Carl Nielsen

Vi frie Folk fra Norden

We sov'reign Nordic nation

CNW 386
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 365, 418
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 265
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 75, 111

Author: Valdemar Rørdam

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: 1908.

According to two letters to Thorvald Aagaard, Nielsen composed the song in 1908. On a later occasion, in 1914, Aagaard mentions that it was he who previously had urged Nielsen to compose it. The song was to be used at the Danish Rifle Club's gymnastics display at the 1908 London Olympic Games. In 1914, the melody was re-used with a new text (CNW 311).

Version for voices in unison

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 418

Date: 1908.

Marschtempo

Vi frie Folk fra Norden

We sov'reign Nordic nation

Version for children's choir

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 365

Date: 1924.

Vi fri Folk fra Norden

We free Nordic nation

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