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by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862)

I alle de riger og lande
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE
I alle de riger og lande,
hvorhen jeg i verden fo'r,
jeg fægted med åben pande
for, hvad jeg for alvor tror. 

En ørn var mit hjelmemærke,
på brynjen stod korsets tegn,
på skjold bar jeg løverne stærke
i hjerternes milde hegn. 

Når mænd jeg kasted min handske,
opslog jeg min ridderhjelm,
de så, jeg var Holger Danske
og ingen formummet skælm. 

Vil dansken i verden fægte,
men dølger åsyn og navn,
jeg ved, hans ånd er ej ægte,
jeg tager ham ej i favn.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862), "Holger Danskes mærke", first published 1837 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Holger Danskes mærke", 1863, from Holger Danskes Sange, no. 10. [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Johan Christian Gebauer (1808 - 1884), "I alle de riger og lande", c1845. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Les armes de Holger Danske", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

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