Editing Du gamla, du fria (section)

==== Original lyrics ====
Richard Dybeck originally wrote these lyrics, but revised them in the late 1850s to the version used today.<ref>{{cite book |title=Normal-sångbok för Svenska skolor tusendet, |edition=38-39 thousandth |page=105}}</ref> The lyrics presented here also follow  archaic spelling conventions that were in use before the [[Swedish orthography#1906 spelling reform|1906 Swedish spelling reform]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mats |first=Thelander |date=2011 |title=Standardisation and Standard Language in Sweden |url=https://lanchart.hum.ku.dk/research/slice/publications-and-news-letters/publications/standard_languages/Thelander_-_Standardisation_and_Standard_Language_in_Sweden_-_p_127-133.pdf |website=University of Uppsala |access-date=2025-03-30 |archive-date=2024-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915122442/https://lanchart.hum.ku.dk/research/slice/publications-and-news-letters/publications/standard_languages/Thelander_-_Standardisation_and_Standard_Language_in_Sweden_-_p_127-133.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|+<big>Du gamla, du friska</big>
! Swedish original
!English translation
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|<poem lang|sv|italic="no">Du gamla, du friska, du fjellhöga Nord,
Du tysta, du glädjerika sköna!
Jag helsar dig, vänsta land uppå jord,
𝄆 Din sol, din himmel, dina ängder gröna. 𝄇

Du tronar på minnen från fornstora da'r,
Då äradt ditt namn flög öfver jorden;
Jag vet att du är och blir hvad du var,
𝄆 Ack, jag vill lefva, jag vill dö i Norden! 𝄇
</poem>
|<poem lang|en|italic="no">You ancient, you healthy, you mountainous North
You quiet, you joyous beauty!
I greet you, loveliest land upon Earth,
𝄆 Your sun, your sky, your meadows green. 𝄇

You are enthroned upon memories of ancient days,
When honoured your name flew across Earth,
I know that you are, and you will be, what you were,
𝄆 Oh! I want to live, I want to die in the North. 𝄇
</poem>
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