherlands between 1815 and 1932.At the foundation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, it was decided that a national anthem was needed. The hymn Het Wilhelmus – which is the national anthem today – was already well known in the time of...

|Those in whom Dutch blood
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Netherlands Antilles
|Anthem without a title

Anthem Without a Title

The anthem without a title was the untitled national anthem of the Netherlands Antilles. The anthem was written in English by Zahira Hiliman from Sint Maarten and translated into the native Papiamento language by Lucille Berry-Haseth from Curaçao...

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Dominion of Newfoundland
|Ode to Newfoundland

Ode to Newfoundland

"Ode to Newfoundland" is the official provincial anthem of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was composed by Governor Sir Cavendish Boyle in 1902. as a four-verse poem entitled Newfoundland. On December 22, 1902 it was sung by Frances Daisy Foster at the Casino Theatre of St. John's during the closing...

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Dominion of Newfoundland

The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...

joined the Canadian Confederation

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

in 1949, Ode to Newfoundland

Ode to Newfoundland

lost its status as a national anthem. The Canadian province of Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

became the first to adopt a provincial anthem in 1980 when the song was readopted.
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Nigeria
|Nigeria We Hail Thee
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Orange Free State
| Heft, Burgers, 't lied der vrijheid

National anthem of the Orange Free State

The national anthem of the Orange Free State was used from 1854 until 1902 as the national anthem of the Orange Free State.-Lyrics:-Published versions:-See also:...

|Sing, Citizens, the song of Freedom
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Portugal
|Hymno da Carta

O Hino da Carta

The Hymno da Carta was officially proclaimed the national anthem of the Kingdom of Portugal in May 1834. It was composed by D. Pedro IV, King Peter IV of Portugal . "Carta" stands for the Constitutional Charter which Peter IV granted to Portugal...

|Hymn to the Charter
|1834–1911
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Rhodesia
|God Save the Queen

God Save the Queen

Rhodesia

Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...

's 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) went unrecognised by the United Kingdom and the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

, both of which continued to consider Rhodesia to be the British colony of Southern Rhodesia

Southern Rhodesia

Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa. From its independence in 1965 until its extinction in 1980, it was known as Rhodesia...

. Despite declaring independence, the de facto Rhodesian government still maintained loyalty to Elizabeth II and so retained Britain's national anthem, God Save the Queen

God Save the Queen

, until it declared Rhodesia a republic in 1970. A replacement anthem was not adopted until 1974, when Rise O Voices of Rhodesia

Rise O Voices of Rhodesia

Rise O Voices of Rhodesia was adopted as the national anthem of Rhodesia in 1974, during the years of international isolation that followed its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom in 1965. The tune was that of the "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Symphony No...

came into use. God Save the Queen remained Rhodesia's de jure national anthem throughout the UDI period of 1965 to 1979.
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Rhodesia
|Rise O Voices of Rhodesia

Rise O Voices of Rhodesia

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Kingdom of Romania
|Trăiască Regele

Traiasca Regele

Trăiască Regele was the national anthem of the Principality of Romania and later Kingdom of Romania between 1866 and 1947. The music was composed in 1862 by Eduard Hübsch, an army captain who later became the chief of the music department of the Minister of War...

|Long live the King
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Kingdom of Romania
|Zdrobite cătuşe

Zdrobite catuse

Zdrobite cătuşe was the national anthem of the People's Republic of Romania between 1948 and 1953. The lyrics were written by Aurel Baranga and the music by Matei Socor.-Lyrics:...

|Broken Handcuffs
|1948–1953
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Kingdom of Romania
|Trei culori

Trei culori

Trei culori was the national anthem of Romania from 1977 until 1990. Since 1990, after the anti-communist Romanian Revolution of 1989, it has been replaced by Deşteaptă-te, române!...

|Three Colours
|1977–1989
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Russian Empire
|Molitva russkikh

The Prayer of Russians

The Prayer of Russians was a song used as the national anthem of Imperial Russia from 1816 to 1833.After defeating the First French Empire, Tsar Alexander I of Russia recommended a national anthem for Russia...

Russian: Молитва русских
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Russian Empire
|Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!

God Save the Tsar!

"God Save the Tsar!" was the national anthem of the late Russian Empire. The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833. The composer was violinist Alexei Lvov, and the lyrics were by the court poet Vasily Zhukovsky...

Russian: Боже, Царя храни!
|God Save the Tsar!
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Russia Russian Republic

Russian Provisional Government

The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was...

|Rabochaya MarselyezaRussian: Рабочая Марсельеза
|Worker's Marseillaise
|1917
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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|Internatsional

The Internationale

The Internationale is a famous socialist, communist, social-democratic and anarchist anthem.The Internationale became the anthem of international socialism, and gained particular fame under the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1944, when it was that communist state's de facto central anthem...

Russian: Интернационал
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Rwanda
|Rwanda Rwacu

Rwanda Rwacu

Rwanda Rwacu was the national anthem of Rwanda from 1962 to January 1, 2002, when it was replaced with Rwanda Nziza.-Kinyarwanda lyrics:Rwanda rwacu, Rwanda gihugu cyambyaye,Ndakuratana ishyaka n'ubutwali....

|Our Rwanda
|1962–2002
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Abanyuramatwi
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Serbia and Montenegro
|Hej, Sloveni

Hey, Slavs

|Hey, Slavs
|1991–2006
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Seychelles
|En Avant
|Forward
|1976–1978
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Thai language

Thai , also known as Central Thai and Siamese, is the national and official language of Thailand and the native language of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group. Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai–Kadai language family. Historical linguists have been unable to definitively...

: เพลงสรรเสริญพระบารมี
|Siamese Royal Anthem
|1913–1932
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Vajiravudh

Vajiravudh

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Phra Bat Somdet Phra Ramathibodi Si Sintharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama VI was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death...

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South Africa
|Die Stem van Suid-Afrika

Die Stem van Suid-Afrika

Die Stem van Suid-Afrika was the national anthem of South Africa from 1957 to 1994, and shared national anthem status with Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika until 1997, when a new hybrid anthem was adopted. It was also the anthem for South-West Africa under South African mandate until 1990.- Background :In...

The Call of South Africa
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South Africa
|Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" , was originally composed as a hymn by a Methodist mission school in Johannesburg teacher, Enoch Sontonga in 1897, to the tune 'Aberystwyth' by Joseph Parry...

|God Bless Africa
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South African Republic
|Volkslied van Transvaal

National anthem of the Transvaal

The national anthem of the Transvaal was the national anthem of the independent Boer Republic of the South African Republic, which was also known as the Transvaal Republic...

|National anthem of the Transvaal
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Soviet Union
|Internatsional

The Internationale

Russian: Интернационал
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Soviet Union
|Gosudarstvenniy Gimn SSSR

National Anthem of the Soviet Union

Russian: Государственный гимн СССР
|Hymn of the Soviet Union
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Switzerland
|Rufst du, mein Vaterland

Rufst du, mein Vaterland

Rufst du, mein Vaterland is the former national anthem of Switzerland.It had semi-official status as the national anthem from the 1850s to 1961, when it was replaced by the Swiss Psalm....

Transkei
|Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" , was originally composed as a hymn by a Methodist mission school in Johannesburg teacher, Enoch Sontonga in 1897, to the tune 'Aberystwyth' by Joseph Parry...

|God Bless Africa
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Tunisia
|Ala Khallidi

Ala Khallidi

Ala Khallidi is the former national anthem of Tunisia. It was sung during the Presidency of Habib Bourguiba until his downfall during 1987. In 1958, the Ministry of Education organized a competition, in which 53 poets and 23 musicians took part...

Tunisian Arabic

Tunisian Arabic is a Maghrebi dialect of the Arabic language, spoken by some 11 million people. It is usually known by its own speakers as Derja, which means dialect, to distinguish it from Standard Arabic, or as Tunsi, which means Tunisian...

: ألا خلّدي
|Immortal and Precious
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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
|Inno al Re

Inno al Re

Inno al Re , composed by Giovanni Paisiello, was the national anthem of the southern European country Two Sicilies from 1861 until the Italian unification.-Lyrics:...

|Hymn to the King
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United Arab Republic
|Walla Zaman Ya Selahy

Walla Zaman Ya Selahy

Egyptian Arabic: والله زمان يا سلاحي
|Oh My Weapon
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United States
|My Country, 'Tis of Thee

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

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Republic of Upper Volta
|Hymne National Voltaïque
|Voltaique National Anthem
|1960–1984
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National anthem of South Vietnam

The national anthem of South Vietnam government was originally "Thanh Niên Hành Khúc" . These anthems were written and composed by Luu Huu Phuoc , ironically, a well-known Vietnamese Communist and songwriter...

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

: March of the Youths); the title and words were altered significantly when it became national anthem, though the music remained the same. Luu Huu Phuoc was still officially credited for both the music and the lyrics.
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Kingdom of Württemberg
|Württemberger Hymne

Württemberger Hymne

Württemberger Hymne or The Württemberg AnthemThe anthem was composed for the Kingdom of Württemberg by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner and it is still sung today.-German Lyrics:1...

|Hymn of Württemberg
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|Hej, Sloveni

Hey, Slavs

|Hey, Slavs
|1977–1991
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Zaire
|La Zaïroise

La Zaïroise

La Zaïroise by Joseph Lutumba and Simon-Pierre Boka Di Mpasi Londi was the national anthem of Zaïre from 1972 to 1997.-Original lyrics in French:...

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Zimbabwe
|Ishe Komborera Africa

Ishe Komborera Africa

This was Zimbabwe's first anthem after gaining independence in 1980. It is a translation of 19th century South African schoolteacher Enoch Sontonga's popular African hymn Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika into Zimbabwe's native Shona and Ndebele languages....

Ishe Komborera Africa

is a translation of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika from Xhosa

Xhosa language

Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...

into Shona

Shona language

Shona is a Bantu language, native to the Shona people of Zimbabwe and southern Zambia; the term is also used to identify peoples who speak one of the Shona language dialects: Zezuru, Karanga, Manyika, Ndau and Korekore...

and Ndebele

Northern Ndebele language

The Northern Ndebele language, isiNdebele, or Ndebele is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of Zimbabwe. It is commonly known as Sindebele....

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