|
Name |
Anthem |
English
Translation |
Lyrics
Writer |
Music
Composer |
Yr Adopted |
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Afghanistan |
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Abdul Bari Jahani |
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Akrotiri[1] |
'God Save the Queen'
[see UK] |
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Albania |
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Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (d.1947) |
Ciprian Porumbescu (d.1883) |
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Algeria |
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American Samoa[2] |
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Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo |
Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga |
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Andorra |
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Joan Benlloch i Vivò (d.1926) |
Enric Marfany Bons (d.1942) |
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Angola |
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Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro (b.1941) |
Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingao (b.1939) |
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Anguilla[1] |
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Antigua and Barbuda[3] |
'Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee' |
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Novelle Hamilton Richards (d.1986) |
Walter Garnet Picart Chambers (b.1908) |
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Argentina |
'Himno Nacional Argentino' |
'Argentine National Anthem' |
Vicente López Y Planes (d.1856) |
José Blas Parera (d.c.1830) |
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Armenia |
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Mikael Ghazari Nalbandian (d.1866) |
Barsegh Kanachyan (d.1967) |
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Aruba[4] |
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Juan Chabaya 'Padu' Lampe |
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Australia[3] |
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Peter Dodds Mccormick (d.1916) |
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Austria |
'Bundeshymne'
(aka 'Land der Berge, Land am Strome') |
'Federal Hymn'
(aka 'Land of the Mountains, Land on the River') |
Paula von Preradović (d.1951) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d.1791) or Johann Holzer (d.1818) |
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Azerbaijan |
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Uzeyir Hajibeyov (d.1948) |
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The Bahamas[3] |
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Bahrain |
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'Our Bahrain' |
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Bangladesh |
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Rabindranath Tagore (d.1941) |
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Barbados[3] |
'The National Anthem of Barbados'
(aka 'In Plenty and In Time of Need') |
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Irving Louis Burgie (b.1926) |
C. Van Roland Edwards (d.1985) |
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Belarus |
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Mikhas Klimkovich (d.1954) & Uladzimir Karyzna |
Nester Sakalouski (d.1950) |
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Belgium |
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Louis-Alexandre Dechet 'Jennevel' (d.1830) & Charles Rogier
(d.1885) [French], Victor Ceulemans [Dutch] |
Francois Van Campenhout (d.1948) |
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Belize[3] |
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Samuel Alfred Haynes (d.1971) |
Selwyn Walford Young (d.1987) |
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Benin |
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Gilbert Jean Dagnon (b.1926) |
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Bermuda[1] |
'Hail to Bermuda' |
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Bette Johns |
Bette Johns |
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Bhutan |
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'The Thunder Dragon Kingdom' |
Gyaldun Dasho Thinley Dorji (d.1966) |
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Bolivia |
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José Ignacio de Sanjinés (d.1864) |
Leopoldo Benedetto Vincenti Franti (d.1914) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
'Drzavna himna Bosne i Hercegovine' |
'The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina' |
Dušan Šestić & Benjamin Isović |
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Botswana |
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Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete (d.1974) |
Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete |
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Brazil |
'Hino Nacional Brasileiro' |
'Brazilian National Anthem' |
Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada (d.1927) |
Francisco Manoel da Silva (d.1865) |
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British Virgin Islands[1] |
'God Save the Queen'
[see UK] |
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Brunei |
'Allah Peliharakan Sultan' |
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Pengiran Haji Mohamed Yusuf bin Pengiran Abdul Rahim (b.1923) |
Awang Haji Besar bin Sagap (d.1988) |
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Bulgaria |
'Mila Rodino' |
|
Tsvetan Tsvetkov Radoslavov (d.1931), et al. |
Tsvetan Tsvetkov Radoslavov |
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Burkina Faso |
'Le Ditanye'
(aka 'Une Seule Nuit') |
'Anthem of Victory'
(aka 'One Single Night') |
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Burundi |
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Jean-Baptiste Ntahokaja (b. 1920) with a student group |
Marc Barengayabo (b.1934) |
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Cambodia |
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Cameroon |
'O Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancetres'
(aka 'Chant de Ralliement') |
'O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers'
(aka 'The Rallying Song) |
René Djam Afame (d.1981) with a student group [French], Bernard
Nsokika Fonlon [English] |
Rene Djam Afame, Samuel Minkio Bamba (b.1911), Moïse Nyatte
Nko'o (d.1978) |
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Canada[3] |
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Robert Stanley Weir (d.1926) [English], Adolphe-Basile Routhier
(d.1920) [French] |
attrib. to Calixa Lavallée (d.1891) |
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Cape Verde |
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Adalberto Higino Tavares Silva |
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Cayman Islands[1] |
'Beloved Isle Cayman' |
|
Leila E. Ross |
Leila E. Ross |
1993 |
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Central African Republic |
'Le Renaissance' |
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Barthélémy Boganda (d.1959) |
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Chad |
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Louis Gidrol (b.1922) with a student group |
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Chile |
'Himno Nacional de Chile' |
'National Anthem of Chile' |
Eusebio Lillo Robles (d.1910) & Bernardo de Vera y Pintado
(d.1826) |
Ramón Carnicer y Battle (d.1855) |
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China |
'Yiyonggjun Jinxingqu'
(aka 'Zhongguo Guoge') |
'The March of the Volunteers'
(aka 'Chinese National Song') |
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Christmas Island[8] |
'Advance Australia Fair'
[see Australia] |
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands[8] |
'Advance Australia Fair'
[see Australia] |
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Colombia |
'Himno Nacional de la Republica de Colombia' |
'National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia' |
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Comoros |
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'The Union of the Great Islands' |
Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane (b.1942) |
Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane & Kamildine Abdallah (d.1982) |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Simon-Pierre Boka Di Mpasi Londi |
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Republic of the Congo |
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Jacques Tondra & Georges Kibanghi |
Jean Royer & Joseph Spadilière |
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Cook Islands |
'Te Atua Mou E' |
'To God Almighty' |
Tepaeru Te Rito |
Thomas Davis |
1982 |
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Costa Rica |
'Himno Nacional de Costa Rica' |
'National Anthem of Costa Rica' |
José María Zeledón Brenes (d.1949) |
Manuel María Gutiérrez (d.1887) |
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Côte d'Ivoire |
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Mathieu Ekra (b.1917), Joachim Bony & Pierre Marie Coty |
Pierre Marie Coty & Pierre Michel Pango (b.1926) |
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Croatia |
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Cuba |
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Curacao |
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Guillermo Rosario, Mae Henriquez, Enrique Muller & Betty
Doran |
Frater Candidus Nowens & Errol 'El Toro' Colina |
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Cyprus |
'Ymnos eis tin Eleftherian' |
|
Dionysios Solomos (d.1857) |
Nikolaos Mantzaros (d.1872) |
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Czech Republic |
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|
Josef Kajetán Tyl (d.1856) |
František Jan Škroup (d.1862) |
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Denmark |
1) 'Der er et yndigt land'
2) 'Kong Christian'
(aka 'Kong Christian stod ved hojen mast' & 'Kongesangen') |
1) 'There is a Lovely Land'
2) 'King Christian'
(aka 'King Christian Stood by the Lofty Mast' & 'The King's
Anthem') |
1) Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (d.1850)
2) Johannes Ewald |
1) Hans Ernst Krøyer (d.1879)
2) Unknown |
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Dhekelia[1] |
'God Save the Queen'
[see UK] |
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Djibouti |
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Dominica |
'Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendor' |
|
Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond (d.1985) |
Lemuel Mcpherson Christian (b.1913) |
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Dominican Republic |
'Himno Nacional'
(aka 'Quisqueyanos valientes') |
'National Anthem'
(aka 'Valiant Sons of Quisqueye') |
Emilio Prud'homme (d.1932) |
José Reyés (d.1905) |
1934 |
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East Timor |
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Ecuador |
'Salve, Oh Patria!' |
'We Salute You Our Homeland' |
Juan León Mera (d.1894) |
Antonio Neumane (d.1871) |
1948 |
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Egypt |
|
'My Homeland, My Homeland, My Homeland' |
Younis al-Qadi |
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El Salvador |
'Himno Nacional de El Salvador' |
'National Anthem of El Salvador' |
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Equatorial Guinea |
'Caminemos pisando la senda' |
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Atanasio Ndongo Miyono or Ramiro Sanchez Lopez |
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Eritrea |
|
'Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea' |
Solomon Tsehaye Beraki (b.1956) |
Isaac Abraham Meharezgi (b.1944) & Aron Tekle Tesfatsion
(b.1963) |
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Estonia |
'Mu isamaa, mu onn ja room' |
'My Native Land, My Pride and Joy' |
Johann Voldemar Jannsen (d.1900) |
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Ethiopia |
'Whedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia' |
'March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia' |
Melaku Mengesha Dereje (b.1957) |
Solomon Lulu Mitiku (b.1950) |
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European Union |
'Ode to Joy' |
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None |
Ludwig Van Beethoven & Herbert von Karajan |
1972, 1986[7] |
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Falkland Islands[1] |
'Song of the Falklands' |
|
Christopher Lanham |
Christopher Lanham |
1930s |
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Faroe Islands |
'Mitt alfagra land'
(aka 'Tu alfagra land mitt') |
'My Fairest Land'
(aka 'Thou Fairest Land of Mine') |
Simun av Skaroi |
Peter Alberg |
1948 |
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Fiji |
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Michael Francis Alexander Prescott (b.1928) |
C. Austin Miles & Michael Francis Alexander Prescott |
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Finland |
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Johan Ludvig Runeberg (d.1877) |
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France |
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Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle (d.1836) |
Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
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French Guiana[9] |
'La Marseillaise'
[see France] |
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French Polynesia[9] |
'Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui' |
'Long Live Tahiti Nui' |
Maeva Bouges, Irmine Tehei, Angele Terorotua, Johanna Nouveau,
Patrick Amaru, Louis Mamatui & Jean-Pierre Celestin |
Maeva Bouges, Irmine Tehei, Angele Terorotua, Johanna Nouveau,
Patrick Amaru, Louis Mamatui & Jean-Pierre Celestin |
1993 |
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Gabon |
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George Aleka Damas (d.1982) |
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The Gambia |
'For The Gambia, Our Homeland' |
|
Virginia Julie Howe (b.1927) |
Jeremy Frederick Howe (b.1929) [adapted from the traditional
song 'Foday Kaba Dumbuya'] |
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Georgia |
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Zakaria Paliashvili & Joseb Ketschakmadse |
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Germany |
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August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (d.1874) |
Franz Joseph Haydn (d.1809) |
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Ghana |
'God Bless Our Homeland Ghana' |
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Gibraltar[1] |
'Gibraltar Anthem' |
|
Peter Emberley |
Peter Emberley |
1994 |
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Greece |
'Ymnos eis tin Eleftherian' |
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Dionysios Solomos (d.1857) |
Nikolaos Mantzaros (d.1872) |
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Greenland |
'Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit' |
'Our Country, Who's Become So Old' |
Henrik Lund |
Jonathan Petersen |
1916 |
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Grenada[3] |
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Irva Merle Baptiste (b.1924) |
Louis Arnold Masanto Jr (b.1938) |
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Guadeloupe[9] |
'La Marseillaise'
[see France] |
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Guam[2] |
'Fanohge Chamoru'
(aka 'Guam Hymn') |
'Stand Ye Guamanians' |
Ramón Manalisay Sablan [English], Lagrimas Untalan [Chamoru] |
Ramon Manalisay Sablan |
1919 |
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Guatemala |
'Himno Nacional de Guatemala' |
'National Anthem of Guatemala' |
José Joaquín Palma (d.1911) |
Rafael Álvarez Ovalle (d.1948) |
Music, 1897
Lyrics, 1934[5] |
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Guernsey[1] |
'Sarnia Cherie' |
'Guernsey Dear' |
George
Deighton |
Domenico Santangelo |
1911 |
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Guinea |
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Guinea-Bissau |
'Esta e a Nossa Patria Bem Amada' |
'This Is Our Beloved Country' |
Amilcar Lopes Cabral (d.1973) |
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Guyana |
'Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains' |
|
Archibald Leonard Luker (d.1971) |
Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter (d.1981) |
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Haiti |
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|
Justin Lhérisson (d.1907) |
Nicolas Geffrard (d.1930) |
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Honduras |
'Himno Nacional de Honduras' |
'National Anthem of Honduras' |
Augusto Constancio Coello Estévez (d.1941) |
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Hong Kong[10] |
'Yiyonggjun Jinxingqu'
[see China] |
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Hungary |
'Himnusz'
(aka 'Isten, aldd meg a magyart') |
'Hymn'
(aka 'God, Bless the Hungarians') |
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Iceland |
'Lofsongur'
(aka 'O, Guo vors Lands') |
'Song of Praise'
(aka 'O, God of Our Land') |
Matthias Jochumsson (d.1920) |
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (d.1926) |
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India |
|
'Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People' |
Rabindranath Tagore (d.1941) |
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Indonesia |
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Wage Rudolf Supratman (d.1983) |
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Iran |
'Soroud-e Melli-e Jomhouri-e Eslami-e Iran' |
'National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran' |
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Iraq |
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Ireland |
|
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Peadar Kearney (d.1942) [English], Liam O Rinn [Irish] |
Patrick Heeney (d.1911) & Peadar Kearney |
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Isle of Man[1] |
'Arrane Ashoonagh dy Vannin' |
'O Land of Our Birth' |
William Henry Gill [English], John J. Kneen [Manx] |
Traditional |
2003, 1907[7] |
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Israel |
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|
Naftali Herz Imber (d.1909) |
Traditional, arr. Samuel Cohen |
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Italy |
'Il Canto degli italiani'
(aka 'L'Inno di Mameli' & 'Fratelli d'Italia')
|
'The Song of the Italians'
(aka 'Mameli's Hymn' & 'Brothers of Italy') |
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Jamaica[3] |
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Rev Hugh Braham Sherlock (b.1905) |
Robert Charles Lightbourne (d.1995) |
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Japan |
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Hiromori Hayashi (d.1896) |
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Jersey[1] |
'Isle de Siez Nous' |
'Island Home' |
Gerard Le Feuvre |
Gerard Le Feuvre |
2008 |
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Jordan |
'As-salam al-malaki al-urdoni' |
'Long Live the King of Jordan' |
Abdul-Mone'm al-Rifai' (d.1985) |
Abdul-Qader al-Taneer (d.1957) |
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Kazakhstan |
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Zhumeken Nazhimedenov & Nursultan Nazarbayev |
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Kenya |
|
|
Graham Hyslop, Thomas Kalume, Peter Kibukosya, Washington
Omondi & George W. Senoga-Zake |
Traditional, adapted by G. Hyslop, T. Kalume, P. Kibukosya,
W. Omondi & G. W. Senoga-Zake |
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Kiribati |
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Urium Tamuera Ioteba (d.1988) |
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North Korea |
'Aegukka'
(aka 'Ach'imun pinnara') |
'Patriotic Song'
(aka 'Let Morning Shine') |
|
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South Korea |
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Yun Ch'i-ho (d.1946) or An Ch'ang-Ho (d.1938) |
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Kosovo |
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Kuwait |
|
|
Ahmad Mushari al-Adwani (d.1992) |
Ibrahim Nasir al-Soula (b.1935) |
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Kyrgyzstan |
'Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Mamlekettik Gimni' |
'National Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic' |
Djamil Sadykov & Eshmambet Kuluev |
Nasyr Davlesov & Kalyi Moldobasanov |
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Laos |
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Thongdy Sounthone Vichit (d.1968) |
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Latvia |
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Lebanon |
|
'All Of Us, For Our Country!' |
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Lesotho |
'Lesotho fatse la bo ntat'a rona' |
'Lesotho, Land of Our Fathers' |
François Coillard (d.1904) |
Ferdinand-Samuel Laur (d.1854) |
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Liberia |
'All Hail, Liberia Hail!' |
|
Daniel Bashiel Warner (d.1880) |
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Libya |
|
|
Mahmoud el-Sherif (d.1990) |
Abdalla Shams el-Din (d.1977) |
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Liechtenstein |
|
'High Above the Young Rhine' |
Jakob Joseph Jauch (d.1859) |
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Lithuania |
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Luxembourg |
1) 'Ons Heemecht' (national)
2) 'De Wilhelmus' (royal) |
1) 'Our Motherland'
(national)
2) 'The William' (royal) |
1) Michel Lentz (d.1893)
2) Nikolaus Welter |
1) Jean-Antoine Zinnen (d.1898)
2) unknown |
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Macau[10] |
'Yiyonggjun Jinxingqu'
[see China] |
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Macedonia |
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Madagascar |
'Ry Tanindraza nay malala o' |
'Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland' |
Pasteur Rahajason (d.1971) |
Norbert Raharisoa (d.1964) |
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Malawi |
|
'Oh God Bless Our Land of Malawi' |
Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka (b.1934) |
Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka |
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Malaysia |
|
|
Special committee lead by Tunku Abdul Rahman |
Pierre Jean de Beranger (d.1857) |
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Maldives |
|
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Mohamed Jameel Didi (d.1989) |
Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva (b.1927) |
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Mali |
'Le Mali'
(aka 'Pour L'Afrique et pour toi, Mali' & 'A ton appel
Mali') |
'Mali'
(aka 'For Africa and for You, Mali & 'At Your Call, Mali') |
Seydou Badian Kouyate (b.1928) |
Banzoumana Sissoko (d.1987) |
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Malta |
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Marshall Islands |
'Forever Marshall Islands' |
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Martinique[9] |
'La Marseillaise'
[see France] |
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Mauritania |
'Hymne National de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie' |
'National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania' |
|
Traditional,
arr. Tolia Nikiprowetzky (b.1916) |
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Mauritius |
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|
Jean Georges Prosper (b.1933) |
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Mayotte[9] |
'La Marseillaise'
[see France] |
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Mexico |
'Himno Nacional Mexicano'
(aka 'Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra') |
'National Anthem of Mexico'
(aka 'Mexicans, to the War Cry') |
Francisco González Bocanegra (d.1861) |
|
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Federated States of Micronesia |
'Patriots of Micronesia'
(aka 'Across All Micronesia') |
|
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Unknown (based on the German song 'Ich hab mich ergeben') |
|
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Moldova |
|
|
Alexei Mateevici (d.1917) |
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Monaco |
'A Marcia de Muneghu'
(aka 'Hymne Monegasque') |
'The March of Monaco'
(aka 'Monegasque Anthem') |
|
Charles Albrecht (d.1895) |
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Mongolia |
'Mongol ulsyn toriin duulal' |
'National Anthem of Mongolia' |
Tsendiin Damdinsuren (d.1986) |
Bilegiin Damdinsuren (d.1991) & Luvsanjamts Murjorj (d.1996) |
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Montenegro |
'Oj, svijetla majska zoro' |
|
|
Unknown (folk song), arr. Zarko Mikovic |
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Montserrat[1] |
'God Save the Queen'
[see UK] |
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Morocco |
|
|
Ali Squalli Houssaini (b.1932) |
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Mozambique |
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Myanmar (Burma) |
|
'Till the End of the World, Myanmar' |
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Namibia |
'Namibia, Land of the Brave' |
|
Axali Doeseb (b.1954) |
Axali Doeseb |
1991 |
|
Nauru |
|
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|
Laurence Henry Hicks (b.1912) |
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Nepal |
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The Netherlands |
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Philips van Marnix van Sint Aldegonde (attrib.) |
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New Caledonia[9] |
'Soyons unis, devenons freres' |
'Let Us Be United, Let Us Become Brothers' |
Chorale Melodia |
Chorale Melodia |
2008 |
|
New Zealand[3] |
|
|
Thomas Bracken (d.1898) [English], Thomas Henry Smith (d.1907)
[Maori] |
John Joseph Woods (d.1934) |
|
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Nicaragua |
|
'Hail to Thee, Nicaragua' |
Salómon Ibarra Mayorga (d.1985) |
Traditional, arr. Luis Abraham Delgadillo (d.1961) |
|
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Niger |
|
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Maurice Albert Thiriet (d.1969) |
Robert Jacquet (d.1976) & Nicolas Abel François Frionnet
(b.1911) |
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Nigeria |
'Arise Oh Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey' |
|
John A. Ilechukwu, Eme Etim Akpan, B. A. Ogunnaike, Sotu Omoigui
& P. O. Aderibigbe |
Benedict Elide Odiase (b.1934) |
|
|
Niue |
'Ko e Iki he Lagi' |
'The Lord in Heaven' |
Unknown |
Unknown (prepared by Sioeli Fusikata) |
1974 |
|
Norfolk Island[8] |
'Come Ye Blessed'
(aka 'Pitcairn Anthem') |
|
New Testament |
John Prindle Scott |
1996 |
|
Northern Mariana Islands[2] |
'Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi' |
'In the Middle of the Sea' |
Jose S. Pangelinan [Chamoru], David Peter [Carolinian] |
Wilhelm Ganzhorn |
1996 |
|
Norway |
'Ja, vi elsker dette landet' & 'Kongesangen'
(royal anthem) |
'Yes, We Love This Country' & 'God
Save the King' (royal anthem) |
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (d.1910) |
Rikard Nordraak (d.1866) |
1864 |
|
Oman |
'Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani' |
|
Rashid Bin Uzayyiz Al Khusaidi |
James Frederick Mills, arr. Bernard Ebbinghaus |
|
|
Pakistan |
'Qaumi Tarana'
(aka 'Pak sarzamin shad bad') |
'National Anthem'
(aka 'Blessed Be the Sacred Land') |
Abu-al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri (d.1982) |
Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla (d.1953) |
|
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Palau |
|
|
|
Ymesei O. Ezekiel (d.1984) |
|
|
Panama |
|
|
Jerónimo de la Ossa (d.1907) |
|
|
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Papua New Guinea |
|
|
Thomas Shacklady (b.1917) |
|
|
|
Paraguay |
'Paraguayos, Republica o muerte!' |
'Paraguayans, The Republic or Death!' |
Francisco Esteban Acuña de Figueroa (d.1862) |
Disputed - Francisco José Debali (d.1859), Francés Dupuy (d.1861)
or Louis Cavedagni (d. 1916) |
|
|
Peru |
'Himno Nacional del Peru' |
'National Anthem of Peru' |
José de la Torre Ugarte (d.1831) |
José Bernardo Alzedo (d.1878) |
|
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Philippines |
|
|
José Palma; revised by Felipe Padilla de Leon (d.1992) |
|
|
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Pitcairn Islands[1] |
'We From Pitcairn Island' |
|
Unknown |
Frederick M. Lehman |
|
|
Poland |
'Mazurek Dabrowskiego'
(aka 'Jeszcze Polska nie zginela') |
'Dabrowski's Mazurka'
(aka 'Poland Has Not Yet Perished') |
|
|
|
|
Portugal |
|
'The Song of the Portuguese' |
Henrique Lopes de Mendoça (d.1931) |
|
|
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Puerto Rico[2] |
'La Borinquena' |
'The Puerto Rican' |
Manuel Fernandez Juncos |
Felix Astol Artes |
Music, 1952
Lyrics, 1977 |
|
Qatar |
|
'The Peace for the Anthem' |
Sheikh Mubarak bin Saif al-Thani |
Abdul Aziz Nasser Obaidan |
|
|
Réunion[9] |
'La Marseillaise'
[see France] |
|
|
|
|
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Romania |
|
|
Andrei Mureşianu (d.1863) |
|
|
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Russia |
'Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii' |
'National Anthem of the Russian Federation' |
Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (b.1913) |
Alexandr Vasilievich Alexandrov (d.1946) |
|
|
Rwanda |
|
'Rwanda, Our Beautiful Country' |
|
|
|
|
Saint Barthélemy[9] |
'L'Hymne à Saint-Barthélemy' |
'Hymn to St. Barthelemy' |
Isabelle Massart Deravin |
Michael Valenti |
1999[7] |
|
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha[1] |
'God Save the Queen'
[see UK] |
|
|
|
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis[3] |
|
|
Kenrick Anderson Georges (b.1955) |
|
|
|
Saint Lucia[3] |
'Sons and Daughters of St Lucia' |
|
|
Leton Felix Thomas (b.1926) |
|
|
Saint Martin[9] |
'O Sweet Saint Martin's Land' |
|
Gerard Kemps |
Gerard Kemps |
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon[9] |
'La Marseillaise'
[see France] |
|
|
|
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[3] |
'St. Vincent! Land So Beautiful' |
|
Phyllis Joyce Mcclean Punnett (b.1917) |
Joel Bertram Miguel (b.1938) |
|
|
Samoa |
'O le Fu"a o le Sa"olotoga o Samoa'
(aka 'Samoa Tula'i') |
'The Banner of Freedom'
(aka 'Samoa Arise') |
Sauni liga Kuresa (d.1978) |
|
|
|
San Marino |
'Inno Nazionale della Repubblica' |
'National Anthem of the Republic' |
|
Federico Consolo (d.1906) |
|
|
São Tomé and Príncipe |
|
|
Alda Neves da Graça do Espirito Santo (b.1926) |
Manuel dos Santos Barreto de Sousa e Almeida (b.1933) |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
|
'Long Live Our Beloved King' |
|
Abdul Rahman al-Khateeb (b.1923) |
|
|
Senegal |
'Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons' |
'Pluck Your Koras, Strike the Balafons' |
Léopold Sédar Senghor (d.2001) |
|
|
|
Serbia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seychelles |
|
|
David François Marc André (b.1958) & George Charles Robert
Payet (b.1959) |
David Francois Marc Andre & George Charles Robert Payet |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
'High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free' |
|
Clifford Nelson Fyle (b.1933) |
|
|
|
Singapore |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sint Maarten[4] |
'O Sweet Saint Martin's Land' |
|
|
|
|
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Slovakia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Slovenia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solomon Islands[3] |
'God Save Our Solomon Islands' |
|
Panapasa Balekana & Matila Balekana |
|
|
|
Somalia |
'Soomaaliyeey toosoo' |
'Somalia Wake Up' |
Ali Mire Awale & Yuusuf Xaaji Aadan Cilmi Qabille |
Ali Mire Awale & Yuusuf Xaaji Aadan Cilmi Qabille |
2000 |
|
South Africa |
'National Anthem of South Africa' |
|
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (d.1904) & Cornelius Jacob Langenhoven
(d.1932) |
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga & Marthinus Lourens de Villiers
(d.1977) |
|
|
Spain |
'Himno Nacional Español'
(aka 'Marcha Real') |
'National Anthem of Spain'
(aka 'Royal March') |
|
|
|
|
Sri Lanka |
|
|
Ananda Samarkone (d.1962) |
|
|
|
The Sudan |
'Nahnu Djundulla Djundulwatan' |
'We Are the Army of God and of Our Land' |
Sayed Ahmad Muhammad Salih (d.1971) |
|
|
|
Suriname |
'God zij met ons Suriname!' |
'God Be With Our Suriname' |
Cornelis Atses Hoekstra & Henry de Ziel |
Johannes Corstianus de Puy (d.1924) |
|
|
Svalbard[11] |
'Ja, vi elsker dette landet'
[see Norway] |
|
|
|
|
|
Swaziland |
'Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati' |
'Oh God, Bestower of the Blessings of the Swazi' |
Andrease Enoke Fanyana Simelane (b.1934) |
David Kenneth Rycroft (b.1924) |
|
|
Sweden |
'Du Gamla, Du Fria'
(aka 'Sang till Norden') &
'Kungssangen' (royal anthem) |
'Thou Ancient, Thou Free'
(aka 'Song of the North') & 'The
King's Song' (royal anthem) |
Richard Dybeck (d.1877) |
|
|
|
Switzerland |
'Schweizerpsalm' [German]
'Cantique Suisse' [French]
'Salmo svizzero,' [Italian]
'Psalm svizzer' [Romansch] |
|
Leonhard Widmer (d.1867) [German], Charles Chatelanat (d.1907)
[French], Camillo Valsangiacomo (d.1978) [Italian] & Flurin
Camathias [Romansch] |
Alberich Zwyssig (d.1854) |
|
|
Syria |
|
'Guardians of the Homeland' |
Khalil Mardam Bey (d.1959) |
Mohammad Salim Flayfel (d.1896) & Ahmad Salim Flayfel |
|
|
Taiwan[10] |
'Zhonghua Minguo guoge' & 'Guo Qi Ge' (intl events only) |
'National Anthem of the Republic of China' & 'National
Banner Song' (intl events only) |
Hu Han-Min, Tai Chi-T'ao & Liao Chung-K'ai |
Cheng Mao-Yun |
1930 |
|
Tajikistan |
|
|
|
Suleiman Yudakov (b.1916) |
|
|
Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thailand |
'Phleng Chat Thai' & 'Phleng Sansasoen Phra Barami' (royal
anthem) |
'National Anthem of Thailand' & 'A Salute to the Monarch'
(royal anthem) |
Luang Saranuprapan (d.1954) |
Phra Jenduriyang (d.1968) |
|
|
Togo |
'Salut a toi, pays de nos aieux' |
'Hail to Thee, Land of Our Forefathers' |
Alex Casimir-Dosseh (b.1923) |
|
|
|
Tokelau[12] |
'Te Atua' |
'For the Almighty' |
Unknown |
Falani Kalolo |
2008 |
|
Tonga |
'Ko e fasi 'o e tu'i 'o e 'Otu Tonga'
(aka 'Fasi Fakafonua') |
'Song of the King of the Tonga Islands'
(aka 'National Song') |
Uelingatoni Ngu Tupoumalohi |
|
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
'Forged From the Love of Liberty' |
|
Patrick Stanislaus Castagne (b.1916) |
Patrick Stanislaus Castagne |
|
|
Tunisia |
|
'Defenders of the Homeland' |
Mustafa Sadik al-Rafii (d.1937) & Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
(d.1934) |
Mohamad Abdel Wahab (d.1991) |
|
|
Turkey |
|
|
Mehmet Akif Ersoy (d.1936) |
|
|
|
Turkmenistan |
'Garassyz, Bitarap Turkmenistanyn' |
'Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem' |
|
|
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands[1] |
'This Land of Ours' |
|
Conrad Howell |
Conrad Howell |
|
|
Tuvalu[3] |
|
'Tuvalu for the Almighty' |
|
|
|
|
Uganda |
'Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty!' |
|
George Wilberforce Kakomoa (b.1923) |
George Wilberforce Kakomoa |
|
|
Ukraine |
|
'Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished' |
|
Mikhail Verbytskyi (d.1870) |
|
|
United Arab Emirates |
'Nashid al-watani al-imarati' |
'National Anthem of the United Arab Emirates' |
Aref al Sheikh Abdullah al Hassan |
Mohamad Abdel Wahab (d.1991) |
|
|
United Kingdom |
|
|
|
Unknown (Thomas Arne?, Henry Carey?) |
|
|
United States
of America |
'The Star-Spangled Banner' |
|
Francis Scott Key (d.1843) |
|
|
|
Uruguay |
'Himno Nacional' (aka 'Orientales, la Patria o la tumba!') |
'National Anthem of Uruguay' (aka 'Uruguayans, the Fatherland
or Death!') |
Francisco Esteban Acuña de Figueroa (d.1862) |
Francisco José Debali (d.1859) |
|
|
Uzbekistan |
'O'zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi' |
'National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan' |
|
|
|
|
Vanuatu |
|
|
François Vincent Ayssav (b.1955) |
|
|
|
Vatican |
'Inno e Marcia Pontificale'
(aka 'L'Inno Pontificale') |
'Hymn and Pontifical March'
(aka 'The Pontifical Hymn') |
Raffaello Lavagna [Latin], Antonio Allegra (d.1969) [Italian] |
Charles-Francois Gounod (d.1893) |
|
|
Venezuela |
|
'Glory to the Brave Nation' |
|
Juan José Landaeta (d.1814) |
|
|
Vietnam |
|
'The Song of the Marching Troops' |
|
|
|
|
Virgin Islands[2] |
'Virgin Islands March' |
|
Multiple |
Alton Augustus Adams, Sr |
1963 |
|
Wallis and Futuna[9] |
'La Marseillaise'
[see France] |
|
|
|
|
|
Yemen |
'al-qumhuriyatu l-muttahida' |
|
Abdullah Abdulwahab Noa'man (d.1982) |
Ayyoab Tarish Absi (b.1943) |
|
|
Zambia |
|
'Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free' |
|
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (d.1904) |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
'Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe' [Northern Ndebele language]
'Simudzai Mureza WeZimbabwe' [Shona] |
'Blessed Be the Land of Zimbabwe' |
Solomon M. Mutswairo (b.1924) |
Fred Lecture Changundega (b.1954) |
1994 |
 |
Notes
1. UK territory/dependency. The anthem of the UK is official.
2. US territory/dependency. The anthem of the US is official.
For the Northern Mariana Islands, both the local and the US
anthem are official.
3. A Commonwealth country with 'God Save the Queen' as its royal
anthem. In New Zealand, 'God Save the Queen' and 'God Defend
New Zealand' are equal in status.
4. Dutch territory/dependency. The anthem of the Netherlands
is official.
5. Lyrics changed
6. Restored
7. In use since
8. Territory of Australia. 'God Save the Queen' is the royal
anthem. In Norfolk Island, 'God Save the Queen' is both the
national and the royal anthem.
9. French department/territory. The anthem of France is official.
10 = 10. Territory of China. The anthem of China is official.
11. Territory of Norway. The anthem of Norway is official.
12. Territory of New Zealand. The New Zealand and UK anthems
are also official.
Sources
Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA World Factbook 2012.
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc, 2011.
Hang, X., ed. Encyclopedia of National Anthems.
Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2003.
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