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National anthem is a matter of immense pride for any countryman. Finland National Anthem also has special significance for all the Finnish people. It is mandatory to show respect by standing up, when the national anthem is sung or played. National anthems are played on very special occasions of national significance or on any national day. The national anthem of Finland is titled as Our Land, Maamme in Finnish or Vart land in Swedish.
The music of Finland National Anthem was composed by Fredrik Pacius and penned down by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. The national anthem of Finland was first performed in the year 1848. It was first sung by some students, who were celebrating the Flora Day on 13th May, 1848. The national anthem was originally written in Swedish and later translated to Finnish and English. The national anthem of Finland describes the people of the country as well as the bountiful nature that is bestowed on the country.
The English translation of the original Finland national anthem goes as:
Our land, our land, our fatherland,
Sound loud, O name of worth!
No mount that meets the heaven's band,
No hidden vale, no wavewashed strand,
Is loved, as is our native North,
Our own forefathers' earth.
Thy blossom, in the bud laid low,
Yet ripened shall upspring.
See! From our love once more shall grow
Thy light, thy joy, thy hope, thy glow!
And clearer yet one day shall ring
The song our land shall sing.
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