Editing Ja, vi elsker dette landet (section)

==Controversies==
[[Image:Postcard-Norway-flag-1905.jpg|thumbnail|250px|A postcard from around the time of the [[1905 Norwegian union dissolution referendum]].]]
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===Norwegian independence===
In 1905, the [[Union between Sweden and Norway]] was [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden|dissolved]] after many years of Norwegian struggle for equality between the two states, as stipulated in the 1815 Act of Union. The unilateral declaration by the Norwegian [[Storting]] of the union's dissolution on 7 June provoked strong Swedish reactions, bringing the two nations to the brink of war in the autumn. In Sweden, pro-war conservatives were opposed by the Social Democrats, whose leaders, [[Hjalmar Branting]] and [[Zeth Höglund]], spoke out for reconciliation and a peaceful settlement with Norway. Swedish socialists sang "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" to support the Norwegian people's right to secede from the union.

===Nazi occupation===
During [[World War II]], the anthem was used both by the Norwegian resistance and the [[Nazi]] collaborators, the latter mainly for propaganda reasons. Eventually, the German occupiers officially forbade any use of the anthem.

===Urdu translation===
In May 2006, the multicultural newspaper ''[[Utrop]]'' proposed that the national anthem be translated into [[Urdu]], the native language of [[Pakistanis in Norway|one of the most numerous groups of recent immigrants to Norway]].<ref>[http://web3.aftenbladet.no/kultur/article291023.ece Vil ha «Ja vi elsker» på urdu<!--Bot-generated title-->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511044404/http://web3.aftenbladet.no/kultur/article291023.ece|date=May 11, 2008}}</ref> The editor's idea was that people from other ethnic groups should be able to honour their adopted country with devotion, even if they were not fluent in Norwegian. This proposal was referred to by other more widely read papers, and a member of the [[Storting]] called the proposal "[[Racial integration|integration]] in reverse".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1318660.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521014338/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1318660.ece |url-status=dead |title=Fr.p. sier nei til "Ja vi elsker" på urdu<!--Bot-generated title-->|archive-date=May 21, 2006}}</ref> One proponent of translating the anthem received batches of hate mail calling her a traitor and threatening her with decapitation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oslopuls.no/nyheter/article1324897.ece  |access-date=2006-12-30 |title=Oslo - Aftenposten }}{{dead link|date=March 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>