Editing God Save the King (section)

==Use elsewhere==
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The melody has often been used, with lyrics slightly or significantly altered, for royal or national anthems of other countries.

During the 19th century, it was used officially in Sweden,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sweden (royal anthem) – nationalanthems.info|url=http://www.nationalanthems.info/se%5E.htm|access-date=17 March 2021|website=www.nationalanthems.info}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2021}}{{efn|See [[Bevare Gud vår kung]].}} and in Iceland.<ref>{{cite book| editor=Daisy | title=A history of Icelandic literature| publisher=University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln| year=2006| pages=262, 518}}</ref>{{efn|Where it was set to {{lang|is|[[Íslands minni]]}} ("To Iceland", better known as {{lang|is|Eldgamla Ísafold}}), a poem by [[Bjarni Thorarensen]].}} It was also in official usage for brief periods in [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]],{{efn|See [[Molitva russkikh]].}} in [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]],<ref>{{Cite web|year=1934|title=Ελλάς (Σημαίαι-Εμβλήματα-Εθιμοτυπία)|trans-title=Greece (Flags-Emblems-Etiquette)|url=http://anemi.lib.uoc.gr/php/pdf_pager.php?rec=/metadata/a/f/b/metadata-01-0002588.tkl&do=279838_10.pdf&pageno=264&pagestart=1&width=662&height=963&maxpage=1104&lang=en|access-date=31 August 2018|website=www.anemi.lib.uoc.gr|publisher=Pyrsos Publishing|location=Athens|page=244|language=el|quote=Since the arrival of [[Otto of Greece|Otto]] to Greece, the [[Heil dir im Siegerkranz|German national anthem]] was formalised in Greece, which is an imitation of the British one. On the melody of "God Save the King" the following Greek lyrics were adapted: God Save our King, Otto the First / Lengthen, Strengthen his Reign / God Save our King.}}</ref> [[Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)|Siam]]{{Efn|See [[Chom Rat Chong Charoen]].}} and in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Hawaiʻi ponoʻī | url=http://www.huapala.org/Hawaii/Hawaii_Ponoi.html | access-date=2 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070257/http://www.huapala.org/Hawaii/Hawaii_Ponoi.html | archive-date=17 January 2018}}</ref> It remains as the [[Kongesangen|royal anthem of Norway]] (Gud sign vår Konge god).

In Germany, it was used by the kingdoms of Prussia, Hanover, Saxony and [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]], and was adopted as anthem of the German Emperor ("[[Heil dir im Siegerkranz]]") after unification in 1871, however it lacked the support necessary to become the official anthem of the Empire.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.protokoll-inland.de/Webs/PI/EN/topics/state-symbols/national-anthem/national-anthem.html?nn=10768644}}</ref> It remains as the [[national anthem of Liechtenstein]], and was used by Switzerland until 1961 (Rufst du, mein Vaterland).

In Latvia, it was used by Latvians for the patriotic song "Dievs, svētī Kurzemi/Vidzemi!" ("God bless Kurzeme/Vidzeme!", depended on the region it was used in) in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vestnesis.lv/ta/id/50753 |title=Latvijas svētās skaņas (Part I) |access-date=13 October 2012 |author=Dr. art. Arnolds Klotiņš |date=13 November 1998 |publisher=Latvijas Vēstnesis |language=lv |archive-date=30 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830181513/https://www.vestnesis.lv/ta/id/50753 |url-status=live }}</ref>