Icelands national anthem

Icelands national anthem
Icelands national anthem was written in year 1874. It was first sang thousand year colonization birthday of Iceland. Matthias Jochumsson wrote it in London and it has often been discussed to chance it because it is very hard to sing it.

Lofsöngur
Ó, guð, vors lands, ó, lands vors guð,
vjer lofum þitt heilaga, heilaga nafn.
Úr sólkerfum himnanna knýta þjer kranz
þínir herskarar, tímanna safn.
Fyrir þjer er einn dagur sem þúsund ár,
og þúsund ár dagur, ei meir,
Eitt eilifðar smáblóm með titrandi tár,
sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.
Íslands þús und ár, Íslands þús und ár
Eitt eilifðar smáblóm með titrandi tár,
sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.


Song of Praise
O God of our land, O our land's God,
We worship Thy holy, holy name.
From the solar systems of the heavens bind for you a wreath
Your warriors, the assembly of the ages.
For Thee is one day as a thousand years,
And a thousand years a day and no more,
One small flower of eternity with a quivering tear,
That prays to its God and dies.
Iceland's thousand years, Iceland's thousand years,
One small flower of eternity with a quivering tear,
That prays to its God and dies

Written in 1874

Words by MATTHÍAS JOCHUMSSON (1835-1920)

Music by SVEINBJÖRN SVEINBJÖRNSSON (1847-1926)

Icelands national anthem