National anthem

A national anthem is a generally patriotic song that is appointed as an official national song by the government. The oldest national anthem is Great Britain's "God Save the Queen," which was first called the national anthem in the early 19th century although the song was in use from the mid-18th century.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, with the rise of the national state, most countries have adopted a national anthem.

• Acadia?
  • [Ave Maris Stella]? (Star of the Sea, We Hail Thee)

• Afghanistan
  • Sououd-e-Melli?

• Albania
  • [Hymni i Flamurit]? (Hymn to the Flag)

• Algeria
  • Kassaman? (We Pledge)

• American Samoa
  • [Amerika Samoa]?

• Andorra
  • [El Gran Carelmany]? (The Great Charlemagne)

• Angola
  • [Angola Avante]? (Forward Angola)

• Anguilla
  • God Save the Queen

• Antigua and Barbuda
  • [Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee]?

• Argentina
  • [Oid, Mortales]? (Hear, O Mortals!)

• Armenia
  • [Mer Hayrenik]? (Our Fatherland)

• Aruba
  • [Aruba Deshi Tera]? (Aruba Precious Country)

• Australia
  • Advance Australia Fair (formerly God Save the Queen)

• Austria
  • [Land der Berge, Land am Strome]? (Land of Mountains, Land of Streams)

• Bahamas
  • [March On, Bahamaland]?

• Bahrain
  • Bahrainona? (Our Bahrain)

• Bangladesh
  • [Amar Sonar Bangla]? (My Golden Bengal)

• Barbados
  • [In Plenty and In Time of Need]?

• [Basque Country]?
  • [Eusko Gudariak]? (The Basque Soldier)

• Belarus
  • [Young Belarus]?

• Belgium
  • [La Brabaçonne]? (The Song of Brabant)

• Belize
  • [Land of the Free]?

• Benin
  • [L'Aube Nouvelle]? (The Dawn of a New Day)

• Bermuda
  • God Save the Queen

• Bhutan
  • [Druk tsendhen]? (The Thunder Dragon Kingdom)

• Bolivia
  • [Bolivianos, el hado propicio]? (Bolivians, A Favourable Destiny)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina (former anthem)
  • [Jedna i Jedina]? (One and Only)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Intermeco?

• Botswana
  • [Fatshe leno la rona]? (Blessed Be This Noble Land)

• Brazil
  • [Brazil's anthem, entitled Hino Nacional Brasileiro]?

• Brunei
  • [Ya Allah lanjutkan la usia Duli tuanku]? (Oh God, Long Live Our Majesty the Sultan)

• Bulgaria
  • [Gorda Starra planeena]? (Proudly Rise the Balkan Peaks)

• Burkina Faso
  • [Une Seule Nuit]? (One Single Night)

• Burundi
  • [Burundi bwacu]? (Beloved Burundi)

• Cambodia
  • Nokoreach?

• Cameroon
  • [Chant de Ralliement]?

• Canada
  • O Canada

• Canary Islands
  • [Marcha Real]?

• Catalonia
  • [Els Segadors]?

• Cayman Islands
  • [Beloved Isles Cayman]?

• Central African Republic
  • [La Renaissance]?

• Chad
  • [La Tchadienne]?

• Chile
  • [Dulce Patria, recibe los votos]? (Dear Homeland, Accept Our Devotion)
  • Himno Nacional

• China
  • [The March of the Volunteers]?

• Colombia
  • [Oh Gloria inmarcesible]? (Oh Unfading Glory!)

• Comoros
  • [Udzima wa ya Masiwa]? (The Union of the Great Islands)

• [Congo, Democratic Republic of]?
  • [Debout Kongolaise]? (Arise Congolese)

• [Congo, Republic of]?
  • [La Congolaise]?

• Cook Islands
  • God Defend New Zealand

• Costa Rica
  • [Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera]? (Noble Fatherland, Your Beautiful Flag)

• Cote d'Ivoire
  • L'Abidjanaise? (Song of Abidjan)

• Croatia
  • [Lijepa nasa Domovino]? (Our Beautiful Homeland)

• Cuba
  • [La Bayamesa]? (The Bayamo Song)

• Cyprus
  • [Ode to Freedom]?

• Czech Republic
  • [[Kde domov muj?]]

• Denmark
  • royal: [Kong Kristian]? (King Christian)
  • civil: [Derer et yndigt land]? (There Is A Lovely Land)

• Dominica
  • [Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour]?

• Dominican Republic
  • [Quisqueyanos valientes]? (Valiant Sons of Quisqueye)

• East Germany
  • [Auferstanden aus Ruinen]? (Risen from Ruins)

• East Timor
  • [Foho Ramelau]? (Ramelau Mountain)

• Ecuador
  • [Salve, Oh Patria]? (We Salute You Our Homeland)

• Egypt
  • [Bilady, Bilady, Bilady]? (My Homeland, My Homeland, My Homeland)

• El Salvador
  • [Saludemos la Patria orgilosos]? (Salute the Proud Motherland)

• Equatorial Guinea
  • [Caminemos Pisando la Senda de Nuestra Inmensa Felicidad]? (Let's Walk Down The Path Of Our Immense Happiness)

• Estonia
  • [Mu Isamaa, Mu Onn Ja Room]? (My Native Land, My Pride and Joy)

• Ethiopia
  • [Whedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia]? (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia)

• [Faeroe Islands]?
  • [[Tú alfagra land mitt]] (O Faeroe Islands, My Dearest Treasure)

• Falkland Islands
  • God Save the Queen

• Fiji
  • [God Bless Fiji]?

• Finland
  • Maamme? (Our Land)

• France
  • [La Marseillaise]?

• French Guiana
  • [La Marseillaise]?

• French Polynesia
  • [La Marseillaise]?

• Gabon
  • [La Concorde]?

• Gambia
  • [For The Gambia Our Homeland]?

• Georgia
  • [Dideba zetsit kurthelus]? (Praise Be To The Heavenly Bestower of Blessings)

• Germany
  • [Deutchland Uber Alles]? (Germany Over All)
  • [Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit]? (Unity, Right, and Liberty)
  • Das Lied der Deutschen 3rd strophe

• Ghana
  • [God Bless Our Homeland Ghana]?

• Gibraltar
  • [God Save The Queen]?

• Greece
  • [Hymnos pro tin Elphtherian]? (Hymn to Freedom)

• Greenland
  • [nangmineq erinllik]?

• Grenada
  • [Hail Grenada]?

• Guadeloupe
  • [La Marseillaise]?

• Guam
  • [Stand Ye Guamanians]?

• Guatemala
  • [Guatemala Feliz]? (Guatemala, Be Praised!)

• Guinea
  • [[Liberté]]

• Guinea-Bissau
  • [[Esta é a Nossa Pátrai Bem Amada]]

• Guyana
  • [Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Palms]?

• Haiti
  • [La Dessalinienne]?

• Honduras
  • [Tu banders es un lampo de cielo]? (Your Flag Is A Heavenly Light)

• Hungary
  • [[Isten áldd meg a magyart]] (God Bless the Hungarians)

• Iceland
  • [[Lofsöngur]] (Song of Praise)

• India
  • Jana-Gana-Mana? (Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People)

• Indonesia
  • [Indonesia Raya]? (Great Indonesia)

• Iran
  • [Sorood-e Jomhoori-e Eslami]?
  • [Imperial Salute]?

• Iraq
  • [Land of Two Rivers]?
  • [The Royal Salute]?

• [Ireland, Republic of]?
  • [Amhrán na bhFiann]? (The Soldier's Song)

• [Ireland, Northern]?
  • [A Londonderry Air]?

• Israel
  • Hatikvah? (The Hope)

• Italy
  • [Inno di Mameli]? (Mameli's Hymn)
  • [Fratelli d'Italia]?

• Jamaica
  • [Jamaica, Land We Love]?

• Japan
  • [Kimi Ga Yo Wa]? (君が代 May 1,000 Years of Happy Reign Be Yours)

• Jordan
  • [As-salam al-malaki al-urdoni]? (Long Live the King!)

• Kenya
  • [Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu]? (Oh God of All Creation)

• Kiribati
  • [Teirake kaini Kiribati]? (Stand Kiribati)

• Korea, North
  • [Patriotic Song]?

• Korea, South
  • Aegukka?

• Laos
  • [Pheng Xat Lao]? (Hymn of the Lao People)

• Latvia
  • [Dievs, Sveti Latviju]? (God Bless Latvia)

• Lebanon
  • [Koullouna Lilouataan Lil Oula Lil Alam]? (All Of Us! For Our Country, For Our Flag and Glory)

• Lesotho
  • [Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona]?

• Liberia
  • [All Hail, Liberia Hail]?

• Libya
  • [Allahu Akbar]? (God Is Greatest!)

• Liechtenstein
  • [Oben am jungen Rhein]? (High Above the Young Rhine)

• Lithuania
  • [Tautiska Giesme]? (The National Song)

• Luxembourg
  • [[Ons Hémécht]] (Our Motherland)

• Macedonia
  • [Today Over Macedonia]?

• Madagascar
  • [[Ry Tanindraza nay malala ô]] (Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland)

• Malawi
  • [Mlungu salitsani malawi]? (Oh God Bless Our Land Of Malawi)

• Malaysia
  • [Negara Ku]? (My Country)

• Maldives
  • [Gavmii mi ekuverikan matii tibegen kuriime salaam]? (In National Unity Do We Salute Our Nation)

• Mali
  • [Pour L'Afriquue et pour toi, Mali]? (For Africa and for You, Mali)

• Malta
  • [Innu Malti]? (Hymn of Malta)

• [Man, Isle of]?
  • [Arrane Ashoonagh Dy Vannin]?

• Marshall Islands
  • [Forever Marshall Islands]?

• Martinique
  • [La Marseillaise]?

• Mauritius
  • Motherland

• Mayotte
  • [La Marseillaise]?

• Mexico
  • [Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]? (Mexicans, to the War Cry)

• Micronesia
  • [Patriots of Micronesia]?

• Moldova
  • [Limba Noastra]? (Our Tongue)

• Monaco
  • [[Hymne Monégasque]]

• Mongolia
  • [[Bügd Nairamdakh Mongol]]

• Monserrat?
  • God Save the Queen

• Montenegro
  • [Ohamo, Hamo]? (There, Over There)

• Morocco
  • [Hymne Cherifien]?

• Mozambique
  • [Viva, Viva a FRELIMO]? (Long Live FRELIMO)

• Myanmar
  • [Gba Majay Bma]? (We Shall Love Burma)

• Namibia
  • [Namibia, Land of the Brave]?

• Nauru
  • [Nauru Bwiema]? (Nauru Our Homeland)

• Nepal
  • [Ras Triya Gaan]? (May Glory Crown You, Courageous Soverign)

• Netherlands
  • [Wilhelmous van Nassouwe]? (William of Nassau)

• New Zealand
  • Both God Defend New Zealand and God Save the Queen

• Nicaragua
  • [Salve a ti, Nicaragua]? (Hail to You, Nicaragua)

• Niger
  • [La Nigerienne]?

• Nigeria
  • [Arise Oh Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey]?

• Norway
  • [Ja, vi elsker dette landet]? (Yes, We Love This Country)

• Oman
  • [The Sultan's Anthem]?

• Pakistan
  • [Pak sarzamin shad bad]? (Blessed Be The Sacred Land)

• Panama
  • [[Himno Istemño]] (Isthmus Hymn)

• Papua New Guinea
  • [O Arise, All You Sons]?

• Paraguay
  • [[Paraguayos, Républica o muerte]]

• Peru
  • [[Somos libres, seámoslo siempre]] (We Are Free, Let Us Remain So Forever)

• Philippines
  • [Lupang Hinirang]? (Beloved Land)

• Pitcairn Islands
  • [God Save The Queen]?

• Poland
  • Mazurek Dabrowskiego (also known as Jeszcze Polska nie zginela - Poland Lives On Forever)
  • English translation of this title is wrong, what's correct standard English translation ?

• Portugal
  • [A Portugesa]? (The Portugese)

• Puerto Rico
  • [[La Borinqueña]]

• Reunion
  • [La Marseillaise]?

• Romania
  • [Desteaptate, romane]? (Wake up, Romanian)
  • [Trei culori]? (Three Colours)

• Russia
  • [The Patriotic Song]?
  • [God Save the Tsar]?

• Rwanda
  • [Rwanda rwacu]? (Our Rwanda)

• [St. Helena]?
  • God Save the Queen

• [St. Kitts and Nevis]?
  • [Oh Land of Beauty]?

• [St. Lucia]?
  • [Sons and Daughters of St. Lucia]?

• [St. Pierre and Miquelon]?
  • [La Marseillaise]?

• [St. Vincent and the Grenadines]?
  • [St Vincent Land So Beautiful]?

• Samoa
  • [The Banner of Freedom]?

• [[Sao Tomé and Principe]]
  • [[Independência total]] (Total Independence)

• Saudi Arabia
  • [Aash Al Maleek]? (Long Live Our Beloved King)

• Scotland
  • God Save the Queen
  • [The Flower of Scotland]?
  • [Scotland the Brave]?
  • [For A That And A That]?

• Senegal
  • [Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons]? (Pluck Your Koras, Strike the Balafons)

• Serbia
  • [Boze Pravde]? (God of Justice)

• Sierra Leone
  • [High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free]?

• Singapore
  • [Majulah Singapura]? (May Singapore Progress)

• Slovakia
  • [[Nad Tatrou sa blyská]] (Storm Over the Tatras)

• Slovenia
  • Zdravljica? (A Toast)
  • [Naprej zastava slave]? (Go ahead, the Flag of Glory)

• Solomon Islands
  • [God Save Our Solomon Islands]?

• [[South Africa:
  • [Nkosi Sikelel iAfrica]? (God Bless Africa)
  • [Die Stem van Suid Afrika]? (The Call of South Africa)

• Spain
  • [Marcha Real]? (Royal March)

• Sri Lanka
  • [Sri Lanka Matha]?

• Sudan
  • [Nahnu Djundulla Djundulwatan]? (We Are the Army of God and of Our Land)

• Suriname
  • [God zij met ons Suriname]? (God Be With Our Suriname)

• Swaziland
  • [Oh God, Bestower of the Blessings of the Swazi]?

• Sweden
  • civil: [Du Gamla, Du Fria]? (Thou Ancient, Thou Beautiful, Thou Mountainous North)
  • royal: [[Ur svenska hjärtans djup en gång]]

• Switzerland
  • [Swiss Psalm]?

• Syria
  • [Homat el Diyar]? (Guardians of the Homeland)

• Taiwan
  • [San Min Chu I]? (The Rights of the People)
  • [The Flag Raising Song]?

• Tanzania
  • [Mungu ibariki Afrika]? (God Bless Africa)

• Thailand
  • civil: [Phleng Chat]?
  • royal: [Phleng Sansasoen Phra Barami]?

• Togo
  • [[Salut à toi, pays de nos aïeux]] (Hail to thee, land of our forefathers)

• Tonga
  • [Koe Fasi Oe Tui Oe Otu Tonga]?

• Trinidad and Tobago
  • [Forged From The Love of Liberty]?

• Tunisia
  • [Ala Khallidi]? (Oh Make Eternal)
  • [Himat Al Hima]?

• Turkey
  • [[Istiklâl Marsi]] (The March of Independence)

• Turkmenistan
  • [Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem]?

• Turks and Caicos Islands
  • God Save the Queen

• Tuvalu
  • [Tuvalu mo te Atua]? (Tuvalu for the Almighty)

• Uganda
  • [Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty]?

• Ukraine
  • [Shche ne vmerla Ukraina]? (Ukraine Has Not Died Yet)

• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • [Gimn Sovetskovo Soyuza]? (Hymn of the Soviet Union)
  • [The Internationale]?

• United Kingdom
  • God Save the Queen

• United States
  • The Star Spangled Banner
  • [My Country, Tis of Thee]?

• Uruguay
  • [Orientales, la Patria o la tumba]? (Uruguayans, the Fatherland or Death!)

• Vanuatu
  • [Yumi, Yumi, Yumi]? (We, We, We)

• Vatican City
  • [Inno e Marcia Pontificale]? (Hymn and Pontifical March)

• Venezuela
  • [Gloria al bravo pueblo]? (Glory to the Brave Nation)

• Vietnam
  • [Tien quan ca]? (The Troops are Advancing)

• [Virgin Islands (UK)]?
  • God Save the Queen

• [Virgin Islands (US)]?
  • [Virgin Islands March]?

• Wales
  • [Gwlad, Gwlad]? (Land of my Fathers)
  • Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau

• Wallis and Futuna
  • [La Marseillaise]?

• Yemen
  • [United Republic]?

• Yugoslavia
  • [Hej Slaveni]? (O Slavs)

• Zambia
  • [Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free]?

• Zimbabwe
  • [Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe]? (Blessed Be The Land of Zimbabwe)
  • [God Bless Africa]?

Question: Where do we put the European anthem? Nations aren't the only entities with anthems; as I just mentioned, Europe has one, and some other entities have them as well (e.g. isn't there an anthem for the International Olympic movement?). I'd say this page would be much better with most if not all of its content moved to anthem. -- SJK

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See also National flag